Koh Kong officials are looking into claims that residents of Bak Roneas village affected by a massive project by the company Union Development Group were not properly compensated. The villagers filed a complaint with Prime Minister Hun Sen’s cabinet early this year, claiming they did <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/officials-investigating-koh-kong-villagers-allegations-of-udg-compensation-fraud/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In a boast reminiscent of US President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Hun Sen went on a tangent on Wednesday before thousands of garment workers in Por Sen Chey district extolling his negotiating prowess, calling himself one of the top negotiators in the “history of world <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-no-one-negotiates-better-than-me-in-history-of-world-leaders/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Palm oil production is expected to drop over the next few months but instability in the international market is likely to drive down local prices by the start of next year, a Cambodian palm oil producer has warned. The price of crude palm oil in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/palm-oil-price-drop-to-hit-local-market/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Two strikes have broken out at large processing companies in the past week as employers respond to the government’s minimum wage policy with what workers say are cutbacks in conditions. almost all the 800 Cambodian workers who staged industrial action at a seafood company in Songkhla <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/strikes-break-out-in-wake-of-wage-policy-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Banteay Meanchey provincial court has ordered casino workers in a border town to resume work, following a five day strike over poor working conditions. The provincial court judge, Pich Vicheathor, told workers they must resume their work or be fired, workers said. The workers say <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/striking-casino-workers-court-ordered-back-to-work/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian officials asked their Thai counterparts during a meeting Friday to crack down on human smugglers on their side of the border who bring Cambodians in to work in Thailand. Banteay Meanchey provincial government spokesman Ouk Keoratanak said a delegation led by provincial Deputy Governor Try <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/thailand-asked-to-help-stop-labor-smuggling/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian Confederation of Unions president Rong Chhun threatened yesterday to lead a march of more than 3,000 striking garment workers from Kandal province to the capital on Thursday if their employer refuses to meet their demands. “[Workers] have already made commitments with me to march to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ccu-threatens-capital-march/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The ruling Cambodian People’s Party should let members speak freely if it is going to make the reforms needed to survive, a Cambodian academic says. Writing earlier this week in The Diplomat, a Tokyo-based regional current affairs magazine, Phoak Kung noted that top CPP members had <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/to-survive-cpp-needs-to-let-members-speak-freely-academic/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Opposition CNRP lawmaker Eng Chhay Eang on Thursday wrote to the environment minister urging him to ensure security guards for a Chinese firm building a $3.8-billion tourist complex in Koh Kong province do not evict some 30 families clinging to their homes in the areas. China’s <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/lawmaker-asks-minister-to-aid-k-kong-villagers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Villagers living downstream from the controversial Lower Sesan II hydropower project have claimed that they contracted unusual skin ailments causing large black spots on their bodies after the firm building the dam drained industrial waste into a river they use for bathing. Cambodia’s Royal Group, a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sesan-families-report-illness/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Tourism Ministry yesterday issued a directive for the indefinite closure of beer gardens across the Kingdom in a bid to quell rising COVID-19 figures. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/beer-gardens-ordered-to-be-shuttered-to-stem-covid-19/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Health on the morning of april 11, 2021 issued a press release confirming the death of a 36-year-old Cambodian due to COVID-19. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/three-more-covid-19-patients-succumb-to-the-virus-in-cambodia-death-toll-now-29/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia now has a total of 1,301,609 workers in seven countries. Prime Minister Hun Sen said this in a message to mark the forthcoming May 1 International Labour Day. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-has-more-than-1-3-million-migrant-workers-working-abroad-remitting-more-than-3-billion-in-2021/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Indonesia has received a nod from the Cambodian government for the supply of 250,000 tons of rice a year, President Joko Widodo said on Monday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/indonesia-to-import-250000-tons-of-rice-from-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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The father of an 18-year-old girl who he said had been missing in Malaysia for more than a year, has filed a complaint with the rights group adhoc against the labour firm that sent her there. Minh Ngi, 46, from Preah Vihear province, said yesterday the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/missing-in-malaysia-father-says-concerns-fell-on-deaf-ears/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

With a quarter of construction work already completed, the new port in Kampot province will become the country’s main gateway to tourism destinations in the region, the minister of tourism said. The seaport, which is being built​in Tek Chhou district, will be able​to accommodate one <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kampot-seaport-to-become-main-gateway-to-region/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen has slammed the opposition for claiming the government forced a group of Cambodian exchange students studying in France to meet with him.a Cambodian radio station in France said the Cambodian embassy was forcing students to meet the prime minister at Maison <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-opposition-cause-stir-in-france/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen will attend the asean-australia Special Summit this week in the face of planned protests against his attendance, including by the wife of slain political analyst Kem Ley who was recently granted refugee status. The Ministry of Foreign affairs issued a statement <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-to-attend-summit-in-face-of-protests/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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