The Education Ministry has formed a committee tasked with addressing complaints from students who failed the national high school exam and demanded a review of their grades. a ministry press statement issued yesterday acknowledged that many students have protested the results of the exam and filed <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-forms-committee-as-students-protest-exam-results/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A secret bAllot yesterdAy fAiled to resolve gArment union splits over whAt to demAnd At upcoming minimum wAge tAlks, with At leAst one independent union rejecting the mAjority vote of $158 And vowing to put forwArd $178.The division cAme A dAy After LAbour Ministry spokesmAn <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/unions-house-divided/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The International Labor Organization says a new National Employment Policy will improve the country’s economy for the young generation.The policy, drafted with the help of Sweden, aims to increase “decent and productive” employment opportunities, enhance skills and human resources development, and strengthen labor market governance, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-initiates-first-ever-employment-policy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A teAm of more thAn 30 doctors And nurses from HAinAn province in ChinA hAve spent the lAst four dAys At KAmpong ChAm provinciAl hospitAl removing cAtArActs from low-income pAtients. KAng BAiying, A teAm member And A HAinAn provinciAl officiAl, sAid her teAm hAd been on <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/chinese-bring-sight-to-kAmpong-chAm/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Rights and democracy groups say Cambodians are not being protected by the constitution, which has been routinely violated by all three branches of government. Over 170,000 families across the country were hurt by land disputes in 2014, according to a new a report by NGO <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/groups-concerned-over-increasing-violations-of-constitution/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Nearly two years after an Interior Ministry official was first accused of threatening to kill the deputy leader of the Cambodia National Rescue Party, police have finally transferred the case to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, officials have told the Post.In December 2013, Pheng Vannak, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/facebook-threat-case-is-moved-to-court/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than 70 workers from a Korean-owned massage centre in the tourist hub of Siem Reap protested in front of their workplace yesterday, demanding a basic wage of $177 per month and a $100 yearly health bonus.Workers from the alaska Massage Center have been on <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/massage-workers-strike-in-siem-reap/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Nine Phnong ethnic community representatives and a senior adhoc officer jointly filed a lawsuit yesterday at the Mondulkiri Provincial Court against eight local officials they allege have turned a blind eye to illegal logging in the Phnom Nam Lyr wildlife sanctuary.The suit follows their inspection <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/logging-complaint-filed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Recently, Cambodia’s prime minister signed a series of decrees placing the responsibility of Prey Lang protection with the Ministry of Environment and provincial governments. It’s a promising change, development professionals and conservation activists tell Devex, as a combination of stronger national and local government cooperation <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/development-actors-bet-on-political-power-shift-to-save-cambodias-forgotten-forest/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodia Mine action Centre has received a grant of more than $170,000 from aPOPO, a rat-demining organization, to support the HeroRat activities in clearing landmines in Siem Reap province. also, in 2018, CMaCC will also receive $1.2 million from the United Nations Development Program <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rat-demining-aid-granted/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Officials appeared to walk back a promise to issue larger-than-average electricity price reductions ahead of July’s elections, instead following a previously announced plan to make small reductions in costs. Ty Norin, chairman of the Electricity authority of Cambodia (EaC), released a statement earlier this month announcing <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-sticks-to-plan-on-power-price-cuts-ahead-of-election/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Twelve of the 29 excavators seized by military police in Kompong Thom province during Monday’s military police raids on illegal Tonle Sap reservoirs were confiscated from a farming collective run by a newly elected CPP commune chief. Peanh Poul, director of the Dry Rice Season Community, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/raids-netted-excavators-owned-by-cpp-official/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

UN Human Rights Envoy to Cambodia Prof Surya Subedi has taken a strong exception to the scathing criticism of him by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, saying it was unbecoming of a person of the prime minister&acute;s stature to “descend to the personal level”. In a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/subedi-objects-to-cambodian-pms-remarks/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Nine months after former Bavet town Governor Chhouk Bandith allegedly shot three Garment workers during a protest, the Svay Reing provincial prosecutor has wrapped up his investigation, though a court date has not yet been set , a court official said yesterday. But the slow <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/still-no-date-for-bandith-trial/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Industrialists have raised concerns that the higher minimum wage is a key factor driving many labour-intensive manufacturers to relocate to less developed neighbouring countries. at a seminar on investment strategy in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam held yesterday by the Board of Investment of Thailand (BOI) <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/firms-relocating-for-cheaper-labour-costs/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A fresh complAint hAs been filed AgAinst A compAny AlreAdy before the courts for Allegedly running A humAn-trAfficking rAcket thAt sent more thAn 150 CAmbodiAns onto fishing boAts As virtuAl slAves. More thAn 20 men who clAim they were forced to work Almost without sleep And <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/new-clAim-filed-AgAinst-giAnt-oceAn/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A LAo government delegAtion visiting the Kingdom’s cApitAl lAst week AnticipAtes thAt A joint visA scheme thAt would Allow entry to both countries on A single visA will tAke At leAst two to three yeArs to implement. MAnoxAy VilAyhAne, second secretAry At the LAo embAssy in <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/joint-visA-with-lAos-not-expected-before-2015/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Phnom Penh municipal governor Pa Socheatvong has ordered a complete suspension of all sand-dredging activities while the municipality investigates whether the companies are operating illegally, a spokesman said. The order came during a meeting yesterday between the governor and his subordinates, City Hall spokesman Long Dimanche <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/capital-governor-declares-moratorium-on-dredging/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

An investigAtion by BBC news progrAm PAnorAmA into the misuse of GlobAl Fund Aid to CAmbodiA hAs clAimed thAt the Fund “wAtered down” A report releAsed lAst month, which exposed A network of corruption in CAmbodiA’s heAlth sector. But PAnorAmA, which obtAined A leAked copy of the originAl <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/fund-report-lAcking-bbc-show-clAims/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Cambodian government has entered into a public-private partnership with a little-known company named aLEX Corporation Co Ltd to develop power lines from plants in Preah Sihanouk province to Phnom Penh, according to the Council of Ministers. The private firm will invest $119.1 million in a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/power-line-investment-approved/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>