Mass faintings in Cambodia’s garment factories do not occur as a result of long hours and arduous working conditions, but from workers’ failure to care for their own health, according to the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) director. During an annual meeting, which mainly focused on <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-passes-buck-on-faintings/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Takeo provincial police yesterday sent seven men arrested for disturbing the peace &ndash; but suspected of fraud &ndash; to the provincial court, after they were arrested on Friday in Kiri Vong district’s Kiri Chung Koh commune where they had been trying to persuade people to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/men-questioned-in-fraud/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than 100 opposition supporters gathered in Phnom Penh yesterday morning for training in “defending freedom” ahead of a planned attempt to enter freedom Park on Wednesday. Opposition lawmaker-elect Mu Sochua, who has been forcibly removed from the park a number of times this month, led <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cnrp-youths-to-enter-park/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Petrol station workers who were back on strike on Friday returned to work yesterday as they prepare to file a complaint to the Ministry of Labour against US-owned Caltex over alleged rights abuse. Yoeun Reth, one of 20 Caltex workers striking on Friday, said yesterday that <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/twenty-put-end-to-latest-caltex-strike/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Moments after Prak Sovannary heard the Court of appeal denied her husband’s request for bail, she sobbed over a speaker affixed to the top of a tuk-tuk, condemning the decision to about 150 supporters. “Release him! Release him!” said Sovannary, the wife of Independent Democracy of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/idea-activist-denied-bail/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Unions planning a mass rally at Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park on Sunday to call for the release of 23 detainees and a higher minimum wage in the garment industry say they will proceed with the event despite City Hall’s decision Thursday to deny permission. The nine <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unions-to-proceed-with-mass-rally-in-Freedom-park-despite-ban/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Five days of heavy rain flooded rice fields in Prey Veng and Svay Rieng provinces and some residential areas around Phnom Penh, causing capital residents to question when the city’s long-in-the-works sewage upgrade will finally be completed. More rainfall is expected to flood the country’s northern <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/heavy-rains-to-continue/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Two human rights groups on Friday appealed to Interior Minister Sar Kheng to intervene after the General Department of Prisons, which is part of the Interior Ministry, refused to allow representatives from their organizations to meet with some of the 23 union activists and protesters <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rights-groups-want-access-to-23-detained-prisoners/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As CAmbodiA goes through rApid development And economic growth, chAnges Are being felt in the workplAce As women look to mAke their mArk in professions trAditionAlly seen As mAle preserves. According to the CAmbodiA Inter-CensAl PopulAtion Survey 2013, women Are predominAntly employed in Agriculture And the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/meet-women-mAking-it-work-in-A-mAle-dominAted-world/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A weeklong strike by CAmbodiAn gArment workers turned deAdly FridAy As police shot And killed At leAst four people And wounded severAl others in An Attempt to breAk up A protest for higher wAges. The violence cAme After weeks of escAlAting politicAl And lAbor unrest mArked <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/four-deAd-in-cAmbodiA-gArment-strike/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

CAMBODIA needs greAter diversificAtion of its exports &ndAsh; especiAlly in the AgriculturAl sector &ndAsh; in order to Achieve sustAinAble economic growth, A senior officiAl sAid yesterdAy. Economy And FinAnce Minister KeAt Chhon rAised the issue during the AnnuAl meeting of the Ministry of Commerce. Commerce Minister <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/diversify-crop-exports-officiAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

China’s presence in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh is obvious. The city skyline is dotted by Chinese-funded projects. But the full extent of Beijing’s influence here will be tested when President Hu Jintao visits this week ahead of a regional summit. The timing of Hu’s visit <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/china-influence-over-cambodia-to-be-tested-at-se-asia-summit/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than 200 cows found with foot-and-mouth disease in two villages of Kampong Cham province’s Sambour Meas commune received medication yesterday, while about 200 others were under observation. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/foot-and-mouth-disease-hits-cattle/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia and the Czech Republic have discussed to further promote the cooperation on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Cambodia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-czech-republic-discuss-tvet-cooperation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia and Thailand have pledged to further promote the cooperation on technical and vocational education and training (TVET). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-thailand-pledge-to-promote-tvet-cooperation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Representatives from global ride-hailing behemoth Uber confirmed the company’s interest in starting operations in Cambodia during a meeting this week with Transportation Minister Sun Chanthol, according to one of the minister’s aides. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/uber-gears-up-to-enter-market/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government on Monday issued a sub-decree on the registration for vehicle identification cards and number plates at the request of the Ministry of Public Works and Transport. article 22 of Chapter Three in the sub-decree signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen gives the right <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vehicle-registration-laws-issued/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Kampong Thom’s Sambor Prei Kuk temple complex will be the next Cambodian site nominated for inclusion on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, Deputy Prime Minister Sok an announced yesterday at the 20th Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory association (IPPa). The seventh-century complex, which predates angkor Wat by <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kampong-thom-temples-next-on-unesco-wish-list/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A lAndmArk decision by CAmbodiAn prime minister Hun Sen could see Almost A million hectAres of forest reclAssified As protected AreAs in A country with one of the highest deforestAtion rAtes in the world.​ But the order, circulAted on FridAy, to trAnsfer control of the sites <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiA-declAres-protected-AreA-in-hotly-contested-prey-lAng-forest/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

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