Cambodia’s Constitutional Council will resume their inquiries Tuesday into the opposition party’s poll complaints regarding the alleged irregularities of the election, according to the general secretariat of the Constitutional Council. In a statement issued Saturday, the council had already resolved 14 complaints among the 33 received <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/constitutional-council-to-resume-inquiries-tuesday/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The controversial Don Sahong hydropower dam, which Laos says it will soon build just a kilometre from the Cambodian border, will not have significant effects on the Mekong River, according to an environmental impact assessment paid for by the dam’s builder. Obtained yesterday, the report &ndash; <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/lao-consultants-give-dam-the-thumbs-up/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

China has pledged 200 million Yuan (around USD $33 million) to Cambodia in addition to the loans and grants provided in april of this year. The loan announcement was made during a meeting between Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen and China’s Prime Minister Li Keqiang. Hun Sen <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/china-to-provide-33-mln-loan-to-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In a letter sent to the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training last week, the Council of Ministers encourages the ministry to facilitate talks between garment factory management and the union representing thousands of workers on strike for nearly two months. The letter, written by Council <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/labour-ministry-told-to-keep-sl-talks-alive/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia has seen a trade deficit of 1.48 billion U.S. dollars in the first nine months of 2013, according to the Commerce Ministry’s data on Friday. The total import and export volume was valued at 11.82 billion U.S. dollars during the January-September period this year, up <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-sees-1-48-bln-usd-trade-deficit-in-9-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Opposition leaders have given the ruling party an ultimatum: agree to our demands by the end of the year or the talks are over. Kem Sokha, Cambodia National Rescue Party deputy president, said yesterday that after discussing the matter with party president Sam Rainsy, they had <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/opposition-tells-cpp-agree-or-talks-off/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodians in the northern provinces are preparing for the remnants of super-storm Typhoon Haiyan, though forecasts now predict it will only mildly affect the Kingdom. In a warning issued on Friday, the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology said high winds and heavy rainfall would likely <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/villagers-prepare-for-storm/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training on Wednesday said that any activities made by the unions against the minimum wage of $95, agreed upon by the Labor Council, are against the law. after the wage talks yesterday, the Labor Council agreed to raise <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/43459/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

King Norodom Sihamoni has not declared a state of emergency in Cambodia. But that hasn’t stopped the CPP government of Prime Minister Hun Sen from disregarding the Constitution in its effort to stamp out demonstrations and political dissent in Phnom Penh. Facing mass rallies calling for <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/crushing-protests-cpp-has-abandoned-constitution/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/factory-management-agrees-on-pay-advance-for-holiday/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/exports-of-rice-to-fall-short-of-2013-goal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodian government should construct an effective annual review system for the minimum wage to ease worker unrest, according to clothing retail giant H&amp;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 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-hm-calls-for-annual-minimum-wage-review/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-village-feedback-to-be-used-for-reform/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/opposition-leader-sam-rainsy-leads-protest-in-geneva-against-hun-sens-government/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-vietnam-trade-bound-to-hit-5-bln-usd-in-2015-pm/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/court-probe-of-veng-sreng-street-slaughter-ends/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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: &mdash; <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/1000-political-ngo-observers-for-upcoming-election/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ngo-observers-to-get-window-into-cheating/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/two-years-after-offer-us-yet-to-clean-up-war-era-chemicals/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-64-trade-unions-urge-govt-to-take-legal-action-against-gangster-unions/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>