Inside the furnace
CGTN, 02 Aug 2021
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#Cambodia is one of #Asia's, if not the world's, fastest-growing economies, expanding at an average of 8 percent annually in the past decade. Phnom Penh's glimmering skyscrapers and bustling streets appear to testify to that.
But these constructions hide a deeper darkness: bricks made by forced labor.
Many of those who work in Cambodia's brick kilns are bonded laborers, forced to live and work in appalling conditions in exchange for loans from their creditors – brick kiln owners.
Dusita Saokaew investigates why these workers have no choice but to work in these brick factories, and how dangerous it can be.
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https://news.cgtn.com/news/2021-08-02/Assignment-Asia-Inside-the-furnace-12pbm8CUIJa/index.html
#Cambodia is one of #Asia's, if not the world's, fastest-growing economies, expanding at an average of 8 percent annually in the past decade. Phnom Penh's glimmering skyscrapers and bustling streets appear to testify to that.
But these constructions hide a deeper darkness: bricks made by forced labor.
Many of those who work in Cambodia's brick kilns are bonded laborers, forced to live and work in appalling conditions in exchange for loans from their creditors – brick kiln owners.
Dusita Saokaew investigates why these workers have no choice but to work in these brick factories, and how dangerous it can be.
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