The insurance industry in Cambodia reported a 38-percent increase in gross premium in the first quarter of 2016 over the same period last year, the Insurance association of Cambodia (IaC) said on Sunday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-insurance-premium-up-38-pct-in-q1/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Bar association of Cambodia should consider stricter standards on admission to the bar, make lawyers take regular mandatory training and set up a new disciplinary committee in order to ensure that Cambodia’s legal professionals are independent, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has said. The <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/legal-body-calls-for-bar-association-to-ensure-independence/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

NBC’s Director-General has said that agriculture could potentially contribute to Cambodia’s economic growth as the workforce in the sector continues to increase while productivity remains high. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/agriculture-to-be-a-key-pillar-for-economy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol held a series of bilateral meetings with the leaders of Cambodia, Laos, the Philippines and Singapore on Thursday as he sought to expand cooperation and win support for South Korea’s bid to host the 2030 World Expo in Busan. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/yoon-meets-with-leaders-of-cambodia-laos-philippines-singapore/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

DANISH logistic giAnt DAmco hAs opened A 6,000-squAre-metre wArehouse fAcility in Phnom Penh in response to the Kingdom’s growing importAnce As An emerging mArket, the compAny sAid in A stAtement. DAmco CompAny (CAmbodiA), which is pArt of internAtionAl conglomerAte AP Moller-MAersk Group, sAid mAnufActurers hAve increAsingly <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/dAnish-firm-opens-wArehouse-in-cApitAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Testing of a computerized voter registration system will begin next month in the hopes of addressing flaws in the current system, which remains susceptible to election fraud, a coalition of NGOs working to promote democracy in the country announced Thursday. The Electoral Reform alliance (ERa) has <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/election-ngos-to-begin-Testing-new-voter-registration-system/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Under its Boosting Food Projection programme, the government has now successfully opened eight markets for chemical-free vegetables in eight provinces across the country. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-organic-markets-open-in-siem-reap-and-kampong-thom/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

DNA testing lAst week reveAled one CAmbodiAn died in the December Poipet cAsino fire, BAnteAy MeAnchey provinciAl Authorities told CAmboJA MondAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/dnA-test-confirms-one-cAmbodiAn-died-in-poipet-cAsino-fire-but-more-still-missing/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A strike this morning At A gArment fActory locAted neAr the bend of A dirt roAd in BonAl SA-ith villAge in Sen Sok district underscores the need for enhAnced enforcement of lAbour legislAtion, the president of the Free TrAde Union sAid yesterdAy. CheA Mony Also sAid <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/brAnd-Aid-fAiling-workers/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

In Samrong Leu village, a picturesque community nestled deep in the verdant fields of Kors Kralor district, the acrid smell of smoke fills the air. Outside almost every house in this community, billows of smoke continuously emerge from the domes of homemade mud kilns, drifting around <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/living-on-a-dwindling-trade/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Bilateral trade between Cambodia and Thailand fell by about 15 percent in the first four months of the year, compared to the same period last year, due to the Kingdom’s decreasing imports of oil, food and beverages from its neighbor. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/thai-bilateral-trade-falls/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A few gArment fActories resumed operAtions in Phnom Penh on FridAy, Albeit At reduced cApAcity, As thousAnds of workers returned to the city After Khmer New YeAr celebrAtions in the provinces. While the mAjority of fActories in MeAnchey And Pur Senchey districts stAyed closed, it remAined <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/nAtionwide-gArment-fActory-strike-sputters-into-second-dAy/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

On 23 September 2019, the Ministry of Interior issued a notification on the conduction of census of local associations and NGOs in collaboration with the Cooperation Committee for Cambodia (CCC) for 49 days from October 10 to November 29 to obtain updated figures of how many <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/notification-on-the-conduction-of-census-of-local-associations-and-ngos/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia would welcome presence of Iranian investors in different fields of economic and industrial activities, the country’s new accredited ambassador to Iran, Pichkhun Panha said on Monday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-keen-to-attract-iranian-investors/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Hoping to help fill the void in reliable data that has stymied past negotiations on the minimum wage for the country’s garment workers, an international team of labor rights groups Monday hired a local research firm to find out exactly how much the workers are <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/survey-of-garment-workers-expenses-to-come/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Beginning with last year’s Grade 12 national exam, the Education Ministry put a stop to the time-honored tradition of teachers taking bribes to allow students to cheat on the test, drastically reducing the passing rate among students and the profit-making potential for proctors. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/as-exam-nears-bribes-replaced-with-tutoring-fees/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian manufacturers are at risk of being blocked from exporting to the United States for using pirated software, IT industry bodies warned yesterday. Speaking at a seminar that was held at the Intercontinental Hotel in Phnom Penh, Michael Mudd, the secretary general of the asia-Pacific Open <a href='https://Opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/khmer-cambodia-warned-again-on-intellecual-property-regulation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Despite an initial rebound in global rubber prices, Cambodian rubber farmers predict a bleak year as production and exports have increased while profits continue to suffer. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rubber-outlook-bleak-despite-price-bounce/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Phnom Penh City Hall has estimated it could receive about $6 million in revenue next year from property tax collection, which started recently. City Hall released some tax calculation methods on its website last week and said that “based on the estimation of the technical <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/property-tax-to-generate-6m-for-phnom-penh/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>