Deputy Prime Minister Sok An has accused two independent election watchdogs of conspiring with the opposition to undermine the election. Speaking at the Council of Ministers on Monday, An said that the Committee for Free and Fair Elections (Comfrel) and the US-government-funded National Democratic Institute (NDI) href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/watchdogs-accused-of-conspiring-with-cnrp/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Seven unexploded landmines were discovered last week by construction workers building a highway through Banteay Meanchey province, police said yesterday. The mines, which include an anti-tank mine and six Russian-made devices, were found buried in Thma Puok district, Banteay Chhmar commune, after heavy rains helped expose href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unexploded-mines-found/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Hor Nambora, the son of Foreign Minister Hor Namhong, will step down as Cambodia’s ambassador to Britain, according to an official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Cheung Buntheng, undersecretary of state at the Foreign Affairs Ministry, said Tuesday that Meas Kimheng, an adviser to Mr. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/foreign-ministers-son-to-step-down-as-uk-envoy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Hundreds of Cambodians living in South Korea protested in front of Seoul’s City Hall on Sunday, demanding justice for five garment workers killed in clashes with police on January 3, and calling for Prime Minister Hun Sen to step down. With public protests indefinitely banned in href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodians-and-koreans-join-protest-in-seoul/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s Tourism Ministry said about 231,000 Chinese visited Cambodia in the first six months of the year, up 55 percent over the previous year. Cambodia received 334,000 Chinese visitors in 2012, up 35 percent year-on-year, Xinhua news agency quoted the ministry saying in a report. Kong Sopheareak, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chinese-arrivals-to-cambodia-continue-to-grow/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Following further unsuccessful negotiations with company management, garment workers and union representatives said yesterday that they intend to hold a 6,000-person demonstration in front of the Ministry of Social Affairs and City Hall in Phnom Penh. Demonstrations supporting employees at the two SL Garment factories in href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sl-garment-workers-to-protest-at-city-hall/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The United States reiterated its concern Monday over the outcome of Cambodia’s parliamentary polls after the country’s elections committee handed victory to the ruling party. “We do still believe that a transparent review of irregularities in the July elections would help efforts to assess and address href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/us-renews-concern-about-cambodia-polls/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia reported 25,050 malaria cases in the first eight months of this year, down 49 percent from the 48,810 cases over the same period last year, figures from the National Center for Malaria showed Thursday. During the January-August period this year, the disease has killed six href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-records-25050-malaria-cases-in-8-months-killing-6-people/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

As temperatures drop during the cool season, children, infants and the elderly should take extra measures to ward off common seasonal illnesses, officials from the Ministry of Health said on Wednesday. In a press release issued by the Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization’s href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/wintery-weather-warning/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The International Labour Organization (ILO) yesterday cast doubt on the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia’s (GMAC) bleak outlook for the rest of 2014, after the association claimed that deadly violence sparked by wage disputes would result in clothing brands reducing future orders. Speaking from Bangkok, Maurizio href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ilo-doubts-bleak-garment-outlook/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Union leaders say workers will continue to strike over low wages, despite a violent crackdown by authorities last week and threats this week from factories who say they will be forced to move to other countries if strikes continue. Five different union say their workers will href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/workers-vow-to-continue-wage-strike/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan and related bodies are warning of a rise in fraudulent investment schemes involving real estate in Cambodia, where economic growth is boosting foreign investment. The center received 1,312 inquiries between October 2011 and early this month from consumers who href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-investment-scams-rising/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia has reported a 45 percent increase in dry rubber exports in the first eight months of the year, the figures of the Ministry of Commerce showed Saturday. From January to August this year, the country had exported 45, 530 tons of dry rubber, up 45 href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-sees-45-percent-rise-in-rubber-exports-in-8-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A semiannual study of defendants’ rights in Cambodian courts released this week found an alarming prevalence of pre-trial detention in cases involving juvenile suspects, who are routinely blended with adult prison populations. The Cambodian Center for Human Rights’ sixth semiannual report of trial rights, which cited href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/underage-defendants-routinely-jailed-report/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

In the latest series of arrests involving illegal logging on the Cambodian-Thai border, 21 Cambodians were picked up by Thai authorities on Friday while attempting to smuggle rosewood into Oddar Meanchey province, a rights group said yesterday. Srey Naren, provincial coordinator for rights groups Adhoc, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/thais-arrest-21-in-border-logging-bust/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Management at one of Asia’s largest garment producers yesterday fired at least 600 employees, days after thousands returned to work following a two-week strike. Most of the workers fired by SL Garment Processing (Cambodia) Ltd – which supplies Gap, Levi’s and H&M – were members of href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hundreds-fired-after-garment-strike-ends/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

In what appears to be an ongoing reorganisation of City Hall, a long-time financial director will step into the shoes of an outgoing deputy administrative director today. Bun Serey, Phnom Penh’s ex-finance director, will officially replace Tev Kim Piseth as deputy director of administration, said Koeut href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/city-halls-shuffling-of-officials-continues/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Taking part in daily demonstrations outside the shuttered factory where she once worked is beginning to weigh on Bou Narith and her co-workers. Government officials this morning will sit down with representatives of employees and a representative from USA Fully Field (Cambodia) Garment factory, which, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/garment-workers-patience-wearing-thin/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A subsidiary of the Bank for Investment and Development of Viet Nam (BIDV) opened its seventh branch in Mean Chey District, Phnom Penh, on Sunday. The new branch is also expected to meet local demand and boost the development of trade and investment ties between href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bidv-to-open-in-phnom-penh/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

As garment union groups resume their strike today, thousands of workers plan on returning to work, largely citing financial necessity rather than ideological disagreement with the unions. The Ministry of Labour on Monday ordered union leaders to cease a nationwide strike that began nine days ago, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/workers-quietly-trickle-back/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...