Since 2007, the Human Resources Unit of the South Korean Ministry of Employment and Labour has conducted “EPS-TOPIK” tests 16 times in collaboration with the Manpower Training and Overseas Sending Board (MTOSB), a government-to-government system designed specifically to regulate the sending of Cambodian workers to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sk-ups-migrant-worker-quotas/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

One month before the nationwide test for university admissions, the Education Ministry warned that this year there will be no second chance. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/no-second-chance-for-exam/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Khmer Swiftlet AssociAtion (“KSA”) hAs been recognised by the government As An officiAl plAtform to support development of the locAl edible bird’s nest ecosystem, And bolster exports of the woefully untApped commodity, with pArticulAr considerAtion to the Chinese mArket. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AssociAtion-set-to-drive-birds-nest-ecosystem/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Garment Manufacturing association in Cambodia (GMaC) provided training on fire fighting to staff from its member factories and enterprises. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gmac-supplying-factories-with-hands-on-fire-fighting-training/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

With the screws tightening on Adhoc, pro-government NGOs Are cAlling for the government to use the newly enActed NGO LAw to punish the rights group And other orgAnisAtions cAught up in the Kem SokhA mistress scAndAl using A provision thAt cAn be used to shut <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/lAngo-looming-in-Adhoc-reArview/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Two women were charged with extortion and placed in Kandal Provincial Prison on Wednesday for accepting $4,500 from the factory where they worked and had recently set up a union, a court official said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/two-women-charged-with-extorting-factory/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The chevron oil company announced it is not ready to pump offshore oil in Block a in Cambodia. Mr. Steve Glick, Chevron President said: “the company is not ready to pump oil in Block a offshore Cambodia on the set-date of December 2012, complaining that more tasks need to be completed, but expressed <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chevron-not-ready-to-pump-oil-in-december-2012/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Condos and boreys have been experiencing a decline in sales, prompting developers to go back to the drawing board when devising financing strategies in a bid to lure back potential buyers. Nget Piseth, director assistant of Borey Piphup Thmey, said recently that residential sales in his <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/borey-developers-adjust-strategies-as-sales-decline/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Both unionists and private sector representatives are unhappy with draft amendments to Cambodia’s Labour Law, which would overhaul the regulations surrounding worker contracts and guaranteed employee protections. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unions-and-companies-alike-unhappy-with-draft-changes-to-law-on-worker-contracts/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Institute of Standards of Cambodia developed 63 new standards last year, bringing the total number of certifications available from the government to 868, though one industry representative said the system still needed improvement in order to facilitate exports. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdoms-list-of-certifications-grows-to-868/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Thailand’s border trade at Chanthaburi has dropped by half due to the heavy rain in many eastern provinces, while erratic changes of weather in the southern provinces has caused the increased price of seafood. Thai-Cambodian Business and Tourism association vice chairman Sombat Juengtrakul said that <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bad-weather-affects-border-trade-seafood-prices/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The price of land along four major boulevards in Phnom Penh climbed by 16 per cent in early 2013, according to real estate experts, compared to the same period in 2012. VMC Real Estate chairman Dith Channa said land prices increase because the quality of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/land-prices-along-major-roads-increase-sharply/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) Country Office for Thailand, Cambodia and Lao People’s Democratic Republic for is pleased to support the official launch of measures to better protect Cambodian migrant workers. On 16 December 2013, ahead of International Migrants Day on 18 December, the Cambodian Ministry <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ilo-hails-better-protection-for-cambodian-migrant-workers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful assembly and of association will arrive in Cambodia on February 5, his office announced on Friday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/un-envoy-making-informal-visit/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia held the 4th rice forum on Tuesday with an aim to promote milled rice to local and international buyers, an organizer said. Potential buyers from China, Singapore, Nigeria, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Iraq, South africa, the United States, Italy, Poland, Germany, India, and Myanmar were <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-promotes-rice-to-international-buyers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Swedish fashion giant H&amp;M Group said they were evaluating how the EU’s decision to withdraw one-fifth of the ‘Everything But arms’ (EBa) scheme would impact their business and production strategy in Cambodia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hm-reassess-strategy-amid-eba-withdrawal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than 190 workers at two separate garment factories fainted at work on Friday and Saturday, both times after complaining of foul odors, union leaders and workers said. at the Chinese-owned Sixplus Industry factory in Kandal province’s Mok Kampoul district, which makes sportswear for retail giant <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/odor-causes-nearly-200-garment-workers-to-faint-at-2-factories/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Officials from the National Center for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control (CNM) of the Health Ministry will visit three sites in Phnom Penh today in order to catch and test mosquitoes and larvae for the Zika virus.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-to-test-mosquitos-for-zika/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Education plans to spend less than its allocated $3 million budget for the upcoming high school exit exam due to a decrease in this year’s exam registrants, an education official confirmed yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/exam-budget-surplus-govt/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The revised national election law&mdash;expected to come before parliament this month&mdash;includes a provision that allows National assembly seats to be taken away from any political party that attempts to boycott parliament following an election, according to a draft of the law made public Thursday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-election-law-to-strip-assembly-seats-if-parties-boycott/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>