When praying mantis aliens tell you to quit your job and become a soothsayer, sometimes you follow their orders. At least that’s what one woman here in Phnom Penh did earlier this year. Eileen, who declined to give her full name in case her mom found out about her drastic career change, was working in international…
The ceiling of a shoe factory in Cambodia collapsed this morning, killing two and injuring several (some sources are reporting three killed). This just a day after the search for survivors of the building collapse that killed over a thousand people in Bangladesh last month was called off.
After a storm destroyed their home, Tha Sophat's parents left their native Cambodia to seek work in Thailand. Tha Sophat stayed with his grandfather, a farmer who struggled to keep the boy healthy. One day, the grandfather found little Tha clinging to the udder of a cow. The motherless 1-year-old was suckling.
H&M is having a little sweatshop trouble. Nearly 300 Cambodian workers passed out last week in a "spate of mass fainting attributed to poor working conditions."
At least 345 people were killed and 320 injured during a stampede on a bridge in Phnom Penh, the Cambodian capital, during the country's annual Water festival. It's still unclear what caused the panic.
