Hean Chanthorn, 20, a grade 12 student from Chea Sim Santhor Mok High School in Phnom Penh, says he wakes at 4 a.m. every morning to revise. He heads to school at 6 a.m. and stays there until 7:30 in the evening. after dinner, Chanthorn <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/students-knuckle-down-to-prepare-for-cheating-free-exam/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party yesterday handed over digital copies of a Cambodia-Vietnam border map bought in France to the Royal academy.The academy’s border committee now has maps from the UN, US and France, and says it will begin studying them in a bid <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cnrp-hands-in-french-map/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Promises of well-paying jobs in Malaysia turned into a nightmare for four young men repatriated from the country last week with help from rights group adhoc. The four &ndash; who range from 18 to 24 years old &ndash; had been sold to a plantation <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/migrants-dream-turns-into-pesticide-nightmare/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Hundreds of Cambodian workers who refused to work at a Thai seafood factory after the deaths of two men in a violent brawl on Monday have been offered employment at another factory, their spokesman said yesterday. “The manager told us that in three more days, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-factory-home-for-workers-in-brawls-wake/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The South Korean government has vowed to provide a $3.3 million grant to the Ministry of agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to implement a project to boost production of high-value vegetable crops and improve farmers’ livelihoods in the northeastern province of Mondulkiri, according to a senior <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/south-korea-to-give-3m-for-mondulkiri-crop-project/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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German sportwear maker Puma sent officials to investigate working conditions in Cambodia after a local woman working for one of its suppliers was shot during a labour protest on Monday. The woman, who was employed by Kaoway Sports, was shot during a protest by employees of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/puma-officials-go-to-cambodia-after-factory-shooting/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On Sunday, CPP lawmaker Cheam Yeap will attend a forum on the evolving oil and gas sector with about 400 university students. If all goes according to plan, Chevron Corporation will begin to extract oil from Cambodian waters in little over a year. Though the amount <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/looming-oil-funds-put-cambodia-at-crossroads/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The increasing number of Vietnamese investors gives more potential to the Cambodia market. Saigon Though Tin Commercial Bank (Sacombank), on October 5, opened fully its operation as a foreign bank in Cambodia where before it was just a branch in Phnom Penh after the business <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vietnamese-bank-upgrades-business-form-to-boost-investment-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Philippines is close to signing a government-to-government rice supply agreement that would make Cambodia a potential supplier of the grain staple to Manila, along with Vietnam and Thailand, agriculture officials said on Monday. The Southeast asian neighbours aimed to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/philippines-set-to-sign-rice-supply-deal-with-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Hyatt Hotels Co will open its first hotel in Cambodia next year by rebranding the well-known five-star boutique resort Hotel de la Paix, the company said in a statement on Tuesday. as part of the agreement, KS Hotels and Resorts, a Thai-based firm, will retain full <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hyatt-overtakes-siem-reaps-hotel-de-la-paix/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than 2,000 garment factory workers protested Saturday and plan to strike today in support of union organizers who face prosecution in court for alleged “incitement” over demonstrations at the plant, a union representative said yesterday. The workers at Ocean Garment factory began demonstrating on aug. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/provocative-posters-spark-renewed-protests/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Global development group Oxfam on Wednesday called on the World Bank to suspend financing for large-scale land acquisitions to ensure that its practices do not encourage foreign land grabs in developing countries. Oxfam urged Jim Yong Kim, the lender’s new president, to announce a six-month moratorium <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/oxfam-urges-freeze-of-land-investments/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On his first foreign trip since Tuesday’s election, US President Barack Obama is planning a historic visit to encourage reforms in Myanmar &ndash; seen as a key success during his first term &ndash; and he’ll also go to Thailand and Cambodia. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/obama-steers-us-towards-focus-on-asia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday issued a moratorium on economic land concessions, temporarily halting a long-standing policy of granting land to private companies and those with powerful political connections that has sparked growing concerns from national and international human rights groups. The prime minister’s announcement comes <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-puts-freeze-on-land-concessions/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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Suppliers to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) and Hennes &amp; Mauritz aB (HMB) agreed yesterday to pay about $145,000 in back wages and severance to about 160 workers at a Cambodian factory that closed in November, a labor activist involved in the deal said. The agreement, which <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/walmart-and-hm-suppliers-pay-workers-at-closed-cambodia-plant/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Siamese Rosewood, which is illegally logged and exported from Cambodia in large quantities, will be protected internally as a threatened species following a decision taken in Bangkok yesterday. a meeting of the 177 countries party to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/siamese-rosewood-elevated-to-protected-status/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The company behind the defunct mobile operator Mfone has told its former employees that it will consider covering millions of dollars allegedly owned to them in severance pay. The former employees have vowed to keep protesting until they are paid the $44.44 million to which <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mfone-parent-firm-to-consider-workers-demands/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>