Aeon Co, the JApAnese firm developing the soon-to-be-opened Aeon MAll on Phnom Penh’s SotheAros BoulevArd, hAs reported A record $62.3 billion in revenue for its finAnciAl yeAr ending FebruAry 28. The compAny, which hAs more thAn 260 subsidiAries, including the shopping centre development Arm Aeon MAll <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Aeon-reports-record-revenue-Amid-AseAn-expAnsion/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Two union leaders narrowly escaped arrest yesterday morning when employees on strike at a Phnom Penh garment factory forced their release from police and security guards, fellow union officials said. Seang Sambath, president of the Worker Friendship Union Federation, said WFUF vice president Mao Vannak and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/union-leaders-evade-arrest-co-workers-say/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia and Vietnam have urged Thailand to export more mangosteen and durian in response to the high demand in both neighbouring countries.   Sombat Juengtrakoon, deputy chairman of the Thai-Cambodian Border Trade and Tourism association in Chanthaburi Province, told journalists Monday that Thailand export a lower volume <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/thai-mangosteen-durian-supplies-short-of-demand-in-cambodia-vietnam/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia says it hopes to have road connectivity to Vietnam and Thailand by 2015. The connection would be part of asean integration, a process where Cambodia lags behind its neighbors. Six countries of the Mekong River delta have worked toward linking by road since 1998, in an <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-aiming-for-road-connectivity-in-2015/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Phnom Penh City Hall has purchased 40 secondhand buses from South Korea for an expansion of the city’s fledgling public bus service, said a municipal official who declined to reveal the details of the order. City Hall spokesman Long Dimanche said the buses are slotted to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/city-hall-orders-40-more-buses/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Mobile food shops, which are part of services provided by Neat Educational Information Center (NEIC), have first emerged in the middle of Phnom Penh Capital City. These mobile canteens are attracting a lot of customers and have helped create jobs for students who are facing <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mobile-food-shops-to-become-more-popular/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than 2,000 volunteers will be deployed to observe students taking the national exam in august, the anti-Corruption Unit (aCU) said Monday, with the deadline for registration expiring Tuesday. More than 93,000 students are registered to sit the august 4 to 5 exam at 154 exam <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/more-than-2000-register-to-observe-national-exam/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Apple Inc. on FridAy will officiAlly lAunch the iPhone in CAmbodiA through its Authorized reseller, iOne, giving customers&mdAsh;long used to grAy mArket iPhones&mdAsh;Access to Apple’s wArrAnty. “The sAles lAunch will be July 18. iOne, which hAs the monopoly right to import Apple’s products to CAmbodiA’s mArket <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Apple-to-officiAlly-sell-iphones-in-cAmbodiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

In its continuing campaign to clean up the grade 12 national exam, the anti-Corruption Unit (aCU) has warned that anyone caught leaking copies of the test or selling answers could find themselves imprisoned. Punishments for misbehaving exam observers are spelled out in an aCU statement released <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-rules-for-proctors/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s world heritage Preah Vihear temple greeted 63,610 local and foreign visitors in the first half of 2014, up 53 percent over the same period last year, a report from the Preah Vihear provincial tourism department showed Tuesday. The temple welcomed about 56,870 local visitors and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tourists-to-cambodias-preah-vihear-heritage-site-up-53-pct-in-first-quarter/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Chinese government on Wednesday donated 600 sets of radio transmitters to the Royal Cambodian armed Forces (RCaF) in order to increase the capacity and efficiency in information communication among armed forces. Speaking during a handover ceremony at the Headquarters of the Infantry on the outskirts <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/china-donates-600-sets-of-radio-transmitters-to-cambodian-army/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In a new report highlighting abuse in Cambodia’s garment industry, Human Rights Watch has called on the Cambodian government to cease “intimidation and threats” against workers. The group interviewed nearly 200 factory workers from 55 different factories, and found that anti-union discrimination and poor workers conditions <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/human-rights-watch-finds-widespread-anti-union-practices/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The opposition leader Sam Rainsy called on South Korea to protect the rights of Cambodian people during his visit earlier this month. Chairperson of National Human Rights Commission of Korea, Byung-Chul Hyun, said in a letter to Sam Rainsy that “I share your concerns for <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sam-rainsy-asks-south-korea-to-protect-rights-of-cambodians-workers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Joint-Committee on Electoral Reforms, established during a meeting between senior officials of the ruling and opposition parties last month, convened its first meeting on Monday to discuss topics for electoral reforms toward free and fair elections in the future. The ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP)’s <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-ruling-opposition-senior-officials-continue-talks-over-electoral-reforms/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodian Red Cross, which bills itself as the country’s largest humanitarian organization, is building a six-story luxury hotel in Preah Vihear City. Government officials said Tuesday that the hotel would be used to generate revenue for the Cambodian Red Cross (CRC). The hotel is being <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-red-cross-building-luxury-hotel-in-preah-vihear/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Nippon Express Co Ltd says its has launched a combined transport service from Phnom Penh to Japan which reduces shipping time by about six days. The Japanese logistics company said the new service started on april 1, transporting cargo by truck from Phnom Penh to Ho <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nippon-express-launches-japan-service-via-ho-chi-minh-city/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Exclusive use of short-term contracts continues to impede progress in Cambodia’s garment sector, with major brands still sourcing from factories violating the statutory two-year limit on temporary employment, labour rights groups have warned. according to a report released last week by the Worker Rights Consortium (WRC), <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/brands-violating-contract-rights/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Nearly 80 judges and prosecutors will be transferred to new jurisdictions today in a move that the Justice Ministry maintained would curb corruption, despite more sceptical assessments yesterday from legal observers and the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party. according to Sam Prachea Manith, chief of cabinet <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/court-officers-shifted-en-masse-by-ministry/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A Senior CAmbodiAn officiAl hAs sAid his country hAs tentAtively Agreed to Accept Asylum-seekers who hAd been seeking to settle in AustrAliA. Foreign Ministry SecretAry of StAte Ouch Borith told reporters there wAs An Agreement in principle to tAke the Asylum-seekers, who Are being held in <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiA-intends-to-sign-Asylum-deAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

At leAst 31 people were killed And 64 injured by storms during the first four months of this yeAr, According to figures from the NAtionAl Committee for DisAster MAnAgement (NCDM). Keo Vy, cAbinet director At the NCDM, sAid strong winds And rAins led to three deAths <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/weAther-dAmAge-storms-ruin-dozens-of-lives-homes/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>