Big opposition gains
The ruling Cambodian People’s Party saw its ironclad grip on the National Assembly weaken dramatically, dropping 22 seats in winning 68 of 123, with the opposition the beneficiary and the CPP’s royalist coalition partners winning none at all in an election rife with alleged irregularities. Though ...
CPP Wins, but Suffers Loss in Parliamentary Majority
Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) claimed victory in Sunday’s national election, but saw its majority severely diminished, ceding 22 National Assembly seats to the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), the party’s first major setback since the U.N.-backed election in 1993. According to ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/cpp-wins-but-suffers-loss-in-parliamentary-majority-37210/
Demining Rats Get All Clear to Begin Testing
The battle against landmines could soon have an unlikely new weapon after a pioneering Belgian NGO signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the government on Monday to begin testing teams of sharp-sniffing rodents in Cambodia, with the goal of pitching them into the ongoing ...
Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/demining-rats-get-all-clear-to-begin-testing-47951/
His Excellency Deputy Prime Minister PRAK Sokhonn, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Cambodia, will participate in the 54th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (54th AMM) and related meetings
On 30 July 2021, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on His Excellency Deputy Prime Minister PRAK Sokhonn, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Cambodia, participating in the 54th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (54th AMM) and Related ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Press release on the results of the first session and the first session of the 7th legislature of the National Assembly on 21 August 2023
On 21 August 2023, the General Secretariat of the National Assembly issued a press release on the results of the first session and the session of the National Assembly for the 7th legislature under the highest presidency of His Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni, King of ...
General Secretariat of the National Assembly
Chinese aid
Construction of a laboratory funded by Chinese money. Photo by Michael Coghlan, taken on 10 January 2014. Licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.0China, while once being at odds with the current government, is now Cambodia’s largest development partner. The two nations have grown increasingly close in recent ...
Mitigation
Together, fighting climate change. Photo by 350.org, taken on 12 October 2010. Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.Clean development MechanismThe Clean development Mechanism (CDM), defined in Article 12 of the Kyoto Protocol, allows a country with an emission-reduction or emission-limitation commitment under the Kyoto Protocol to ...
PPMM #18: Mapping Election Data, Garment Factories, and More
Phnom Penh Mapping Meetup #18Hello Everyone!The upcoming Phnom Penh Mapping Meetup #18, which is scheduled for Tuesday (July 30, 2013) at Equinox, will feature presentations and a panel discussion on “Mapping Election Data.” The ODC Team will speak about the ODC Election Page and related election maps. ...
Jobs
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Success stories from seed grant innovation awardees of the 5th Mekong ICT Camp 2017
One of the highlights of last year’s edition of the 5th Mekong ICT Camp 2017 hosted by Open Development Cambodia was the “Seed Grant Innovative Award”, endowed with 3,000$ for each of the five awarDed teams. About half a year after the grant receivers were ...
Seminar on Indigenous Data Sovereignty (IDS)
On 3 January 2021, Open Development Cambodia (ODC), in collaboration with the Cambodia Indigenous People Organization (CIPO) conducted a half-day virtual seminar on “Indigenous Data Sovereignty (IDS)”. The event was part of the ongoing project coordinated by Open Development Mekong and its national partners, which ...
Communal land
Though there are multiple forms of communal property, the rights associated with indigenous communal property are subject to significant legal and socio-economic issues. Indigenous communities are culturally very different from the rest of Cambodia, and the law provides them with the opportunity to obtain collective ...
Gemstone mining
There is no large-scale industrial mining of gems in Cambodia, and few full-time miners. Most people involved in looking for gemstones fit it around other work – typically farm work – and mostly do it without licenses. As with artisanal mining, miners are often very ...
Ministry of Economy and Finance
National Bank of Cambodia, Cambodia. Photo by Stephen McGrath, taken on 21 June 2010. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 In 1996, the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) was established by law.31 Its organization and functioning is defined by a sub-decree of the Royal Government ...
Background
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) is an ‘open data’ website, the first of its kind in Southeast Asia. The open data movement is based on the simple premise that data collected for public interest should be publicly available without restrictions. Information or data in the public ...
Ministry of Planning
About the PartnershipIn 2019, Cambodia, for the first time, is presenting the Voluntary National Review (VNR) at the United Nations High-Level Political Forum (UNHLPF) in July in New York City. The Ministry of Planning (MoP) takes the lead in this country-driven process of the review ...
Plants
Although there are often new discoveries,41 a global lack of up to date data on botanical research makes plants biodiversity hard to assess in Cambodia. Compared to neighboring countries, the number of plant species is low, mostly due to the relative country’s flat landscape.42 Botanical knowledge ...
Monitors Say Ink Test Was for Transparency, Not Turmoil
Election monitors say a test of election ink that found it easily washable, and therefore a concern for fraudulent voting, was made in the spirit of transparency, and not to create “turmoil” ahead of Sunday’s polls. The election watchdog Comfrel on Friday tested the ink, provided ...
Museum for money planned
In January, officials broke ground on the new $4 million headquarters for the Cambodia Securities Exchange. Situated along a northern stretch of Freedom Park, a short skip from Wat Phnom, the French colonial-era building is a suitable home for the two-year-old bourse, which now operates ...
Lawmaker’s morning at park ended by district guards
Senior opposition lawmaker Mu Sochua walked into Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park on Wednesday morning, trailed by a small group of news photographers, and stopped to pose in front of about 100 municipal riot police exercising in the park. Ms. Sochua’s small act of defiance against the ...
Alex Willemyns and Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/lawmakers-morning-at-park-ended-by-district-guards-55636/