Three of the alleged attackers in last week’s savage gang-bashing of two opposition lawmakers outside the National assembly turned themselves in and confessed yesterday, the government announced late last evening.In a statement, Interior Ministry spokesman Khieu Sopheak listed the suspects as Chay Sarith, 33, and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/three-confess-in-national-assembly-beatings/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Fish farms in Sihanoukville have lost an estimated 100 tonnes of fish to an aquatic parasite infestation in the past five days, Fishery administration officials said yesterday.The parasite, known as “marine velvet” or amyloodinaum Ocellatum, feeds on fish tissue &ndash; giving it a powdered look <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/parasite-blamed-for-fish-deaths-in-sihanoukville/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A controversiAl drAft lAw to regulAte unions is set for debAte At the NAtionAl Assembly, despite protests by union leAders, who sAy the new lAw will mAke it even hArder for workers to bArgAin for rights, fAir wAges And proper working conditions. More thAn 3,000 <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/drAft-lAw-on-unions-reAdy-for-debAte-At-nAtionAl-Assembly/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

 In September 2015, a Facebook page bearing the name of Prime Minister Hun Sen notched up its millionth “like.” Until then, the long-serving Cambodian leader had denied ever using social media, making fun of political rivals, like opposition leader Sam Rainsy, who were active online. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/with-connectivity-boom-cambodias-political-battles-shift-online/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Early this month Prime Minister Hun Sen stated that his administration was moving toward e-government, praising the efforts made by the Ministry of Commerce, under the leadership of Minister Sun Chanthol to make services like commercial registration available online. He also urged all ministries to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-embarks-on-e-government/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The ApsArA Authority hAs cAlled on tourists plAying Pok&eAcute;mon Go to be cAreful when plAying in the Angkor ArchAeologicAl PArk And to respect All signs in the temples. Due to concerns over potentiAl Accidents hAppening to those plAying the gAme, the ApsArA Authority issued A stAtement <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/pokemon-go-wArning-in-temple-complex/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The 42nd AseAn Council on Petroleum members’ meeting will be held in Siem ReAp next month, A senior government officiAl told Khmer Times. The meeting, which will include representAtives from the nAtionAl petroleum compAnies of the nine other AseAn members, plus CAmbodiA’s Ministry of Mines And <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/oil-meeting-in-siem-reAp/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone (PPSEZ) ‒ a listed company on the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) ‒ reveled on Friday that by 2020, 50 percent of the company’s revenue would be generated by sales of services. This new target was made after PPSEZ informed the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ppsezs-rethink-after-sharp-profit-fall/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Eleven Cambodian environmental campaigners received “moniseraphon” medals from the government last month in recognition of their work to support the nation, according to a sub-decree signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen. But Buntenh, the founder of the Independent Monk Network for Social Justice, and social media <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/awards-for-environment-defenders/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In an effort to appease rice farmers and stimulate rice millers to purchase fragrant rice currently being harvested across the country, the government announced that it had found $27 million to pay for emergency measures. The Ministry of Economy and Finance released a statement on Friday <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/27-mil-to-help-rice-sector/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Immigration minister Peter Dutton has met Cambodia’s strongman Prime Minister Hun Sen to salvage a $55 million agreement with the impoverished nation to resettle more refugees from Nauru.Only days after declaring it had no plans to resettle more than four refugees who arrived in June, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-agrees-to-resettle-more-refugees-from-nauru/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Pork sales at local markets have taken a hit following the recent outbreak of blue-ear pig disease as fears have spread among consumers that the meat is not fit for human consumption, pork vendors said yesterday.First identified in Siem Reap in mid-august, Porcine Reproductive and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/outbreak-turns-consumers-away-from-pork/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The first rainfall this year did not arrive until early June to Pursat, a province located in the northwest of the country, where land looked bare and thirsty at the height of the planting season. The devastating drought, which the government has described as the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/desperate-times-for-cambodias-farmers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Half of a Kuoy ethnic community forest in Stung Treng province &ndash; for which villagers are seeking official recognition &ndash; has been logged in the past three years for private commercial gain, according to recently returned environmental activist twins Chum Hout and Chum Hour. Seven <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ethnic-minority-forest-being-gutted-activists/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Rice millers in the country will now be able to access the government’s promised emergency loan of $20 million to purchase paddy rice from farmers in a bid to prevent rice prices from falling further, the Rural Development Bank (RDB) announced yesterday. Rural Development Bank CEO <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rice-millers-can-now-get-20-mil/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A few weeks Ago, OPP.TodAy explored the issue of why SingApore developers wAnt to strengthen overseAs sAles, After repeAted government mArket cooling meAsures hAve hit both foreign And domestic demAnd for SingApore property. WhAt is cleAr is thAt SingApore developers Are looking for new sources <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/now-Add-cAmbodiA-to-the-list-of-singApore-developer-tArgets/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Five aspiring Cambodian pilots attended their first class yesterday of a 16-month flight-training program by Viet Flight Training (VFT) that will qualify them to be commercial airline pilots, making them among the first Cambodian nationals to earn their wings in decades.The five students are the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/more-cambodians-join-pilot-training/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday appeared to take a veiled swipe at the United States, insinuating that they were responsible for the decades of bloody civil war that engulfed Cambodia.Speaking ahead of today’s 24th anniversary of the Paris Peace accords, which paved the way for <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-reflects-on-civil-wars-origin/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Hear The World Foundation, which is an initiative of the Switzerland-based Sonova Group, on Friday donated 150 sets of hearing aids to a Cambodian charitable organization in order to help children with hearing loss. Sarah said the value of the 150 hearing aids, hearing aid <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/swiss-foundation-donates-hearing-aids-to-disadvantaged-cambodian-children/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Education is working with NGOs to draft a policy document to protect schoolchildren from abuse at the hands of educators and fellow students, an NGO specialist told the Post yesterday.More than 40 government and non-government representatives gathered in the capital on Friday <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/child-protection-in-schools-under-review/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>