Four Cambodian garment workers were slightly injured on Tuesday after part of the floor in a garment factory collapsed into a pond built underneath, a local police chief confirmed. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/garment-factory-floor-collapse-injures-4-in-cambodia-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

For the third year in row, students scoring an a on Cambodia’s high-stakes Grade 12 exit exam were granted an audience with Prime Minister Hun Sen and lavished with gifts, while the Ministry of Education came in for its own accolades on reforms that are <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-hands-out-prizes-for-cambodias-a-team/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Microfinance has grown exponentially in Cambodia and is not as stressed as reported by the international media, according to a study by research firm M-CRIL in partnership with the Cambodia Microfinance association (CMa). a sector which had only 50,000 clients in 1995, now services 2.1 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/microfinance-formed-over-30-of-cambodias-2022-gdp/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Even though Cambodia’s insurance industry is still young compared to neighboring countries such as Thailand and Vietnam, there is potential for its growth with the development of human resources in the sector. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hope-grows-in-insurance/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The freedom of the press and expression in Cambodia becomes worse this year, according the Cambodian Human Rights and Development association (aDHOC). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/human-rights-group-cambodias-press-freedom-becomes-worse/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

New houses built for 100 families who were pushed off of their land by the construction of the Sesan Krom II Dam have been slammed as substandard by the Cambodian Human Rights and Development association (adhoc). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/adhoc-houses-for-families-displaced-by-dam-sub-standard/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ratanakkiri Provincial Court is investigating the case against Theng Savoeun, director of the Coalition of Cambodian Farmer Community (CCFC), who has admitted to wrongdoing including “causing unrest” and “undermining public order”. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/farmer-activist-case-probed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Since its first day of operation in early December, the non-profit kitchen “Buckhunger” has provided nearly 22,00 lunchtime meals to hundreds of needy children and adults for free. There is no record of who comes and goes, and no condition to being fed. If you <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/free-lunch-comes-at-a-cost-for-city-soup-kitchen-founder/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Minister of Commerce has sought more Japanese investments in the Kingdom as Cambodia and Japan are keen to work on negotiations to possibly establish a bilateral free trade agreement. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdom-lures-japanese-investment/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Kingdom of Cambodia and the Republic of Korea will sign a draft free trade agreement (FTa) next week, as the two countries witness their bilateral trade amount on the rise. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-south-korea-deal-to-be-signed-next-week/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Labour is bringing back a beauty pageant for garment workers, which unions and commentators have deemed a “regressive” distraction from deep-seeded inequalities in the sector. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/garment-worker-pageant-troubles-critics/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s insurance industry recorded a total premium of 31 million U.S. dollars in the first nine months of the year, up 20 percent compared with the same period last year, figures showed Tuesday. It said during January-September period this year, the total amount of claims paid <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-insurance-industry-reports-20-pct-growth-in-9-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Workers at a factory that recently shuttered due to bankruptcy protested yesterday and vowed to continue to do so, after they were paid only part of their severance stipulated under the Kingdom’s Labour Law. Kui Xing factory in Phnom Penh’s Chbar ampov district closed its doors <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/factory-payout-lacking-union/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Two Chak angre Leu commune officials traded blows at a voter registration drive in Phnom Penh on Sunday morning and the National Election Committee (NEC) said it will hold a hearing for both men to air their grievances and explain their actions. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/officials-brawl-at-voter-drive/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

US-ASEAN Business Council President AlexAnder FeldmAn wAnts CAmbodiA And the US to mAintAin And improve their relAtionship.​ <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/us-businessmen-seek-improved-ties-to-cAmbodiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Poor sanitation costs Cambodia $450 million a year due to health costs resulting from water-borne diseases such as diarrhea, according to a new report by the UN Environment Program. The report follows data released last week by the World Bank that found that 75 percent <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unclean-water-costs-450m-a-year-new-un-report-says/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian cassava farmers are facing dropping prices in the agro commodity this season, as the lack of a domestic market and dependence on exports, which faces competition from neighbouring countries, has led them to call for government intervention. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/lacklustre-prices-competition-dampen-cassava-exports/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

“There may be times when you want to explain things through maps, but you don’t know how to create the maps. With the currently available technology, creating map has become relatively easy. You no longer need to be an expert to develop maps, provided that <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/making-digital-maps-using-free-and-simple-mapping-applications/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The strong inflow of Japanese investment is expected to continue on the back of both large-scale commercial projects and the consumer habits of Japanese expatriates residing and working in Cambodia, according to investment officials. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/japanese-fdi-on-the-rise-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Embassy of Denmark in Cambodia has encouraged more Danish companies and investors to explore investment opportunities in the kingdom, arguing that in an increasingly competitive global market, it is crucial that national governments and individual businesses cooperate to increase business activity. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/denmarks-damco-launches-new-head-office/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>