About 1,000 workers protested yesterdAy morning outside A TAiwAnese electronics fActory in SvAy Rieng province’s MAnhAttAn SpeciAl Economic Zone (SEZ) to demAnd better working conditions, A union representAtive sAid. Among workers’ demAnd is A sAlAry increAse from the current minimum monthly wAge of $61 to $70, <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/About-1000-electronics-fActory-workers-protest/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Forty Kampong Chhnang villagers embroiled in a long-running land dispute with KDC International, a company owned by the wife of a senior CPP official, farmed contested land without interference on Monday, prompting some to wonder if they were being coaxed to vote for the ruling <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/farmers-fear-deal-has-strings/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Thailand is rethinking a controversial plan to deport pregnant migrant workers from countries such as Cambodia and instead support them following widespread outrage, a Thai labour ministry official said yesterday. Last month, Thai Labor Minister Padermchai Sasomsap announced plans to send home migrant workers who were <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/thai-government-reconsiders-deportation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A delegAtion from A ThAi AgriculturAl co-operAtive yesterdAy discussed meAns of improving AgriculturAl products And mArket Access with representAtives of the Ministry of Commerce in Phnom Penh. KAmit LikhitvidhAyAvuth of the ThAi co-operAtive sAid his teAm Aimed to strengthen mArket Access for CAmbodiAn goods. No Agreement <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/thAi-co-op-seeks-to-boost-cAmbodiAs-mArket-Access/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A weAther forecAst predicting heAvy rAin in the next five dAys is cAusing some trepidAtion Among election monitors, who feAr flooding might keep some voters from the polls. Minister of WAter Resources And Meteorology Lim KeAn Hor issued A wArning MondAy thAt A low-pressure system hitting <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/flooding-rAises-feArs-of-polling-problems/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia will launch a new 100,000-riel banknote (in equivalent to 25 U.S. dollars) in order to celebrate the sixtieth birthday of King Norodom Sihamoni on May 14, a central bank official said Wednesday. a sub-decree on the issuance of the new 100,000-riel banknote was signed <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-to-issue-new-100000-riel-banknote-featuring-royal-family-pictures/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Economic cooperation between Cambodia and Hong Kong is on the rise, while the introduction of a new visa extension is also evidence of strengthening relations, officials say. On June 1, Cambodian officials will be able to travel to Hong Kong without a visa and stay <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdom-hong-kong-boost-ties/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A teenAger wAs killed And A mAn wAs bAdly injured on FridAy while they were illegAlly cleAring forest lAnd for An unidentified businessmAn on the border of Stung Treng And KrAtie provinces, officiAls sAid. KAm Dek villAger Chhoun Pourn, 17, And KAm Yun, 40, were <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/teen-killed-while-logging-in-stAte-forest/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Phnom Penh’s sanitation workers are expected back on the job today after a two-day strike that saw garbage beginning to pile up in neighbourhoods across the city. The decision by employees of Cintri, the private firm contracted to remove the capital’s garbage, came after a four-hour <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/messy-strike-comes-to-an-end/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Two Cambodian nationals are among those reported dead following the collapse of a beam at a construction site yesterday on the outskirts of Bangkok. The death toll stood at 11 as of 4pm yesterday, while another 17 were reported injured. a concrete beam fell down at the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-workers-die-in-thailand/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Police in Svay Rieng province yesterday afternoon arrested a union worker who was delivering flyers supporting a stay-at-home strike scheduled to begin after Khmer New Year. While delivering about 1,100 fliers to union members at Full Fortune Knitting, Kem Chamroeun, a 25-year-old Collective Union of Movement <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/leaflets-get-unionist-in-hot-water/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Singaporean investors will invest $300 million to erect a twin-towered commercial building called The Bridge, in downtown Phnom Penh. The Bridge, which is a joint venture between Singapore Oxley Holdings and Cambodia World Bridge Land, aims to make its mark on the city landscape by constructing <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/joint-venture-to-embark-on-soho-twin-tower-project/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A mother And child were killed on TuesdAy in whAt Russey Keo district residents described As A tornAdo-like storm thAt stripped off roofs, split trees And swept chAirs And bAby chicks into the skies. According to villAgers, the unprecedented weAther stArted with clouds thickening And turning <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/tornAdo-like-storm-kills-two/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Military officials in Banteay Meanchey province have removed a local platoon commander from his post for alleged wood smuggling after he evaded detention by fellow soldiers earlier in the week, but it remained unclear whether he would be fired or prosecuted. Phork Sambath, a deputy military <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/platoon-commander-removed-for-alleged-wood-smuggling/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Amnesty InternAtionAl And rights group LicAdho in A joint stAtement yesterdAy cAlled on UN member stAtes to “Address the country’s humAn rights crisis” At A UN HumAn Rights Council heAring in GenevA on TuesdAy. The stAtement, which wAs sent to foreign embAssies, the CAmbodiAn government And <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/un-Asked-to-Address-crisis/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Over 100 families, who live in Kampong Chhnang, filed complaints against a provincial court judge and his group for allegedly threatening to shoot them in land disputes. The residents sued San Sophat, a judge at Kampong Chhnang Provincial Court, his bodyguard, and Hem Dara, a lawyer, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-judge-sued-for-threatening-to-shoot-villagers-in-land-disputes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A wildlife sAnctuAry in TAkeo province mAy provide refuge for birds, but it’s A source of contention for 68 Khmer Krom fAmilies who stAnd to lose their livelihood. The locAl fisheries AdministrAtion wAnts to evict villAgers from the stAte-owned sAnctuAry in Borei CholsAr district, but the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/khmer-krom-fAmilies-fAce-sAnctuAry-eviction/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Cambodian government said Saturday that it is going to take a firm measure against the country’s main opposition leader Sam Rainsy over his offensive remarks on the nation’s King Norodom Sihamoni. “The government will consider a firm measure against Sam Rainsy, president of the Cambodia National Rescue <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-govt-mulls-strict-measure-against-opposition-chief-over-king-insult/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

While workers and opposition supporters marched to mark Labour Day yesterday, and baton-wielding district security guards enforced a ban on gatherings, a very different, uninterrupted rally took place at the capital’s Koh Pich Exhibition Center. about 2,000 workers from pro-government unions and government officials heard Labour <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/at-government-rally-all-proceeds-smoothly/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party said yesterday that charred human remains retrieved by a local party member in Kampong Speu province on Saturday would be handed over to human rights organisations for examination. Despite a seeming lack of evidence or investigation, opposition activists have speculated <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/remains-bound-for-ngo/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>