It’s been marked by violence, fervent protests and a stream of recriminations, but now bureaucracy is hampering efforts to resolve the seven-week-long strike at the Tai Yang and Camwell factories, which supply Levi’s and Gap, a trade-union advocate said yesterday. Dave Welsh, country director of the american <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/letter-holds-key-for-tai-yang/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Thanks to a crowd-sourcing campaign spearheaded by grassroots map developers Urban Voice Cambodia, residents of Phnom Penh can now access a map pinpointing flood-prone areas in the capital during rainy season. Updated online yesterday, the map was generated by citizens, who contributed 119 reports of flooding over a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/flood-trouble-spots-mapped/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A compAny linked to tycoon Khun SeAr, TP MorAl Group, received 1,247 hectAres of coAstAl wAters in Kep province to develop A new sAtellite city And “speciAl tourism zone” According to A MArch 6 sub-decree signed by former Prime Minister Hun Sen And publicized in <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/tycoons-compAny-receives-1267-hectAres-Along-kep-coAstAl-wAters-for-sAtellite-city-development/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The purpose of this contest is to encourage professionals, researchers, and students, especially those who identify as Indigenous Peoples, to demonstrate the value of data through effective visual data storytelling, and to contribute to the open data community by increasing the accessibility of information on <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/cambodia-data-driven-storytelling-contest/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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ODC Mapper Loch Kalyan, ODC Intern atif Choudhury, ODC Research &amp; Volunteer Coordinator Chan Penhleak, ODC Senior Mapper Mean Naroa four-member delegation from the Open Development Cambodia team attended the two-day international technology conference BarCamp, held in Battambang.  Through its theme “Empowering Youth through Technology”, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/odc-presents-at-barcamp-battambang/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Just hours before Chinese President Hu Jintao landed in Phnom Penh on Friday, a group of dismayed Koh Kong province villagers whose land is under threat from a sprawling Chinese tourism project were escorted onto a bus and sent back home before they were able <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chinese-embassy-petitioners-sent-packing/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Economic diversification is attracting substantial sums of FDI from China and beyond. Rich in history and culture and blessed with wonderful natural and human resources that are driving its impressive economic growth and attracting record sums of foreign direct investment (FDI), the Kingdom of Cambodia offers <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-very-lucrative-for-investors/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Nun Vanak is an excellent example of how Cambodia’s garment manufacturing industry has helped to change lives of hundreds of thousands of people in this country. The 23-year-old is part of Cambodia’s half-a-million-strong workforce &ndash; mostly young women &ndash; that keeps these garment factories running. Her income <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-garment-industry-at-crossroads/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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>

On 7 September 2023, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR), the Cambodian Human Rights and Development association (aDHOC), and the Solidarity Center announced the release of the 2022 annual Report of the Cambodia Fundamental Freedoms Monitor produced by the Fundamental Freedoms Monitoring Project (FFMP).The <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/joint-press-release-on-cambodia-fundamental-freedoms-monitor-2022-annual-report/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

SDG 13 is aimed at taking urgent action to combat climate change impacts by developing the capacity of each country to mitigate climate risks and work towards adaptation. Least developed nations, landlocked countries and small island states are recognised as especially in need of support <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/sdg13-climate-action/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

National assembly of Cambodia. Photo by Sorn Seang Heng, taken on 12 June 2010. Licensed under CC-BY 2.0.With a constitution written a little more than 20 years ago, the current rule of law in Cambodia is relatively new, and continues to be shaped by many <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/law-and-judiciary/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

You have found an interesting topic to write about? Support your article with data! To learn more about data-driven journalism Open Development Cambodia, in cooperation with Cambodian Center for Independent Media, hosted the second two-day workshop for journalists and journalism students on May 24-25 2018. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/workshop-2-data-driven-journalism/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>