More than 2,000 workers at three factories in Svay Rieng’s Bavet City went on strike Saturday, claiming their bosses owed them money. about 500 workers at the You Li factory, which makes baby clothes, went on strike Saturday because management refused to pay them for Thursday <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/2500-workers-in-bavet-sez-go-on-strike/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As Chevron hAnds over its controlling stAke in the Kingdom’s most developed oil field to A new plAyer, industry experts sAy extrAction mAy still tAke time Industry insiders urged pAtience this week After news broke thAt energy giAnt Chevron hAd sold its controlling stAke in the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/new-chApter-in-seArch-for-blAck-gold/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

ApproximAtely 1,686 workers in gArment And shoe fActories got fAinted lAst yeAr due mAinly to overwork, poor heAlth, exposure to chemicAl substAnces, And hysteriA, A CAmbodiAn lAbor officiAl sAid WednesdAy. Pok VAnthAth, vice-chief of the LAbor Ministry’s vocAtionAl trAining depArtment, sAid the mAss fAinting incidents hAd <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/some-1686-workers-fAint-in-cAmbodiA-in-2012-officiAl-report/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The growth of new enterprises across many different sectors in Cambodia is driving the rapid growth of insurance premiums and policy holders, the head of the Kingdom’s insurance industry body said yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/insurance-premiums-swell-on-new-business-growth/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As the rAzor-wire cAme down from Freedom PArk on WednesdAy, A group of unions quickly filed A request to be the first people to hold A demonstrAtion inside the pArk since it wAs put into lockdown in eArly JAnuAry. The letter, obtAined by the Post yesterdAy, cAlls on <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/unions-in-push-for-pArk-rAlly/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Garment exports for the first half of 2011 have increased as demand from Europe and asia grows. The relaxation of duty-free exports to Europe has sped the growth according to the Garment Manufacturers association in Cambodia. Exports are said to have increased by 32 percent <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/garment-growth-led-by-eu-and-asia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The former country partner and staff of Grant Thornton Law and associates in Cambodia have joined the accountancy and advisory firm BDO Malaysia effective July 1, according to a statement. BDO is one of three accounting firms licensed by the Securities and Exchange Commission <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bdo-expands-cambodia-operations/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The volume of imports and exports handled at the Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) clocked in at $1.749 billion in the first eight months of 2022, marking a 27.39 per cent rise year-on-year from $1.373 billion, according to the operator. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ssez-imports-exports-surpass-1-7b-in-january-august/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The rights group, HRW, had called for the release of Uon Chhin and Yeang Sothearin, two Radio Free asia reporters who were jailed on treason charges for allegedly continuing to work for RFa after it had left the country under government pressure. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-mocks-human-rights-watch-over-appeal-for-journalists-release/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Patrick Heuveline sat among villagers in Cambodia, showing them photos of his daughter to establish common ground with a group of people whose culture he had yet to fully understand.Heuveline, a UCLa sociology professor since 2007, has now spent about 15 years studying the effects <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/professor-studies-impact-of-khmer-rouge-regime-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry And Fisheries And the PAilin LongAn AssociAtion (PLA) Are fAst-trAcking negotiAtions for mArket Access to ChinA in A rAce AgAinst time to reAch A prompt And meAningful resolution to the plight fAcing longAn growers before peAk hArvest seAson. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/rAce-AgAinst-time-for-chinese-ApprovAl-of-longAn-shipments/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Pig Support in Cambodia association claims that the price of imported live pigs is abnormally high. The association says there are now six companies granted a business licence to import the animals from foreign countries. Most come from Thailand. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/abnormally-high-price-of-pork/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Three members of the Free Trade Union on Thursday filed complaints against members of a rival union for allegedly beating them with bamboo sticks and banana tree branches during a clash outside Phnom Penh’s SH International garment factory on Wednesday morning. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/beaten-garment-workers-file-police-complaints/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Communities affected by land disputes have used the occasion of International Women’s Day today to urge the government to free activist Tep Vanny. They also called for the release of civil society organization officials and an NEC official who are being held in prison. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/womens-day-plea-for-vanny/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Recruitment agencies will soon be able to send Cambodians to work in Hong Kong, especially domestic workers, for the first time. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/agencies-to-begin-sending-workers-to-hk/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Two weeks of strikes by Cambodian garment workers of a Phnom Penh factory could have “negatively impacted” the country’s industry, The Garment Manufacturers association in Cambodia (GMaC) has said.  Figures published last week by GMaC showed the number of strikes at Cambodia’s garment factories during <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-garment-strikes-negatively-impacting-industry/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia will begin to discuss the annual increase of monthly minimum wage for the garment and footwear industry for 2016 in July, according to a Labor Ministry’ s statement issued late Friday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-to-commence-talks-over-2016-wage-hike-for-garment-sector-next-month/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen requested that the aSEaN National Police (aSEaNaPOL) continue their cooperation to prevent and combat terrorism, with the ultimate goal of making the aSEaN region free of terrorism. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-calls-on-asean-police-forces-to-increase-anti-terrorism-activities/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) will join with the Ministry of EducAtion this yeAr to curb cheAting during nAtionAl-level high school And junior high exAms, According to ACU chAirmAn Om Yentieng. In order to eliminAte old hAbits of purchAsing Answer sheets And pAying bribes to exAm monitors, <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Acu-threAtens-jAil-for-students-cAught-cheAting/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Hean Chanthorn, 20, a grade 12 student from Chea Sim Santhor Mok High School in Phnom Penh, says he wakes at 4 a.m. every morning to revise. He heads to school at 6 a.m. and stays there until 7:30 in the evening. after dinner, Chanthorn <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/students-knuckle-down-to-prepare-for-cheating-free-exam/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>