Cambodia

Levi's, Gap Garment Workers In Cambodia On Strike To Demand Pay Increase - Washington Post - 5/22/2012 4:28am
Business InsiderLevi's, Gap garment workers in Cambodia on strike to demand pay increaseWashington PostPHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Workers at a large Cambodian garment factory that makes clothes for Levi's, Gap and other well-known international brands are striking for more pay and better working conditions. More than 5000 workers from the Singaporean-owned ...Cambodian garment workers maintain 11-day strikeMorning Star Onlineall 23 news articles »

Study: Fake Malaria Drugs Common In Asia, Africa - Atlanta Journal Constitution - 5/22/2012 4:17am
Atlanta Journal ConstitutionStudy: Fake malaria drugs common in Asia, AfricaAtlanta Journal Constitution26, 2009 file photo, a merchant speaks with a woman holding her sick child at a pharmacy in Pailin, Cambodia. More than a third of the malaria-fighting drugs tested over the past decade in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa were either fake or bad ...NIH study shows poor quality malaria drugs pose threatPharmaceutical Processingall 236 news articles »

Cambodia Villagers Accuse Government Forces Of Brutality - UPI.com - 5/22/2012 10:18am
Cambodia villagers accuse government forces of brutalityUPI.comCHHLONG, Cambodia, May 22 (UPI) -- Residents of a northeast Cambodia village detained during a government crackdown in which a 14-year-old was fatally shot accused security forces of brutality. The residents of Pro Ma in the Chhlong district's Kampong ...Security forces strip, handcuff women in Kratie amid evictionPhnom Penh Postall 6 news articles »

First Life Insurance Company Launches In Cambodia - Phnom Penh Post - 5/22/2012 12:31am
First life insurance company launches in CambodiaPhnom Penh PostApsara dancers perform at the opening ceremony of the Cambodia Life Insurance Company Plc yesterday in Phnom Penh. Photograph: Heng Chivoan/Phnom Penh Post The Kingdom's first life insurance company, Cambodian Life, launched yesterday, ...Cambodia Launches First Life Insurance CompanyBernamaCambodia launches first ever life insuranceNewstrack IndiaCambodia's banking industry reports 8 pct lending growth in Q1Shanghai Daily (subscription)all 6 news articles »

Controversial Activist Fights SEAsian Sex Trade - AFP - 5/22/2012 1:40am
AFPControversial activist fights SEAsian sex tradeAFPBy Cat Barton (AFP) – 8 hours ago HANOI — Sold into a brothel as a child, Cambodian activist Somaly Mam has become one of the most recognisable, glamorous and controversial faces of the global anti-sex slavery movement. The quirky, energetic ...and more »