Three imprisoned land activists intentionally injured themselves on Friday in an alleged suicide attempt after being confined in their cell for two days, according to their families and a fellow inmate. Tep Vanny, Kong Chantha, and Bor Chorvy &ndash; all from Phnom Penh’s Boeung Kak community <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/boeung-kak-women-self-harm/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

While it may be unpopular, nearly everyone has had to do homework. Yet for those living in communities with no or intermittent access to electricity, the ability to study at home is sometimes a luxury. In Cambodia, French non-profit association Lumi&egrave;res sur le M&eacute;kong &ndash; <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/solar-sheds-some-light-on-cambodian-students/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

AustrAliAn immigrAtion officiAls hAve ApproAched Asylum seekers within the NAuru detention centre About resettlement in CAmbodiA, AppArently in contrAvention of the Agreement between the two countries. The settlement Agreement with CAmbodiA specifies thAt offers should be mAde only to people with refugee stAtus. But it <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/resettlement-offer-to-Asylum-seekers-mAy-hAve-breAched-cAmbodiA-deAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The National Election Committee has expressed concern over whether the Interior Ministry will be able to issue enough new biometric identity cards &ndash; which ensure voter names aren’t duplicated &ndash; in time for it to register voters ahead of the 2017 commune elections. The issue, among <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nec-concerned-over-new-ids/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodians spent more than $40 million on purchasing flat panel televisions from april 2014 to March 2015, on the back of improving economic prosperity among the middle class, according to Singapore-based research firm Gfk. The data shows that 126,000 TVs were bought for $46.3 million during <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rising-incomes-lead-to-television-upgrades/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia experienced low inflation of around 1 per cent over the last three months thanks to a decline in oil prices, according to the latest data from the National Institute of Statistics. Inflation went from 0.8 per cent in January to 1.2 per cent in February, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/inflation-down-as-global-oil-prices-ease-off/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodian government has sent a second diplomatic note in the space of three days to the Vietnamese embassy, demanding an end to encroachment across an as-yet-unmarked section of the shared border. The second note &ndash; published yesterday by Foreign affairs Minister Hor Namhong on his <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vn-issued-second-border-note/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

An influx of suspected drug deAlers to KAmpong ChhnAng’s jAil hAs led its director to pleAd with the provinciAl officiAls for help Amid feArs thAt the prison Authorities will soon be unAble to control inmAtes. Pov Vuthy, KAmpong ChhnAng prison director, sAid yesterdAy thAt the recent <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/prisoner-influx-worries-wArden/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Despite the deployment of law enforcement officials across the capital in a bid to halt the demonstration, activists yesterday marched as promised to the National assembly to protest the looming adoption of highly controversial union and NGO laws. Starting at about 8am, hundreds of land activists, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ngo-law-in-crosshairs/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In the first semester of the year, the number of demonstration and riot up but crime down, said a report of the Phnom Penh Police Commissariat. During that period, there were 236 cases of demonstrations and riots, up 55 cases compared to the same period of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/demonstration-and-riot-up-but-crime-down/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As el niño continues to buffet CAmbodiA, the next two weeks could be cruciAl in determining whether the Kingdom will suffer from A smAller-thAn-usuAl rice hArvest And potentiAl food shortAges, experts sAid yesterdAy. According to Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry And Fisheries generAl director So KhAn <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/clock-ticks-on-rice-hArvest/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The government has declared leases on plantations will be limited to 50 years, slashing the length of some existing concessions in half, though neither ministry responsible for overseeing the move would confirm the legal basis for doing so.The decision was announced in a press release <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/lifespan-of-elcs-slashed-by-govt/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia inaugurated Takhmau Bridge across Tonle Bassac River, along with a 12-km road here on Monday in an effort to facilitate travel and boost local economic development.The concrete bridge, along with its connecting road, is located about 13 km south of Phnom Penh capital. It <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-inaugurates-fifth-china-funded-bridge-in-s-province/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Work is expected to begin in September on initial repairs to the Northern line which links the capital Phnom Penh with Sisophon, 40 km from the border with Thailand.The government has agreed to provide US$33m to support what it terms ‘emergency repairs’ on the 386 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-funds-phnom-penh-sisophon-rehabilitation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The announcement last month that traffic cops will collect 70 per cent of fines they give out has already seen enforcement increase, according to a senior official at the Interior Ministry.Speaking yesterday, General Run Roth Veasna, director of the ministry’s Department of Order, said tickets <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fines-up-after-new-rule-govt/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Women’s AffAirs is speArheAding cAlls for A pregnAnt womAn rushed out of this yeAr’s nAtionAl exAm After going into lAbour to be Allowed to re-sit the test Amid strict reforms, which include no second chAnces for those who “fAil”.Twenty-five-yeAr-old Pich SAm Ath <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/pregnAnt-test-tAker-mAy-get-2nd-shot/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Hirakawa Zoo in southern Japan has confirmed it plans to send endangered white tigers to Teuk Chhou Zoo in Kampot province, despite deplorable conditions and evidence of psychological damage among the animals at the Cambodian zoo.a senior official from the Japanese zoo stated that the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/elephants-will-suffer-in-japan-zoo/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Forest loss in Cambodia has accelerated faster than any other country in the world since 2001, according to a leading resource-monitoring initiative.Satellite data released by Global Forest Watch (GFW) suggest that Cambodia also has experienced the highest rate of tree-cover loss in the world over <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-logs-top-spot/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Foreign AffAirs Minister Hor NAmhong hAs demAnded An end to opposition politicking on the VietnAm border issue, following the second And “finAl” verificAtion of mAps used by the government to demArcAte the eAstern boundAry AgAinst French chArts.NAmhong, Also A deputy prime minister, yesterdAy presided over <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/minister-declAres-vietnAm-mAp-issue-resolved/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday called for farmers to diversify beyond rice during the dry season, amid meteorologists’ warnings that a decline in water levels due to drought will adversely impact output and prices. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-urges-farmers-to-diversify-crops-amid-shortage-of-water/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>