<p>Cambodian Confederation of Unions president Rong Chhun yesterday appealed to landlords with properties close to garment factories not to take advantage of the industry’s minimum wage increase by raising rent prices. The minimum monthly salary in the garment sector – Cambodia’s biggest export industry – officially ...p>

<p>Kuala Lumpur-based Felda Global Ventures Holdings Berhad (FGV), the third-largest palm oil operator in the world, said it plans to cultivate rubber inside Cambodia. “We are . . . consolidating by expanding into countries like Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos – planting other crops such as rubber,” ...p>

<p>With union and company officials at one of Asia’s largest garment factories making no progress in resolving a strike that has lasted nearly three months, a pair of labour relation groups are working on an agreement that all sides hope will end the deadlock. officials from ...p>

<p>Some of these ASEAN economies are not like the others. Singapore is 80 times richer than Myanmar and its population lives 20 years longer than Cambodia’s, while Myanmar ranks 50 places behind Cambodia in terms of global competitiveness, according to a wide-ranging analysis from the World ...p>

<p>The Cambodia National Rescue party is not done marching. Speaking at party headquarters yesterday afternoon, CNRp leaders said they plan to establish “democracy squares” in provincial towns and cities to regain momentum lost following last week’s deadly attack on striking workers and the violent destruction of ...p>

<p>A 7-month-old baby, a woman and two men en route to Malaysia were rescued from two alleged traffickers near the Cambodia-Thai border in Banteay Meanchey’s poipet town, police said yesterday. Heng Chhun, 48, and Som Na, 38, will face charges related to human trafficking, prum Sonthor, ...p>

<p>Following the announcement of recent reforms to Cambodia’s customs department and Commerce Ministry, a revision of the country’s investment law is planned for next year, according to the secretary-general of the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC). Speaking to reporters at a workshop at the ...p>

<p>An 18-year-old man became the third construction worker in three days to be killed on the job after part of a building collapsed on him and three co-workers – including two 15-year-olds – on Monday, police said. Yu Bunrong, from Kampong Cham province’s Koh Sotin district, ...p>

<p>Tep Bopha prasidh, a wealthy businesswoman and wife of Commerce Minister Cham prasidh, has been anointed with the sought-after royal title of&nbsp;oknha. According to an August edition of the&nbsp;Royal Gazette, King Norodom Sihamoni signed off on the new title on July 11. Roughly translated as tycoon,&nbsp;oknha&nbsp;is a ...p>

<p>As protests against land grabbing have increased in phnom penh in the past five years, so too have violent crackdowns by the authorities. police have been criticised for their treatment of protesters – which has included beatings with electric batons and kicks to the stomach of ...p>

<p>As the cost of imports rise, local producers could see an opportunity to increase their market share, but for most a lack of output and quality means potential is limited, industry observers said yesterday. Customs officers who had often undercut the official rate are now ...p>

<p>While more Japanese companies are flocking to Cambodia for investments in recent years, they are more diversified, ranging from restaurants to manufacturing industries and electronics. Yoshihito Katsuo, first secretary in charge of trade at the Japanese embassy in phnom penh, told Kyodo News on Friday that ...p>

<p>Australia’s Immigration Minister Scott Morrison has defended the government’s plan to transfer refugees to Cambodia, saying the programme would start small but be a long-term arrangement. Under Canberra’s hardline immigration policy, asylum-seekers who arrive on boats are denied resettlement in Australia and sent to papua New ...p>

<p>The deal signed with Cambodia by immigration minister Scott Morrison will see refugees held on Nauru resettled “outside” phnom penh. As foreign minister Julie Bishop defended the deal on Sunday, a copy of the memorandum of understanding with Cambodia, which has been posted on Morrison’s official ...p>

<p>Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has published a new online resource detailing on Cambodian population and poverty rate 2015 in both Khmer and English. Together with the detail information of&nbsp;total population, total family and poverty rate in Cambodia in 2015&nbsp;in levels of commune, district and province.=>please ...p>

<p>Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has published new online resources on “Assessment of undiscovered copper resources in Cambodia” in both Khmer and English. You can find document in various format such as KML, GeoJSON, SHp, JpEG.=> please click here to get in to the dataset page ...p>

<p>Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on​ “Unions”. This bilingual new topic page gives the overviews of Unions in Cambodia, together with the related contents such as law and regulations, daily news and publications.=>please click&nbsp;here to go to “Unions”.&nbsp; ...p>

<p>Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on​ “Investment”. This bilingual new topic page gives a quick overview of investment in Cambodia, together with the related contents such as data, information, and publications.=>please click&nbsp;here to go to “Investment”. ...p>

<p>Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on​ “Sugarcane”. This bilingual new topic page gives a quick overview of sugarcane in Cambodia, together with the related contents as well as relevant reports, news and statistic.=>please click here to go to “Sugarcane”.&nbsp;&nbsp; ...p>

<p>Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on​ “Jatropha”. This bilingual new topic page gives a quick overview of jatropha crop in Cambodia,&nbsp;together with the related contents as well as relevant reports, news and statistic.&nbsp;=>please click here to go to “Jatropha”.&nbsp;&nbsp; ...p>