Despite Cambodia’s success in curbing the spread of the coronavirus—just 225 official cases have been found so far—many of the country’s workers are finding it difficult to maintain their livelihoods as supply chains falter.
The Cambodian government has reverted its focus to small-scale farming amid COVID-19 to address the massive number of laid-off workers from the garment, tourism, construction, and transportation industries. Typical rural Cambodian farmers own small-sized landholdings and lack technical skills in agricultural cultivation. There are doubts if such a move can substitute for the job losses in the COVID-19 affected sectors.
The Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia (BAKC) has imposed administrative disciplinary action against four lawyers for failing to follow rules of professional conduct while more than 100 other cases are pendinghttps://bit.ly/33iVuVF;
