Potentially contaminated infant milk powder that had been banned in China, Russia and Vietnam is now being recalled in Cambodia. The Cambodian distributor of a milk powder product that uses a suspect ingredient from New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra is recalling thousands of units as a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/baby-milk-recalled-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Meas Sotha is not leaving the SL Garment Factory. as tensions between management and workers have intensified over the past five months, Mr. Sotha and his role at the strike-plagued factory have moved center stage. Workers claim that since Mr. Sotha took over from a previous SL <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/meas-sotha-the-man-at-the-center-of-the-sl-factory-strike/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The economic fallout from garment worker protests and the industry’s response is expected to cost the key sector millions of dollars while tarnishing the country’s reputation among international buyers, interviews with suppliers and figures from previous periods of labour unrest show. Disputes over wages came to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/factories-to-lose-millions/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The U.N. special envoy for human rights in Cambodia on Monday met with about 100 activists in the capital Phnom Penh who sought his help to gain the release of nearly two dozen people arrested during recent violent government crackdowns on striking factory workers. Envoy Surya <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-un-envoy-meets-activists-calling-for-release-of-detained-cambodians/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

About 200 villAgers locked in A lAnd dispute with the Chinese-owned Union Development Group (UDG) in Koh Kong province sAid they were wArned on FridAy thAt “pArAtroopers” would be brought in if they continued to block A roAd to the compAny’s heAdquArters in Botum SAkor <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/threAt-to-unleAsh-pArAtroopers-in-lAnd-dispute/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A worker with the CAmbodiAn Center for HumAn Rights (CCHR) hAs been intimidAted And received deAth threAts while trying to document the plight of three fAmilies involved in A bitter lAnd dispute with A developer in the country’s cApitAl, According to the center. The worker, VAnn <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiAn-rights-worker-fAces-deAth-threAts-over-lAnd-dispute/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Takeo Provincial Court charged eight union representatives with incitement Sunday for taking part in a garment factory strike, bringing to 17 the number of unionists charged this month alone. The latest in the spate of recent arrests came just ahead of today’s high-level meeting between <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/more-unionists-charged-on-eve-of-brand-meeting/ ' 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>

After A three-dAy stAndstill At A PumA supplier, shoemAkers returned this morning to the fActory floors in Phnom Penh where 49 workers reportedly fell ill MondAy morning. Huey Chuen fActory AssistAnt GenerAl MAnAger ZhAng HAnchAng &ndAsh; who led reporters from The Post through the empty fActory <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/inside-look-At-fAinting-fActory/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday called for greater regional cooperation to tackle a range of environmental problems in the Greater Mekong Sub-region, but did not specifically address the threat posed by dams. “I call on all countries in the Greater Mekong Sub-region to place more emphasis <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/climate-change-on-agenda/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s petroleum authority yesterday announced that it would like to renew discussion with Thailand in order to find a solution over disputed waters in the Gulf of Thailand widely believed to hold large quantities of oil and gas. Negotiations over how to split revenue from <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-welcomes-thai-talks-over-waters/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Winning text messages in hand, about 25 angry Metfone customers yesterday gathered at the telecom’s head office on Mao Tse Tung Boulevard to demand the new iPhones they were promised. Each of the customers had paid US$0.30 to enter a Metfone-sponsored contest and received a text <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/customers-call-metfone-on-promise/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The foreign owner of a luxury Siem Reap hotel has sued four workers he sacked last year, alleging they damaged his property during protests in which they accused him of firing them for unionising. In total, 67 workers were sacked last year by ankor Village Hotel <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/angkor-village-strikers-sued/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Government officials remained tight-lipped yesterday about progress in their investigation of the Feb. 20 shooting of three female garment workers during a strike and demonstration in Svay Rieng province’s Bavet city. On Feb 20, three women were wounded when a uniformed gunman opened fire at <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/officials-mute-on-shooting-investigation-rights-groups-concerned/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Enforcing a new ban against hanging posters and distributing promotional leaflets in Phnom Penh, police detained three Smart Mobile promoters while they were distributing flyers ahead of a music concert Tuesday, a company representative said. Boeng Trabek commune police chief Nheng Samoeun said that he <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/police-detain-three-mobile-phone-promoters/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

It was the grimmest of homecomings yesterday for the family of Ouk Sakan as the body of the 40-year-old domestic worker was repatriated from Malaysia, ending a bleak vigil that began with her death more than four months ago. Na Rith said his cousin had worked <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/familys-bleak-vigil-ends/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia called Tuesday for the newly elected Thai government to resume talks on resolving claims to a 27,000-square-kilometre stretch of seabed considered rich in oil and gas. The Cambodian National Petroleum authority, a government body, said it had ‘a firm commitment to finding an equitable <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-calls-for-talks-with-thailand-on-disputed-oil-and-gas-zone/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Following a decision in March to give land back to residents of 13 communes in Pursat province from a vast economic land concession belong to the conglomerate Pheapimex, boundaries have yet to be drawn, and ownership of the land still remains unclear, residents and a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/land-rights-still-unclear-in-pheapimex-dispute/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Another building is rApidly rising on the plot of lAnd reserved for the tenth And lAst building promised to evicted Borei KeilA residents. Behind 100 protesting evictees, construction workers continued pounding AwAy yesterdAy At A steel structure thAt stArted coming up lAst week, Along <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/building-10-rises-At-borei-keilA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The government is finalizing a draft law that will aim to prevent importers from price dumping and protect local producers by allowing authorities to raise tariffs on goods, according to a copy of the draft law. In the past, local producers have been negatively affected by <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/draft-law-aims-to-combat-price-dumping/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>