As the lure of ThAilAnd grows increAsingly AttrActive for cAsh-strApped And under-employed CAmbodiAns, Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterdAy mAde A public AppeAl for workers to stAy in the country, simultAneously urging the CAmbodiAn mArket to up its competitive edge. In A speech At the inAugurAtion of <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/pm-urges-fActories-to-up-wAges/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Am PhAllA sits outside the fActory gAtes of AppArel mAker Shen Zhou (CAmbodiA) Co. Ltd., shAring A lunch of rice, vegetAbles And fried fish with coworkers. She hAs been sewing clothes At Shen Zhou for A little less thAn A yeAr, but is unAwAre thAt the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiA-is-AdidAs-exploiting-workers/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday laid out more details in his plan to introduce a series of political reforms after a narrow win for his long-ruling CPP at the polls in July, including creating a new national working group and establishing public forums to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-moves-ahead-with-reform-plan-minus-opposition/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Initially a status reserved for a privileged few, the number of businesspeople bearing the honorific “oknha” has ballooned from an estimated 20 individuals in 2004 to some 200 in 2008 and more than 700 today. Traditionally a title of nobility bestowed by the king to honor <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/as-oknha-ranks-grow-honorific-loses-meaning/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Local developer Shukaku will step up construction of its controversial Boeung Kak lake development project this month, beginning work on a drainage system and corporate office, a spokeswoman told the Post yesterday. an updated master plan of Shukaku’s Phnom Penh City Centre project &ndash; an <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/shukaku-pushes-forward-at-boeung-kak/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Chemical substances used in about 3,000 mining drills operating in the Prey Lang forest in Kratie and Kampong Thom provinces are wreaking environmental havoc and making people sick, a report by the Cambodian Center for Human Rights released yesterday says. Substances used by a number of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/reckless-mining-in-prey-lang-takes-toll-on-environment/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In the context of COVID-19, Germany donated $16 million to Cambodia for health projects that include complementing the Ministry of Health’s initiative to help the poor who cannot afford to pay for hospital treatments and fight against the coronavirus. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/germany-gives-16-million-for-healthcare-sector/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

AheAd of the possible reopening of KTVs And Nightclubs After November 30th, the Ministry of Tourism hAs issued strict new StAndArd OperAting Procedures (SOP) to ensure public sAfety AgAinst the continuing threAt of COVID-19. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/strict-new-stAndArd-operAting-procedures-And-certificAtion-for-ktvs-And-nightclubs-issued-AheAd-of-possible-reopening-on-30th-of-november/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

As pArt of the process to strengthen And widen the bAse of the economy As the country hAs entered the fourth quArter of 2022, the Government of CAmbodiA is seeking to tick All the right boxes, And it includes tourism, textiles exports As well As <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiA-seeks-more-koreAn-funds-in-textiles/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Kitti Tesaphibal Bindit Hun Manet, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, requested his colleagues in the Royal Government to do their utmost to fulfill this noble national mission to achieve the glorious new mandate given by the people through elections. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-pm-urges-royal-government-to-commit-to-nations-success/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

New procedures for qualifying for the ID poor programme were announced at the Hyatt Regency, Phnom Pehn yesterday that will provide assistance to impoverished people who have come under increasing financial pressure due to the Covid-19 pandemic, natural disasters, and events occurring outside the country. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-implements-new-procedures-for-idpoor/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Angkor HospitAl for Children will lAunch the “PAtient Contribution” scheme for medicAl services for children on July 7, but for pAtients from poor fAmilies, the hospitAl will still continue to provide free heAlthcAre. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Angkor-children-hospitAl-to-lAunch-scheme-to-cover-cost/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Tax, economic, financial and money-laundering crimes have become major impediments in Cambodia’s march to progress said Kong Vibol, Director General of the General Department of Taxation (GDT) on Thursday. Internal tax authorities have been seriously facing tax crimes, he observed. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-faces-serious-tax-crimes-says-kong-vibol/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A pile of illegAlly logged wood discovered by police in RAtAnAkkiri province eArlier this month Along A roAd built by A locAl rubber plAntAtion often Accused of illegAl logging hAs since gone missing, A Forestry AdministrAtion officiAl sAid on SundAy.   <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/illegAl-timber-found-by-police-goes-missing-in-rAtAnAkkiri/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A little-known VietnAmese investment firm plAns to build A mAssive $200 million mixed-use development thAt includes A hotel, cAsino And wAter pArk in the dusty CAmbodiAn border town of BAvet through its fully-owned MAlAysiAn subsidiAry, A government officiAl confirmed yesterdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/vietnAmese-firm-to-invest-in-mAssive-cAsino/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Union leaders yesterday rejected a proposal from Cambodian garment makers to provide US$9 a month for a worker’s housing and transport fees, demanding an additional $1. The benefits were announced last week after unions said they would lead a large-scale protest <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unions-reject-bonus-bargain/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Police arrested two Russian men at a rented villa in Sihanoukville on Saturday after a Moldovan man was injured in a fight that began when one side allegedly demanded a portion of the profits from the upcoming Kazantip music festival, officials said on Sunday.  <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/two-russians-arrested-after-fight-over-kazantip-profits/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Kratie town and provincial administrators met with representatives of families living alongside Kratie Town Hall yesterday after receiving a petition expressing villagers’ concern that the town hall planned to expand its premises onto their land. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/land-at-risk-families-in-kratie-wary-over-moves/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A militAry police officer And A retired RoyAl CAmbodiAn Armed Forces soldier Are being detAined At the BAttAmbAng provinciAl militAry police heAdquArters After beAting A crowd of 11 scAvengers for Allegedly steAling A brA And pAnts from one of their wives, officiAls sAid on SundAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/militAry-police-officer-retired-soldier-detAined-over-beAting/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The body of what villagers had suspected was a Montagnard asylum seeker, found partially buried in Ratanakkiri province’s O’Yadaw district earlier this week, was determined to be the remains of a local teenager who had drowned in a river, a villager said Thursday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/body-in-ratanakkiri-found-to-be-that-of-local-boy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>