Four garment workers, three of them female, were injured yesterday morning when company and police officials clashed with protesters, union representatives said yesterday. During the demonstrations for the reinstatement of fired workers and back pay, authorities beat two workers unconscious at a protest in front of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/workers-beaten-unconscious/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Over 100 families, who live in Kampong Chhnang, filed complaints against a provincial court judge and his group for allegedly threatening to shoot them in land disputes. The residents sued San Sophat, a judge at Kampong Chhnang Provincial Court, his bodyguard, and Hem Dara, a lawyer, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-judge-sued-for-threatening-to-shoot-villagers-in-land-disputes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia could benefit more from trade in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) by implementing time and cost, cutting measures and removing constraints on exports, according to a new book by the asian Development Bank. During a media briefing yesterday, Brimble [senior country economist and author of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/possible-benefits-for-cambodia-in-mekong-region-trade/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

While international tourist arrivals by cruise ship have increased every year at Sihanoukville autonomous Port (SaP), Cambodia does not appear to be benefitting much from such visitors, the Ministry of Tourism has said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cruise-tourists-on-rise-but-benefits-are-scant/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen has informed Myanmar leader General Min aung Hlaing that as chair of aSEaN, he will continue to push the ruling State administration Council (SaC) to adopt the aSEaN five-point consensus (5PC).   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-to-continue-pushing-for-adherence-to-asean-5pc/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Secretary-General of aSEaN H.E. Kao Kim Hourn has extended congratulations to Neth Pheaktra, newly-appointed Minister of Information of Cambodia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/asean-secretary-general-congratulates-newly-appointed-cambodian-information-minister/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved an additional $79.5 million for the expansion of ongoing activities aimed at improving access to quality education throughout Cambodia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/world-bank-approves-79-5-million-in-financing-to-strengthen-education-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Two years after Prime Minister Hun Sen broke ground on a Chinese-funded project to widen National Road 6a in order to expand its capacity as a major trade and tourism thoroughfare, life for the tens of thousands of families living along the 50-km stretch of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/life-as-living-nightmare-along-national-route-6a/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The trade deficit of Cambodia has reached $1.02 billion for the first six months of the year or 48.63 percent according to the Ministry of Commerce. This is as a result of exports increasing 50 percent based on year-on-year data. according to Chan Sophal, president <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-releases-data-on-trade-for-2011/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Bar association of the Kingdom of Cambodia (BaKC) has vowed to expand the scope of pro bono defence consultations for the poor and called on lawyers around the country to participate in serving social justice and contribute to reducing the effects of poverty. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bakc-vows-to-expand-pro-bono-legal-services/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Government revenue collected on property transfers and construction services dropped off by 25 percent last year, reflecting a slowdown of the Kingdom’s construction sector despite a surge in the reported value of investment in real estate development projects, according to analysts. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/construction-industry-cooling-down-analysts/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Civil servants have again pushed the government to introduce a long-awaited insurance plan for government workers injured on the job. In a June 10 letter to Minister of Social affairs Vong Sauth, the Cambodian Independent Civil Servants association (CICa) calls for a National Social Security Fund <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/civil-servants-call-for-comp/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In less  than a week, 18-year-old Heng Tina, who has just finished his high-school exam, will take another test that determines whether he’ll get a scholarship to go to technical school, a development that would put him one step closer to his dream of becoming <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/conscription-not-for-everyone/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s opposition leaders were questioned in court Tuesday in connection with recent protests against strongman premier Hun Sen &mdash; a case they denounced as politically motivated. Prosecutors at Phnom Penh Municipal Court spent several hours grilling Sam Rainsy and his deputy Kem Sokha about unrest that <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-opposition-leaders-questioned-in-court/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Wednesday that the country’s development in all fields could not be detached from China’s aid and vowed to further deepen ties between the two countries. according to the figures recorded by the Cambodian Finance Ministry, to date, China has <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-progress-cannot-be-separated-from-chinas-support-pm/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Public Works and Transport is developing an electronic vehicle registration system to be brought in by the end of this year, said Minister Sun Chanthol during the opening of a driver’s licence centre at aeon Mall yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vehicle-registration-lists-to-be-computerised/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Hundreds of opposition-aligned trade union activists and workers terminated their outlawed rally on Saturday after heavy security forces had been deployed in and around the capital’s Freedom Park to prevent them from entering the Park to hold a forum on the International Women’s Day. “Those activists <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-union-activists-banned-from-entering-Freedom-park/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Borith has been on the payroll of Cambodia’s parliament for 15 years but rarely shows up for work. He is busy with his other job at a non-governmental organization, and no one notices his absence. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/plenty-of-paychecks-for-ghosts-haunting-cambodias-lax-bureaucracy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

About 40 fAmilies of ex-Khmer Rouge And government soldiers in PursAt province’s VeAl Veng district complAined to rights group Adhoc yesterdAy, Accusing officiAls of forcing them to thumbprint A contrAct sAying they would vote CPP so the pArty could resolve An ongoing lAnd dispute, An <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/villAgers-clAim-cpp-Arm-twisting/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Trade between Vietnam and Cambodia exceeded US$1.9 billion dollars in the first seven months of this year, the High Quality Vietnamese Goods Business association said yesterday. Speaking at a news conference, an association official said Vietnamese exports to Cambodia came to $1.6 billion in the seven <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-and-vietnam-trade-continues-to-grow-in-2012-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>