Cambodia’s 2011 rubber exports and export prices grew by 5.5 per cent and 131 per cent respectively, according to data from the Ministry of Commerce obtained by the Post. The data shows rubber exports last year totalled 46,727 tonnes, compared to 30,040 tonnes in 2010. Export <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/2011-rubber-prices-surge-132-per-cent-on-demand/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s sole exporter of cashew nuts to Japan is set to resume shipments in mid-September, after it sent its last consignment in March, before Tokyo began requesting an additional certificate, a requirement it had waived in light of Covid-19, according to the enterprise’s owner. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/japan-cashew-sales-may-resume-september/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Some 10 environmental activists launched the Riding a Bicycle for Prey Preah Roka campaign from November 29 to December 2.​​ They will ride across 300km from Phnom Penh to Preah Vihear province to promote natural resource protection and conservation amid threats of deforestation in the forestry <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cycling-campaign-for-prey-preah-roka-starts/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s judicial system is troubled by a cycle of corruption, with both sides of the bench accusing the other of perpetuating the practice of bribery, anti-Corruption Unit (aCU) Chairman Om Yentieng said on Thursday at the inauguration of the new bar association president. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/courts-must-solve-corruption-conundrum/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Nine business associations in the STaR (Sustainable Textile of asian Region) Network are calling on buyers to honour their contracts with their suppliers. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gmac-other-textile-associations-mount-pressure-on-brands-to-pay-suppliers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Dozens of NGOs are planning to boycott a workshop Monday to discuss the new election law, saying that the CPP and CNRP have not given them enough time to review the draft and that they do not want to give the event a veneer of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ngos-to-boycott-election-law-workshop/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Education is to expand literacy classes for garment workers to more than 12 provinces where factories are located this year, with more classes planed for the whole nation by 2020. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/garment-factory-literacy-classes-expanded/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

After meeting with members, severAl lAbour union leAders yesterdAy sAid thAt they will not hold protests AgAinst the government-set gArment industry minimum wAge for 2015. Minister of LAbour Ith SAm Heng lAst week Approved $128 As 2015’s minimum monthly wAge in CAmbodiA’s gArment sector. The increAse, <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/most-Are-ok-with-the-new-wAge-not-All/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Kampot Museum opened on January 28 at 8​ a.m. with a ribbon cutting and Buddhist blessing for the new venture. It was a hastily planned inauguration &ndash; the entrance fee was yet to be decided, and several guests misinterpreted the email invitation and turned <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/first-draft-of-kampot-museum-opens-with-push-from-governor/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Kingdom’s raw cashew production in the first seven months of the year reached only 620,000 tonnes, a decline of 15.9 percent compared to the same period last year while Vietnam remained the top buyer, importing around 95.32 percent of all raw cashew produced in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdoms-raw-cashew-output-down-nearly-16/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ratanakkiri Provincial Court yesterday questioned one of three human rights workers charged-alongside a journalist-with inciting ethnic minority villagers to protest violently against a powerful agro-industry firm during a 2009 land dispute. a representative of the villagers said yesterday that about 500 of them are planning to gather <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/first-rights-worker-questioned-in-land-dispute-incitement-case/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodian government has failed to comply with its fundamental civil and political rights obligations, FIDH and its member organizations, the Cambodian Human Rights and Development association (aDHOC) and the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICaDHO), said in a joint <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/cambodia-report-documents-governments-ongoing-failure-to-implement-iccpr/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

With almost 2 million voters registered so far, the National Election Committee yesterday declared its roll-out of new digital voter lists to be ahead of schedule, though efforts to organise “free and fair” elections continued to be undermined by the persecution of opposition politicians, an <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/voter-registration-ahead-of-schedule-nec/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The traditional supply chain dynamics for the renowned Kampot pepper are breaking down due to a market boom that has brought large-scale investment into pepper cultivation, while sidelining the small shareholders that rely on the benefits of being part of the association that represents them. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pepper-sector-shaken-by-boom/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia exported $837 million worth of raw cashew nuts in 2023, a year-on-year decrease of 16.9 percent, according to the Cashew Nut association of Cambodia’s report on Monday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-exported-656000-tonnes-of-cashew-earning-837-million-in-revenue-in-2023/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Garment Manufacturers association in Cambodia on Monday urged unions to moderate their demands in current negotiations over next year’s minimum wage for the garment industry, given the low productivity of Cambodian workers and their many paid days off compared with competing countries. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/garment-factories-say-low-productivity-should-temper-raise/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As minimum wAge negotiAtions continue, GMAC hAs Asked the government to refrAin from increAsing the Agreed-upon pAy bump for gArment workers by $5 becAuse it reduces the industry’s competitiveness due to the Added finAnciAl burden on employers. Minimum wAge negotiAtions between employers, the government And unions <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/gmAc-urges-government-to-reduce-finAnciAl-burden-on-employers/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Garment Manufacturers association in Cambodia (GMaC) warned garment workers on Thursday that they risk losing their jobs if they extend their Khmer New Year vacation by joining a stay-at-home strike. aiming to avoid police suppression of street protests for a higher garment sector minimum wage, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/staying-at-home-not-a-strike-factories-say/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

THE  Ministry  of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation (MISTI) provides a free PDF Science, Technology and Innovation guidebook to students looking to choose a higher education degree involving science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in Cambodia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mistis-stem-guidebook-for-students-choosing-higher-education-degrees/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A cAbinet secretAry for Prime Minister Hun Sen on WednesdAy refused to Accept A petition from A Khmer Krom Activist group becAuse, he sAid, it wAs “not my job.” <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/pms-cAbinet-refuses-khmer-krom-petition/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>