Prime Minister Hun Sen and opposition leader Sam Rainsy on Thursday failed to reach a deal on the date of the next national election but reaffirmed that the point remains the last hurdle to a deal that would end the country’s political deadlock. Mr. Rainsy said <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cpp-cnrp-fail-to-agree-on-date-for-new-election/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A fAmiliAr figure hAs popped up Atop A building thAt Authorities in Phnom Penh ordered demolished in October for violAting height restrictions Around the RoyAl PAlAce: A stAtue of lAte King FAther Norodom SihAnouk. “I hAve built A King stAtue on the top of my building <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/sihAnouk-stAtue-wAves-down-on-royAl-pAlAce/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

(Reuters) &ndash; a deadlock over Cambodia’s disputed election hardened on Monday as the opposition rejected official results confirming a victory for Prime Minister Hun Sen’s long-ruling party and raised the prospect of further street protests. The Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) said it would not accept <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-election-crisis-deepens-as-opposition-rejects-results/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Most mornings, garment worker Vicheka buys food from the street vendors outside her factory in Kampong Chhnang province. The beef and pork dishes, she says, have a tendency to give workers a stomach ache &ndash; a reputation forged long before Vicheka and her co-workers at <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mind-the-wage-gap/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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Koh Kong villagers facing the loss of their land to a Chinese mega-tourism project held a news conference in Phnom Penh yesterday to appeal to the government for the right to remain on their property. Kith Ten, 54, from Kiri Sakor district’s Prek Khsach commune, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/villagers-ask-for-governments-help-in-koh-kong-land-dispute/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen’s nephew Hun To hit back strongly yesterday at allegations published in a leading australian newspaper, The age, which linked him to an international drug smuggling and money laundering ring, demanding that the publisher print a retraction. Mr. To sent a letter to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sens-nephew-hits-back-at-allegations/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

About 300 workers entered their sixth dAy of strikes yesterdAy At A brA fActory in the cApitAl, which mAnufActures lingerie supplied to VictoriA’s Secret And VAlentino, but their hopes of A quick resolution were dAshed when A Ministry of SociAl AffAirs officiAl Admitted he wAs <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/brA-fActory-workers-look-to-ministry-for-support/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A controversiAl order instructing lAwyers to consult the CAm­bodiAn BAr AssociAtion before mAking public stAtements wAs triggered by comments mAde by An Attorney involved in the high-profile legAl bAttle involving mo­bile operAtor Mfone, A spokes­mAn confirmed on MondAy. Kuoy ThunnA&mdAsh;who is representing Chinese telecommunicAtions firm HuAwei <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/gAg-order-on-lAwyers-spArked-by-comments-in-mfone-cAse/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

THE Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX), the recently established bourse with a single player, will increase the number of trade executions from twice to six times a day, a move that will take effect on March 11. a CSX officer and the managing director of a securities <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/csx-to-increase-trade-times/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Hattha Kaksekar Limited, one of the country’s largest microfinance institutions (MFIs), is in talks to become a commercial bank by 2014, an official at the micro-lender said yesterday. The move, if successful, will be in line with the Central Bank’s policy to support MFIs in diversifying <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/micro-lender-to-roll-out-atm-service/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The dismissal of a worker allegedly fired by Xin Lan (Cambodia) garment factory in Kandal province’s ang Snuol district for frequently relieving himself on the factory’s perimeter fence has sparked a mass strike of about 1,000 fellow workers &ndash; almost all of the factory’s staff. Nov <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/worker-relieved-of-factory-job/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The UAE’s non-oil exports to CAmbodiA hAve risen by 639 percent from 2010 to 2011, with totAl EmirAti exports to the AsiAn country going up by 271 percent during which the UAE Achieved A surplus in trAde between the two countries of Around USD 2.3 <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/over-600-growth-in-uAe-re-exports-to-cAmbodiA-in-2011/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia continues to rank among the most corrupt countries in the world and much needs to be done to enforce the anti-Corruption Law and investigate allegations of corruption, Transparency International (T.I.) Cambodia said yesterday. according to T.I.’s 2012 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), Cambodia ranked 157th among <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-retains-its-reputation-for-corruption/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The U.S. has called on the Cambodian government to give fair legal treatment to the 13 women recently jailed for demonstrating against their evictions from the Boeng Kak area, according to a U.S. State Department spokeswoman. Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong met with U.S. Secretary of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/clinton-discusses-boeng-kak-prisoners-with-hor-namhong/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation (OCIC) is planning to develop a 400-unit apartment complex on the former site of the Ratanakkiri provincial airport, an official with knowledge of the project said yesterday. Ly Teang, Banlung City branch manager for Canadia Bank, whore investors are the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/developer-plans-housing-on-former-airport-site/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia is backsliding in efforts to improve working conditions in its garment industry, the International Labour Organisation said yesterday, following a series of strikes at factories producing western-brand clothing. The kingdom is failing to make progress in key areas such as worker and fire safety and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-garment-workers-plight-worsening-ilo/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Six of the 10 labor unions negotiating with the country’s garment manufacturers over a new minimum wage for factory workers dropped their demands yesterday to $73 per month, breaking previous commitments by unions to stand at $91. Ken Loo, secretary-general of the Garment Manufacturers association <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/majority-of-unions-reduce-wage-demands/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Japanese government has provided $118,996 for constructing a cassava propagation and distribution centre in Battambang province. The fund comes in response to the recent challenges facing farmers in the province who are facing a shortage of cassava trees to plant. Kumamaru Yuji, Japanese ambassador to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/japanese-grants-set-to-aid-local-farmers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Trade between Thailand and Cambodia went off in a wild divergence in the first quarter of this year. Exports from Cambodia rose 19% to US$102 million (2.9 billion baht) year-on-year, while Thailand’s imports recorded a 4% decline to $1 billion, the Phnom Penh Post reported on <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-sells-more-buys-less/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>