China is an enormous market for Cambodia and other member states of the association of Southeast asian Nations (aSEaN), Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/prime-minister-hun-sen-says-china-huge-market-for-cambodia-other-asean-countries/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In their latest bid for a $160 minimum monthly wage for the garment industry, independent unions will lead a “stay at home” strike late next week. While the chances of that figure being approved anytime soon seem slight &ndash; the government has only just announced a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/costs-dont-top-brands-concerns/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

About 55,000 CAmbodiAns Are victims of forced mArriAge in CAmbodiA And they comprise 22 percent of the estimAted 256,800 people in modern slAvery in CAmbodiA, According to An AustrAliAn NGO’s findings cited in the GlobAl SlAvery Index report releAsed yesterdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/forced-mArriAges-turn-women-into-slAves-report/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Japanese Investment in Cambodia is steadily increasing as a result of sharply rising wages in China and other Southeast asian nations. But experts warned this week that for sustained investment growth and to avoid driving Japanese companies to other attractive investment destinations such as Burma <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/japanese-investment-in-cambodia-grows-but-hurdles-remain/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A Chinese-owned gArment fActory in Phnom Penh’s ChbAr Ampov district locked up About 300 workers for two hours on WednesdAy morning to force them to Accept reduced sAlAry pAyouts before it shuttered operAtions due to finAnciAl losses, union officiAls And the former workers sAid ThursdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/workers-sAy-shuttered-fActory-mAnAgers-took-them-hostAge/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Tiger AirwAys inAugurAl flight from SingApore to CAmbodiA touched down At Phnom Penh InternAtionAl Airport yesterdAy morning, mAking the low-cost cArrier the 21st Airline to offer dAily flights to the cApitAl. MAo HAvAnAll, secretAry of stAte At the StAte SecretAriAt of Civil AviAtion, sAid yesterdAy <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/tiger-AirwAys-1st-flight-lAnds-in-phnom-penh/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The National Election Committee’s (NEC) “successful” holding of the 2023 general election reflected the proper implementation of the Kingdom’s Constitution, laws and relevant legal documents, said NEC vice-chairman Nuth Sokhom as he addressed an august 14 meeting held to summarise the electoral work. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nec-touts-successful-election/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Five Tumpuon villagers have again been summonsed for questioning by the Ratanakkiri Provincial Court in a lengthy dispute after private firm Ly Sokim Co Ltd accused villagers of destroying its property. In the latest summons, dated July 30, villagers are warned that failing to show up <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/villagers-in-a-drawn-out-land-fight-summonsed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia earned nearly $3.070 billion from agricultural exports in the first 10 months of this year, preliminary data based on exporters’ invoices released by the Ministry of agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries showed. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/jan-oct-agricultural-exports-bring-in-over-3b-ministry/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s foreign trade volume reached $41 billion in the first nine months of 2022, up 18 percent from $34.76 billion in the same period last year, an official report showed on Monday.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-trade-reach-41-billion-increase-of-18-percent-in-first-9-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s export to South Korea significantly increased in the first quarter of this year, thanks to the bilateral free trade agreement, which was put into force last December. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-export-to-south-korea-surges-in-q1/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Interior yesterday ordered the temporary suspension of land rights NGO Equitable Cambodia for allegedly violating its own by-laws and the controversial law regulating NGOs passed in 2015. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/land-rights-ngo-suspended/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Interior Minister Sar Kheng took aim at civil society on Tuesday night, warning NGOs to comply with the law or face legal action, at the same time the ministry ordered the ad hoc election monitoring group the Situation Room to cease any future monitoring activities. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ngos-warned-to-comply-with-law-or-face-action/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Representatives of 80 civil society organizations (CSOs) called on the Royal Government of Cambodia to make the official draft Law on associations and Non-Governmental Organizations (LaNGO) available to the public, and to conduct dialogues with different stakeholders for collecting their views, concerns and perceptions on <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/joint-statement-on-the-draft-law-on-associations-and-non-governmental-organizations-lango/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Despite government assurances that the controversial NGO draft law was still undergoing review, committees of the National assembly said yesterday that the only revisions will be minor corrections to spelling and wording. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/lawmaker-says-ngo-law-must-pass-now/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training has issued letters to employers reminding them to implement the Kingdom’s labour laws more effectively, especially concerning the seniority payment formula. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/follow-labour-law-effectively-employers-told/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

ASEAN hAs AppreciAted CAmbodiA’s rApid development in the educAtion And sports sectors. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiAs-educAtion-And-sports-development-regionAlly-recognized/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia’s aSEaN economic minister said the official launch of the negotiations for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) will lead to potentially forming the biggest single market in the region and is much bigger than the traditional markets of the US and the EU. an economist <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/regional-comprehensive-economic-partnership-to-create-huge-market/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The National Election Committee said today that more than 282,000 additional people have registered to cast their ballot for next year’s National Election. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/over-282k-new-voters-registered-for-national-election/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The agreement to conduct the study was signed between South Korea’s Trade Minister Yoo Myung-hee and Cambodian Commerce Minister Pan Sorasak in the Korean city of Busan, where a two-day asean summit is being held. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-and-s-korea-closer-to-signing-fta/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>