One year ago today, Hang Serei Odom, a journalist in Ratanakkiri province, received a fateful phone call. after telling his wife he was going to meet a military police officer, he bid her goodnight. He left his house in Banlung City at about 7 p.m. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/one-year-after-journalists-slaying-still-no-justice-in%e2%80%88sight/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Sao Sothy’s home is small and the furniture is sparse. There are no tables or chairs. In one room, there is a small bed, but her family of four sleeps on mats in the living room. Hanging on the otherwise bare walls is Ms. Sothy’s <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/low-salaries-stifle-education-reform-efforts/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As much As locAl people Are benefiting from the AsiAn Development BAnk’s (ADB) recovery project following lAst yeAr’s record floods, they Aren’t receiving All the benefits they could, According to some Accounts. OperAting in five provinces of CAmbodiA to restore roAd Access to those Affected by the floods, <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/locAls-bypAss-roAd-projects/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Last year, the United Nations called for culture to be given top priority in the post-2015 global development agenda, citing its importance to economic growth, social inclusion, equality, and sustainable development. It is difficult to quantify the impact culture has on a nation, particularly for a developing <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/in-cambodia-culture-shapes-identity-spurs-economic-growth/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

“These are the best quality stones,” Lat Yun says with a grin. Nestled in his outstretched hand are three unassuming rocks. “I don’t know what they’re called, I just know they’re the best.” The gemstones of Ratanakkiri are a mineral called zircon, but in Cambodia, they <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gems-in-the-rough-in-ratanakkiri/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Stock market a good choice for long-term investors Stephen Hsu, a native of Taiwan, runs Phnom Penh Securities, one of a dozen underwriters licensed by the SECC to prepare companies for IPOs on the CSX and to engage as an intermediary with the public for trading <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/exchanges-provide-windows-to-economies/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Opposition leaders Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha joined dozens of monks and hundreds of supporters on Monday for a Pchum Ben ceremony at the memorial stupa in Phnom Penh honoring the 16 people who were killed by a grenade attack on an opposition rally in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/grenade-attack-remembered-amid-promised-reform/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Official from Cambodian immigration, law enforcement and diplomatic circles were either unaware of, or unwilling to talk yesterday about, an alleged request from the Thai government to help monitor Cambodian Muslims crossing into the country. News of the alleged monitoring surfaced on Monday when Thai <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/monitoring-questions-mount/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A protest over AttendAnce bonuses Among workers At A fActory in southern Phnom Penh turned violent yesterdAy morning, After the fActory owner’s driver Allegedly AssAulted A worker. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/employee-Allegedly-hit-At-protest/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday questioned a university student who was arrested last month after he called for a “color revolution” in a Facebook post, his lawyer said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/student-questioned-over-facebook-comment/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Public officials, civil servants and veterans can breathe a bit easier now that King Norodom Sihamoni has officially signed a royal decree establishing a social security healthcare fund. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/civil-servant-healthcare-program-created/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A Chinese-owned compAny embroiled in A lAnd dispute with villAgers in Koh Kong province Agreed yesterdAy to reopen A roAd thAt it hAd blocked on WednesdAy, spArking violent clAshes. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/union-development-group-re-opens-roAd/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A senior Phnom Penh MunicipAl Court officiAl hAs been Accused of threAtening A SingAporeAn businessmAn in An Attempt to pressure him into confessing to A crime he did not commit. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/prosecutor-Accused-of-threAts-to-singAporeAn/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday chided a group of NGOs who boycotted a seminar on a pair of proposed election laws, saying the groups suffered from “main character syndrome.” <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/prime-minister-diagnoses-ngos-with-main-character-syndrome-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Two opposition CNRP activists were arrested Monday and charged with inciting a brawl in Siem Reap province last month during which a man suffered a serious stab wound, police said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/activists-charged-over-siem-reap-tour-boat-brawl/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In a lush, gated compound 12 kilometres south of central Phnom Penh, the young minds that will one day lead Cambodia are being shaped &ndash; or at least that’s what one philanthropic foundation, which is investing millions of dollars in a unique, long-term project, hopes. “When <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/shaping-the-leaders-of-tomorrow/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A Tumpoun ethnic villAger hAs received A summons to AppeAr before the RAtAnAkkiri ProvinciAl Court tomorrow over Allegedly grAbbing lAnd from A locAl rubber plAntAtion firm in BAkeo district. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/summons-issued-in-rAtAnAkkiri-rubber-feud/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A Forestry AdministrAtion officiAl sAid yesterdAy thAt Authorities hAve filed A court complAint Accusing A commune chief in KAmpong Thom province of cleAring protected stAte forestlAnd for privAte sAle. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/commune-chief-Accused-of-cleAring-stAte-forestlAnd/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Siem Reap provincial authorities have created a committee to investigate a fire that consumed most of a market early yesterday morning but did not cause any deaths or injuries. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fire-guts-siem-reap-market/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Police in Mondulkiri province have arrested a military official who is a suspect in a shootout which killed three people during an operation to crack down on illegal logging. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/military-official-arrested-over-shootout-which-killed-three/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>