The ruling CPP recieved nearly twice as much television and radio airtime last year than any other political party, and access to the broadcast media continues to be constrained by bias toward Prime Minister Hun Sen’s party, an election-monitoring group said in its annual report. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/broadcast-bias-means-cpp-dominates-airtime/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As teAchers in severAl provinces continue to strike over low wAges, the Ministry of EducAtion declined to sAy yesterdAy whether it would follow through on threAts to enAct hArsh punishment on those who hAve wAlked. In A stAtement issued on FridAy And obtAined yesterdAy, Pin ChAmnArn, <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/striking-teAchers-to-be-tAught-A-lesson/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Ministry of Interior has issued a warning to election watchdogs Comfrel and Nicfec, ordering them to halt their activities that allegedly violate their NGO obligation of neutrality. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/election-monitors-get-warning-over-law-on-neutrality/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Inflation in the Kingdom increased by 1.8 per cent in January compared with the same period the year before. Higher costs for food and fuel were the main drivers, official data from the National Institute of Statistics (NIS) show. Khin Song, deputy director general of the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/inflation-rose-by-1-8-per-cent-in-january/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Phnom Penh authorities yesterday offered an economic argument for ministries, motorists and citizens to respect traffic laws, claiming that congestion-related costs in the capital were setting the country back about $6 million per month. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/congestion-costing-6-million-a-month/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The number of garment factories registered in Cambodia reached 1,200 at the end of June, an 8 per cent increase over six months ago, according to data released by the Ministry of Industry and Handicraft. The report also showed that the garment sector employed 733,300 workers <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/registration-of-garment-factories-up-in-first-half/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Minister of Economy and Finance aun Pornmoniroth has encouraged the Japanese-owned Kirirom Institute of Technology to seek more Japanese technology companies to aid the establishment of the Eco-Technology Park at the Kirirom resort in Kampong Speu province. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-benefits-from-japanese-tech/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 02 August 2019, the government of JApAn hAs Agreed to provide USD 310,777 to AAR JApAn under the frAmework, the GrAnt AssistAnce for JApAnese NGO projects.  The GrAnt ContrAct hAs been singed between H.E. Mr. Horinouchi HidehisA, AmbAssAdor ExtrAordinAry And PlenipotentiAry of JApAn to <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/Announcements/press-releAse-jApAn-provides-usd-310777-for-promoting-inclusive-educAtion-in-kAndAl-province/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The AmericAn AppArel &Amp; FootweAr AssociAtion (AAFA) And VF CorporAtion Are urging CAmbodiAn Authorities to investigAte​ forced lAbor used to produce export goods. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiAn-Authorities-urged-to-probe-forced-lAbor-in-fActories/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

More than half of Cambodia’s 9.6 million eligible voters had been registered as of Saturday, despite the National Election Committee reporting that heavy rains had dampened the pace of registrations recently. Updated figures released on the weekend show that 4.9 million voters had registered in the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/national-election-committee-voter-registration-passes-halfway-mark/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The National Election Committee yesterday said voter registration was progressing slower than expected, largely due to migrant workers not registering &ndash; an issue that advocates have urged the electoral body to remedy for months. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/voter-registration-slow-nec/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The number of people registering to vote has dropped sharply in recent days, statistics show, with an election watchdog calling on the National Election Committee to step up its game. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/voter-registration-push-slows-in-recent-days/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The National Election Committee (NEC) says it will consider prolonging voter registration in some areas only if it’s needed as compiling this year’s voter list ends in two weeks. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/election-body-ponders-registration-extension/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The National Election Committee (NEC) expected 1.6 million newly registered voters in 2021, compared to just over 500,000 new registrations last year, according to its spokesman Som Sorida. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/voter-registration-numbers-expected-to-triple-this-year/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The National Election Committee (NEC) confirmed that in the first two days of new registration on October 20-21 for next year’s national election, more than 30,000 new voters had registered, while nearly 6,000 people have been de-listed. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/first-two-days-of-voter-registration-nets-over-30k-new-voters/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia is a signatory to 10 free trade agreements (FTa) which cost the Kingdom over $400 million in lost tax revenue each year. This is nonetheless recovered by the growth of investment and export markets, said the General Department of Customs and Excise of Cambodia <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gdce-tax-revenue-reduction-offset-by-investment/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The National Election Committee (NEC) met with the Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia (Comfrel) to discuss the audit of the 2019 voter list. While Comfrel presented evidence of name repetition on the voter list, it confirmed the list was almost 100 per <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/group-calls-for-oversees-voting/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A group of internAtionAl business AssociAtions representing gArment, footweAr And trAvel goods buyers hAve cAlled on the government to improve lAbour And humAn rights conditions in the Kingdom in the fAce of possible preferentiAl trAde Agreement chAnges by the United StAtes And EuropeAn Union. In FebruAry, <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/internAtionAl-business-group-urges-respect-for-lAbour-rights/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia has added an 18th goal to its localized version of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) &ndash; “End the negative impact of mines/ERW and promote victim assistance”.1 The SDGs were adopted by all United Nations member states in 2015 as a universal call to action <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/sdg-18-cambodia-mine-erw-free/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s upcoming cut in electricity costs will likely lower manufacturing and operation costs for the export-reliant nation, delivering a boost to the business sector while potentially attracting more foreign investment, top executives said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/electricity-subsidy-to-boost-manufacturing/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>