Child deaths in Cambodia spark call for construction freeze
Phnom Penh, CambodiaThomson Reuters Foundation After six children died when a building site collapsed, the Cambodian workers’ union on Wednesday called for a halt to a construction boom that has killed more than 60 people in seven months, while the government vowed to tackle child labour. The disaster, in which 36 workers and their families […]
Cambodia construction boom built on “blood bricks” and slavery – report
Phnom Penh, CambodiaThomson Reuters Foundation Cambodia’s construction boom is built in part with “blood bricks” manufactured by modern-day slaves, including children, researchers said on Tuesday. Poverty fuelled partly by climate change has pushed tens of thousands of Cambodian families into bonded labour, making bricks for buildings in the capital, Phnom Penh, according to a report […]