EmbattlEd union lEadEr Ath Thorn yEstErday said that hE had bEgun a fundraising Effort, trying to comE up with $25,000 in bail monEy by thE End of thE wEEk. Thorn, prEsidEnt of thE Coalition of Cambodian ApparEl WorkErs’ DEmocratic Union (C.CAWDU), said union mEmbErs would bEgin Ef='https://opEndEvElopmEntcambodia.nEt/nEws/clock-ticks-on-c-cawdu-bail-bid/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

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Despite the spread of web-enabled smartphones and tablets in Cambodia, internet service providers expected the number of fixed-line applications to grow, two industry insiders said yesterday. “With the advent of tablets and faster smartphones, it’s inevitable that people will use their devices more and more for ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fixed-line-internet-providers-see-growth/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Labor passed all responsibility for foreign work permits today to e-Solutions (Cambodia) Co., leaving a multitude of unanswered questions about the private company that will process, produce and distribute the permits online. Ministry spokesman Heng Sour declined to answer questions about the company, ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/private-firm-takes-over-responsibility-for-work-permits/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s exports to the european Union (e.U.) grew to $2.32 billion in 2012, a 23 percent increase compared to the previous year, according to the e.U.’s latest trade figures. The figures, released this week by the european Commission’s trade office, testify to the region’s growing role ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-exports-to-eu-see-rapid-growth-in-2012/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A day after the Cambodia National Mekong Committee (CNMC) received impact assessment documents from Laos for their controversial Don Sahong dam, Cambodian and Vietnamese officials criticized Laos’ lack of transparency on the mainstream Mekong dam. Located less than 1 km from the Lao-Cambodian border, the 240-MW ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/officials-criticize-laos-over-don-sahong-dam/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday summonsed three senior leaders of Cambodia’s largest independent garment union for questioning over claims they embezzled money meant to be paid to workers in compensation following an industrial dispute, a court official has said. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/union-bosses-called-in/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Lawmakers from the european Union (e.U) are again urging the block’s trade commissioner to investigate Cambodia’s economic Land Concessions (eLCs) over a raft of alleged rights abuses and consider revoking the duty free access their owners currently enjoy to member states. Going mostly to industrial ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/european-lawmakers-press-for-probe-of-land-concessions/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday questioned three senior officials from the Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers’ Democratic Union (CCAWDU) who stand accused of embezzling $92,929. Speaking after questioning under the court’s deputy prosecutor ek Chheng Huot, union president Ath Thorn denied siphoning off the ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ccawdu-leaders-deny-corruption-during-questioning-at-court/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

PHNOM PENH: FishEriEs Administration and FAO launch thE IncEption Workshop on Micro and Small EntErprisE DEvElopmEnt to AchiEvE Food SEcurity, Food SafEty and SElf REliancE for Urban Poor in Phnom PEnh, citing that it will hElp local community. At thE workshop, H.E. Kao Sochivy, dEputy dirEctor gEnEral of fishEriEs dEpartmEnt said: “urban food sEcurity projEct Ef='https://opEndEvElopmEntcambodia.nEt/nEws/partnErs-hElp-urban-food-sEcurity-projEct-in-phnom-pEnh/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian government officials have called on the US-ASeAN Business Council to help finalise implementation of the Kingdom’s first e-commerce law by year’s end. However, US-ASeAN Business Council councillor Frances Zwening said Google did not provide an “in-depth response” to the request for assistance, but added ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/minister-wants-e-trade-by-end-of-year/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Anti-logging activists wrote to the United Nations yesterday to call for the monitoring of a lawsuit in which they accuse hundreds of officials in Kampong Speu province’s Phnom Oral Wildlife Sanctuary of illegal deforestation. The Natural Resource and Wildlife Preservation Organization (NRWPO) listed 241 officials it ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/activists-seek-un-monitors/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Milled rice exports have seen dramatic growth this year as the sector begins to take advantage of duty-free exports to european countries, an official and the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said. Thon Virak, director of state-owned rice exporter Green Trade, said Tuesday that in ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/milled-rice-exports-rise-in-the-first-four-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Dam Chan handed over the food in exchange for riel as she described hearing the loud bangs of dynamite in the distance. The 55-year-old has farmed and sold food in Preah Rumkel commune her entire life and is concerned about the future of her home ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/don-sahong-vs-dolphins-how-the-dam-is-affecting-local-residents/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia is trying to boost thE tourism industry aftEr its contribution to Economic growth and offEring job crEation as ASEAN Economic intEgration 2015 is moving and thE frEE flow of workforcE mobilization has bEEn nEEdEd to hElp EnsurE stEady growth. Cambodia’s tourism sEctor, in 2011, offErEd 350,000 dirEct jobs and millions of Ef='https://opEndEvElopmEntcambodia.nEt/nEws/tourism-industrys-growth-offErs-job-crEation-for-local-labor-forcE/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A local representative of controversial online start-up incubator Rocket Internet said the company would invest “millions” in Cambodia as it launched a new online retail store yesterday, in what market insiders call a trend toward increasing e-commerce in the Kingdom. The site, shop.com.kh is offered in ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rocket-internet-launches-e-commerce-site-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Motorbikes, vegetables, iPhones, artwork, or even land on which to build a house – a quick browse through website 7Makara.com gives the impression of a Cambodian eBay or Amazon. The difference, however, is that you can’t complete the transaction from the convenience of your bedroom. In ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/moving-towards-e-commerce/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

More than 55,000 people have joined an online petition set up by a pair of French nongovernment groups urging the european Union (e.U.) to immediately launch an investigation into local sugar plantations accused of illegally evicting hundreds of Cambodian families. At the center of the dispute ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/petition-for-investigation-into-sugar-trade-gains-support/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A district-level environment Ministry official in Ratanakkiri province on Wednesday claimed that he had no way to determine the legality of logging operations by firms with private land concessions inside the province’s Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary. The claim by Chou Sopheak, director of Lumphat district’s environment department, ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/official-says-legality-of-sanctuary-logging-unknown/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...