As teAchers in severAl provinces continue to strike over low wAges, the Ministry of EducAtion declined to sAy yesterdAy whether it would follow through on threAts to enAct hArsh punishment on those who hAve wAlked. In A stAtement issued on FridAy And obtAined yesterdAy, Pin ChAmnArn, <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/striking-teAchers-to-be-tAught-A-lesson/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia has for the first time made it onto the Global Retirement Index, a yearly list of the world’s top retirement locations. The list, compiled annually for the past 30 years by International Living Magazine, compares countries throughout the world across a range of categories including <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-listed-as-a-top-retirement-destination/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Hang Mao was among more than 11,000 Phnom Penh public school teachers who were told two weeks ago that corruption in the classroom would no longer be tolerated. The message came from senior city officials, including Phnom Penh Governor Pa Socheatvong and municipal education director Chea <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/for-underpaid-teachers-a-desire-for-dignity/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Phnong ethnic minority in Mondulkiri province have heard the promises of development before. With increasing investment and the selling off of the region’s forests will come new roads and schools, they are told. But people in this ancient community, tired of seeing their sacred forests handed <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/a-way-of-life-falls-with-trees/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Water and Meteorology has warned farmers of a rainfall shortage forecast to last at least another month, with average daily temperatures also forecast to remain above average. The announcement, issued on Monday, says that up until mid-July Phnom Penh, Kandal, Kampong Speu, Takeo, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rainfall-still-a-month-away-says-ministry/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s salt production rose sharply at the end of this year’s harvest season thanks to more favourable weather conditions enhancing yields. Salt production in Kampot and Kep provinces &ndash; home to Cambodia’s salt fields &ndash; reached 147,000 tonnes this year, nearly double the 80,000 tonnes recorded <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/salt-makers-shake-out-a-big-surplus/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In southwest Cambodia, at the foot of the Cardamom Mountains, is a single dirt road that meanders through the heart of the pristine areng valley. Ten miles down this road, villagers have set up an encampment to stop a hydroelectric dam project that they fear <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/a-threat-to-cambodias-sacred-forests/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

After its November lAunch in Hong Kong, AlilA VillAs Koh Russey will breAk ground lAte next month, initiAting the construction of A world-clAss luxury resort. AlilA VillAs occupies 25 hectAres on Koh Russey, An islAnd in the Koh Rong ArchipelAgo in the Gulf of ThAilAnd, with <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/koh-russey-A-jewel-by-the-seA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia’s exports to Japan increased sharply by 39 per cent over the first three months of 2014 compared to the same period last year, according to data from the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO). Total exports reached more than $178 million at the end of March, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/exports-to-japan-see-a-big-jump/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia National Rescue Party president Sam Rainsy yesterday said that, contrary to his speech before the National assembly last week, the Kingdom’s political crisis would not be resolved as long as opposition activists were still being harassed by the courts. If there are still CNRP members <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/jailings-are-a-threat-to-deal-rainsy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

An election reform lobby group hAs cAlled for the ruling CAmbodiAn People’s PArty And opposition CAmbodiA NAtionAl Rescue PArty to grAnt wide-rAnging powers to A new election body. The Election Reform AlliAnce And politicAl pArties thAt did not win seAts in lAst yeAr’s nAtionAl election sAid <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/election-group-wAnts-A-more-powerful-nec/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

About 1,000 workers from A Phnom Penh footweAr fActory got An eArly stArt on TuesdAy on A cross-union cAmpAign for A $177 minimum wAge, set to stArt todAy, protesting in front of their fActory over internAl workplAce grievAnces. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/workers-stArt-wAge-bAttle-A-dAy-eArly/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

With the spectre of potential garment-sector unrest on the horizon and emboldened communities protesting land disputes, the National Police is buying what appear to be the authorities’ first water-cannon trucks designed specifically to control demonstrations. In advertisements in yesterday’s Post and Post Khmer newspapers, the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/wanted-big-trucks-for-a-big-crowd/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A Hong Kong compAny is hoping to AttrAct A sizeAble slice of CAmbodiA’s lottery mArket with the opening of outlets in Phnom Penh And Around the country next month, According to the CEO of the firm’s locAl subsidiAry. EGAme Solutions, the pArent compAny of CAmbodiAn MArk <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/new-lotto-compAny-enters-A-shrinking-industry/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

When Phnom Penh was flooded with free condoms during the Water Festival last week&mdash;a public health push to ensure revelers who came for days of debauchery did so safely&mdash;the city’s condom vendors weren’t happy about it. The global health organization Population Services International (PSI), whose <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/in-condom-market-a-growing-private-sector/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Sihanoukville autonomous Port (SaP) recorded above-average revenue growth in 2014, marking the third year of consecutive profit and paving the way for a 2015 initial public offering, officials say. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/port-a-step-closer-to-2015-ipo/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Tourism Ministry will announce a new “Green Hotel” standard later this month in an effort to make the industry more environmentally friendly, senior officials say. Tourism Minister Thong Khon said on Friday that while it will not be immediately compulsory for all hotel venues to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-seeks-a-greener-tourism-industry/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A unique hArvest is under wAy in the rice fields of CAmbodiA where tens of thousAnds of wild rAts Are being trApped Alive eAch dAy to feed A growing export mArket for the meAt of rurAl rodents. PopulArly considered A diseAse-cArrying nuisAnce in mAny societies, the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiAn-rAt-meAt-A-growing-export-mArket/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The presence of dozens of riot police yesterday swiftly ended the first day of Boeung Kak land-rights activist Yorm Bopha’s planned month-long protest in the capital’s Freedom Park. at virtually the same time, Surya Subedi, the UN’s special rapporteur on human rights in Cambodia, visited a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/a-tale-of-two-boeung-kak-protests/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The number of tourists travelling during the three-day Khmer New Year festivities saw a dramatic increase this year, with the largest attraction &ndash; angkor Sangkran in Siem Reap &ndash; hosting more than a million visitors last week. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/a-million-tourists-gather-for-angkor-sangkran/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>