An employer who stAnds Accused of beAting her mAid using A stick And the bAck of A meAt cleAver will be summonsed by police in KAndAl todAy for questioning, locAl officiAls hAve sAid. Son LeAnghou, 57, A brick kiln owner, is Accused of beAting 28-yeAr-old Sok <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/kiln-owner-Accused-of-Abusing-employee/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia’s economy remained robust, underpinned by solid export performance and strong domestic demand, even as real growth is expected to decelerate to 7.0 per cent this year from 7.5 per cent last year, the latest World Bank Cambodia Economic Update said on Wednesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/world-bank-growth-at-7-for-this-year/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As night fAlls in Phonm Penh, thousAnds of weAry workers streAm from textile fActories, reflecting the AbundAnce of jobs creAted by the clothing industry’s desire for cheAp lAbor. However, As the number of internAtionAl clothes compAnies tApping into CAmbodiA’s workforce grows, so does Anger At the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/bountiful-work-but-scAnt-wAges-Angers-cAmbodiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Amid mounting concerns over lAbor recruitment Agencies’ treAtment of migrAnt workers, new links were discovered yesterdAy between Agencies And the officiAls thAt regulAte them, As A dAughter of A senior LAbor Ministry officiAl wAs found to be running A mAjor recruitment firm. Nhem ChAkryA, deputy director <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/lAbor-ministry-officiAls-link-to-Agency-spArks-controversy/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Nearly all workers in two special economic zones in Svay Rieng province ended their strikes and returned to work on Monday after failing to demand a US$50 bonus from employers, Xinhua news agency reports. Kat Lot, vice president of the Collective Union of Movement of Workers, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/garment-workers-end-strikes-in-cambodias-bavet-city/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court questioned a district governor from Kampong Thom province yesterday over his involvement  in clearing protected flooed forest in the province in July. Prim Rottha, Stong district governor, is one of about 20 officials who received court summonses in July over their suspected <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/district-governor-questioned-over-clearing-protected-forest/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday convicted and imprisoned four people for their roles in a fraud case that involved the forging of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s signature to secure a mining license in Mondolkiri province. al Romny, the 41-year-old director of the local company <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/jail-terms-for-four-in-mondolkiri-mining-fraud/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Education is prepared to release the results of the two-day national exam this weekend, ahead of schedule, but critics say the exam has been made easier than in the past in an effort to move more students along to higher education. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-national-exams-made-easier-this-year-critics-say/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s lowest paid high-school and primary-school teachers will receive a $25 increase to their base monthly salary by the end of May, the government revealed on Monday. Prime Minister Hun Sen announced the raise at the opening of the National Literacy Campaign on Monday and reiterated <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/teachers-to-get-wage-hike/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen again addressed recent criticism from [Surya Subedi] the U.N.’s human rights envoy to Cambodia , during a speech yesterday in Bateay Meanchey province that focused on land disputes. Mr. Hun Sen was speaking in Thma Puok district’s Banteay Chhmar commune, where he <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-questions-motive-behind-criticism/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government has created a one-window information service to help would-be workers avoid illegal migration to Thailand as part of a bilateral agreement with Thailand, Labor Minister Ith Sam Heng said Thursday. The quick-service windows will help make sure Cambodian workers enter Thailand legally by facilitating <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-to-open-one-window-service-for-migrants/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Despite a 67 per cent drop in food imports to Cambodia in 2011, inflation in exporting countries drove an 18 per cent rise in the total value of the imports. Food imports fell from 769,993 tonnes in 2010 to 254,080 in 2011, while the total value <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/food-costs-expose-gap-in-countrys-production/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The long journey on foot from the provinces to Phnom Penh began yesterday for hundreds of villagers and monks who intend to mark December 10’s International Human Rights Day by protesting outside the National assembly. Parades of people, expected to grow in size the closer they <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/long-march-to-capital-begins/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

An IrAniAn husbAnd And wife Are the lAtest refugees to return home After being resettled in Phnom Penh As pArt of An expensive deAl between CAmbodiA And AustrAliA, immigrAtion officiAls sAid MondAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/irAniAn-couple-from-nAuru-lAtest-to-leAve-cAmbodiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Malaysian Insurance Institute (MII) and the Insurance association of Cambodia (IaC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for “a bilateral collaboration to forge a beneficial business relationship to further enhance insurance knowledge and skills development for the insurance industry in Cambodia,” said a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/malaysian-insurance-institute-signs-agreement-with-cambodia-insurance-assn/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodia Chamber of Commerce and the Korea International Trade association have announced a partnership to bring more South Korean investors to Cambodia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/south-korea-eyes-new-investments/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The recent ban on dredging sand from the Mekong has resulted in some people resorting to more innovative measures to obtain landfill. On the island of Koh Oknha Tey, also known as Silk Island, people pay from 7,000 to 10,000 riels per cart-load for delivery <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/selling-off-the-farm-one-truckload-at-a-time/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A group cAmpAigning for better governAnce yesterdAy demAnded pArliAmentAriAns push the government to Allow CAmbodiAns living AbroAd to vote, while Also cAlling for stricter enforcement of migrAtion legislAtion inside the country. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/petition-seeks-vote-for-workers-overseAs/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes 2 new topic pages on​ “SDG 5 Gender equality” and “SDG 8 Decent work and economic growth”, which are two of the 17 goals of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in both Khmer and English languages. Through ODC’s new <a href='https://Opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/Open-development-cambodia-publishes-a-new-topic-page-on-sdg-5-gender-equality-and-sdg-8-decent-work-and-economic-growth/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In 2013, Cambodia welcomed 4.2 million tourists, an increase of 17% from the previous year. This rapid growth of tourist arrivals is expected to continue year on year, raising concerns about how to ensure that local children are only positively impacted by tourism. Tourism destinations attract <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/increase-in-cambodian-tourism-leads-to-growing-importance-of-child-safe-tourism/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>