Management at the Chhin Chin garment factory yesterday agreed to meet workers’ demands to receive their wages before the Pchum Ben holiday after a 150-worker demonstration briefly blocked National Road 4 in front of the factory. Workers at the factory, which is located in Phnom Penh’s href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/factory-management-agrees-on-pay-advance-for-holiday/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s rice exports roughly doubled in the first nine months of this year compared with the same period in 2012, according to government data released yesterday. But the figures aren’t big enough to meet official goals for 2013. The numbers show that exports of fragrant rice href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/exports-of-rice-to-fall-short-of-2013-goal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodian government should construct an effective annual review system for the minimum wage to ease worker unrest, according to clothing retail giant H&M. The Swedish company’s comments came after CEO Karl-Johan Persson visited the country in mid-October, meeting Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen and other href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-hm-calls-for-annual-minimum-wage-review/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Hundreds of senior government officials will be dispatched to the provinces in the coming months to gauge public opinion on reforming state institutions. Almost 800 senior officials from all ministries will begin the project on February 15, state broadcaster TVK reported yesterday, following a meeting at href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-village-feedback-to-be-used-for-reform/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy joint his Cambodian supporters, who live in Europe, to hold a protest in front of the UN headquarters in Geneva in his effort to attack the government led by Prime Minister Hun Sen, one of the longest Asian leaders. He left href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/opposition-leader-sam-rainsy-leads-protest-in-geneva-against-hun-sens-government/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday was optimistic about the country’s steadily growing trade with Vietnam and foresaw that the bilateral trade volume would definitely reach $5 billion by 2015. The two-way trade volume was valued at $3.5 billion last year, up 25 percent year-on-year. Speaking href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-vietnam-trade-bound-to-hit-5-bln-usd-in-2015-pm/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has finished an investigation into the shooting deaths of five protesting garment factory workers, and the wounding of more than 40 others, during a military police operation against stone-throwing strikers on January 3, Judge Phou Povsun said Sunday. “We had finished href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/court-probe-of-veng-sreng-street-slaughter-ends/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The National Election Committee announced on Monday that it recognized 843 representatives from political parties, and 159 election observers for upcoming city, provincial and district council election. A statement issued by the election committee said that the representatives from the five political parties are as follow: — href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/1000-political-ngo-observers-for-upcoming-election/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

In case cramming for an exam that determines high school graduation and college placement wasn’t stressful enough, grade 12 test-takers will now have to do so under the scrutiny of independent observers tasked with manning every exam-room window. As part of a slew of reforms to href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ngo-observers-to-get-window-into-cheating/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Government officials on Thursday said they are still waiting for the U.S. Embassy to make good on a 2012 offer to clean up several barrels of the riot control agent CS that were dropped on Cambodia during the U.S.’ war with Vietnam and which the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/two-years-after-offer-us-yet-to-clean-up-war-era-chemicals/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s 64 trade unions on Wednesday asked the Minister of Labor Ith Samheng to take serious legal action against some gangster unions that have caused riots and illegal strikes as well as intimidations to their members in protests, according to a joint letter. “We’d like to href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-64-trade-unions-urge-govt-to-take-legal-action-against-gangster-unions/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Despite the depressed market conditions throughout Europe in 2013 Cambodia’s export to the EU skyrocketed. The country is well under way to take over Taiwan’s leading position in bike export to Europe. Between January and October 2013 Cambodia’s bike export showed a huge increase of no href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-export-to-eu-skyrockets/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Days after warning that his ruling party was as capable and willing to protest as the opposition, and threatening a barbed-wire fence in Freedom Park to divide the two groups, Prime Minister Hun Sen was yesterday talking multi-party reform. Speaking at the Intercontinental Hotel in Phnom href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unity-appeal-follows-vitriol/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSCA) has swapped its headquarters on Norodom Boulevard and will move to a location adjacent to Phnom Penh International Airport by next year, civil aviation officials confirmed Tuesday. Sinn Chanserey Vutha, deputy director-general of the SSCA, said construction on the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/secretariat-of-civil-aviation-to-swap-headquarters/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

With the World Cup set to kick off in Brazil today, gamblers in Phnom Penh are preparing to place their bets, while city authorities are warning that unauthorised wagers will not be tolerated. Dara*, a seasoned gambler who regularly bets on football matches, told the Post href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gamblers-ready-for-kick-off/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Years of fighting for their land came to an end for 17 families at Phnom Penh’s Boeung Kak community yesterday when City Hall delivered them long-awaited land titles. The handover was part of a vow to resolve the capital’s main land disputes made by Phnom Penh href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/group-of-b-kak-villagers-get-long-awaited-land-titles/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has told local business leaders that increased wages should be linked to improvements in the productivity of workers. Speaking at the 17th Government-Private Sector Forum on Tuesday, he said higher wages “must be attached to the production capacity of each worker and href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-says-wage-hikes-should-be-linked-to-increased-productivity/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Ouch Borith, Secretary of State of Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Cambodia, and Ugo Astuto, director of South and Southeast Asia of the European Union, will co-chair the 8th meeting of Cambodia-EU Joint Committee to strengthen relations and cooperation between Cambodia and href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-and-eu-meet-next-week-in-brussels/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Phnom Penh Municipal Court has reopened an investigation into the high-profile slaying of union leader Chea Vichea in 2004, a court official said yesterday. Prosecutor Sok Roeun said the court’s head prosecutor began reinvestigating the case early last month in response to an order from the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-look-at-vichea-murder/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The European Commission (E.C.) will today ban all fish imports from Cambodia, carrying through on its threat made in November to punish the country for failing to show genuine commitment to tackling the global problem of illegal fishing, according to a memo released Friday. The ban, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fish-imports-from-cambodia-banned-by-eu/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...