The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) has inked an agreement with French international development agency – Agence Francaise de Development (AFD), for obtaining a loan of US$ 3.5 million to set up [sic] first garment training institute in the country. As per the agreement the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-to-get-its-first-garment-training-institute/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Changes in demography and technology have altered the behavior of Cambodian media consumers, with youth increasingly using social media platforms to share news and information. Pen Sophal, a graduate student in media management at Sweden’s Royal Institute of Technology, says print and electronic media outlets in href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/social-media-changing-cambodias-information-landscape/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The minimum wage for workers in Cambodia’s billion-dollar garment sector will rise to $200 a month next year, a $6 raise that unions said was insufficient while employers raised concerns about profits and regional competitiveness. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/garment-sector-minimum-wage-to-rise-to-200-a-month-in-2023/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

NagaWorld union leader Chhim Sithar and eight co-defendants appeared for their first day of trial in Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday. Sithar and all her colleagues, except for one, denied the incitement charges against them. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/incitement-trial-begins-for-nagaworld-union-leader-and-eight-strikers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday threatened to sue the opposition Candlelight party after its leaders accused the ruling CPP of political persecution in the run-up to the July 23 national elections. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/candlelight-leaders-decry-persecution-as-hun-sen-threatens-another-lawsuit/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Around 100 villagers representing thousands of families from seven Siem Reap communities facing land conflicts delivered petitions to relevant ministries in Phnom Penh, requesting land titles and solutions from provincial and national authorities this week. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/siem-reap-villagers-protest-apsara-authority-restrictions-seek-land-titles/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

For nearly three years, about 300 local workers, 50% of them women, worked in a Vietnamese banana plantation belonging to Hoang Anh Gia Lai Joint Stock Co (HAGL), covering 245 hectares in Talao commune, Andong Meas district in Ratanakiri province. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/workers-of-vietnamese-owned-hoang-anh-gia-lai-still-suffer-years-after-plantation-closes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Preah Vihear Provincial Court last week questioned five community representatives from Prame commune over allegations that they had issued a death threat to a man who had been clearing contested land in Tbeng Meanchey district. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/five-preah-vihear-community-representatives-released-after-questioning-over-death-threat-allegations-in-long-standing-land-dispute/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The National Election Committee (NEC) upheld the decisions of provincial election officials Thursday, who had convicted four opposition members and activists for inciting spoiled ballots in the national election. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nec-upholds-convictions-against-opposition-members-for-inciting-spoiled-ballots/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A day after Prime Minister Hun Sen announced his son Hun Manet would take over the role in August, Hun Manet told the public on Thursday he would follow his father’s words. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/future-prime-minister-hun-manet-promises-to-follow-his-fathers-advice/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Tycoon Kith Meng’s Royal Group company received 9,968 hectares inside Botum Sakor National park in Koh Kong province, according to a January 25 sub-decree signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen and published earlier this month. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-gives-9968-hectares-in-botum-sakor-national-park-to-royal-group/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Just 38 indigenous communities out of 455 have received communal land titles since the government first made them available in 2009, with indigenous activists and rights groups bemoaning the notoriously slow process. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/indigenous-communities-urge-action-on-collective-land-titles/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The deputy chairman of a major garment factory trade association said he will “not accept” a new union at his factory because he prefers a union run by a ruling CPP official. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/taftac-official-says-he-wont-accept-union-at-his-factory-prior-to-union-vp-losing-job/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A Candlelight Party youth organizer in Phnom Penh was buying a coffee on April 6 when two men in black sped towards him on a motorbike and pulled out a metal baton, striking him on the shoulder. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/opposition-party-members-beaten-and-slashed-in-multiple-assaults-ngo-reports/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Out of the ruling CPP’s 125 candidates for the national elections, at least 28 people — 22.4% — are related to someone else on the ballot, a review of the candidate list reveals. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nearly-one-quarter-of-ruling-cpps-125-candidates-are-related/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

After Cambodia’s elections, the US announced it planned to impose further visa and funding restrictions, while China and Russia endorsed the electoral process and its outcome. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/post-election-intl-responses-us-to-restrict-visas-and-aid-australia-increases-funding/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Eighteen kidney transplant patients, who are stranded in India after being cheated by Phnom Penh-based Metro RLV Polyclinic, which allegedly absconded with $1 million paid by them, are pleading with Prime Minister Hun Manet to intervene in their case. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-kidney-transplant-victims-stranded-in-india-plead-for-pm-hun-manets-intervention/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Interior Ministry police are searching for the ringleader in a human trafficking case following the rescue of a 16-year-old who was trafficked to China. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/teenager-rescued-after-trafficked-to-china-for-marriage-police-search-for-ringleader/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun Manet met with President Emmanuel Macron Thursday at the Élysée Palace on the first day of his official visit to France, where he emphasized possibilities for economic collaboration between the two countries. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-manet-eyes-business-opportunities-in-france-during-first-official-visit/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Battambang provincial authorities have issued a warning letter to a Chinese owner of a mango processing factory that allegedly discharged sewage into O’ Treng stream in Svay Sar Village of Treng commune in Rattanak Mondul district. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chinese-mango-processing-factory-in-battambang-warned-for-discharging-sewage-into-stream/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...