A compAny owned by A boArd member of the CAmbodiAn ChAmber of Commerce hAs been Accused of illegAlly destroying more thAn 80 houses in KAmpot province’s Chhouk district, A clAim vigorously denied by the firm And locAl Authorities. ChAn Pheng, A villAger from Chi BAk villAge <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/destroyed-houses-spArk-debAte-in-kAmpot/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Nautisco Seafood Manufacturing, once Cambodia’s premier seafood-processing company, will not undergo government-brokered restructuring after a Cambodian appeals court yesterday declared the company solvent. The ruling was a first test for the law on corporate restructuring and insolvency. The decision sounds positive for the company. But now the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/court-rules-nautisco-solvent/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A lAw on the mAnAgement of fArmlAnd currently being drAfted by the Ministry of Agriculture is A threAt to privAte lAndowners As it imposes criminAl penAlties for fArmers who do not Abide by new powers the government would hAve to demArcAte lAnd, A humAn rights <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/new-drAft-lAw-could-legAlize-lAnd-grAbbing/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Diners may soon be able to leave their wallets at home the next time they decide to eat at a restaurant in Phnom Penh. Starting next week, WING, a Cambodian mobile payment service provider, will introduce a new service that allows people to pay their restaurant <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mobile-payments-set-for-phnom-penh-eateries/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

With Saturday’s opposition protest now expected to be a peaceful meditation on justice&mdash;rather than a demonstration against a flawed election process&mdash;Cambodian analysts say the current post-election deadlock may soon pass. Opposition leaders said Monday they planned to go forward with a mass demonstration, but that they <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/analysts-see-chance-for-end-to-political-deadlock/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government as the two sides remained stalled in talks in a deadlock over disputed national elections. The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) said in a public statement that it could not guarantee that any agreements made with Hun Sen’s ruling Cambodian <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-opposition-calls-for-halt-to-foreign-investment-loans/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

With Saturday’s opposition protest now expected to be a peaceful meditation on justice&mdash;rather than a demonstration against a flawed election process&mdash;Cambodian analysts say the current post-election deadlock may soon pass. Opposition leaders said Monday they planned to go forward with a mass demonstration, but that they <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/analysts-see-chance-for-end-to-political-deadlock-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Citing a lack of public confidence in the official post-election irregularity resolution process &ndash; namely, the Constitutional Council’s opening of vote packages &ndash; a coalition of leading civil society groups yesterday appealed to the two main political parties to swiftly come back to the negotiating <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/parties-urged-to-resume-talks/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Taking a markedly different approach from Monday’s violent breakup of a peaceful demonstration at Freedom Park, authorities yesterday stood back as about 100 activists marched around central Phnom Penh, delivering a petition to embassies and the United Nations. District security guards and riot police initially seemed <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/march-proceeds-peacefully/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A U.N. rights envoy suggested ThursdAy thAt CAmbodiA lift A bAn on public gAtherings in the cApitAl imposed Amid A violent crAckdown on demonstrAtors A month Ago. MAinA KiAi, the U.N.’s globAl SpeciAl RApporteur for freedom of peAceful Assembly And AssociAtion, mAde the suggestion to Foreign <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/un-envoy-Asks-cAmbodiA-to-lift-demonstrAtions-bAn/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The government has granted 322 hectares of state-owned teak forest in the newly formed Tbong Khmum province to the Interior Ministry so that the land can be used to build a new provincial capital, the Interior Ministry said Wednesday. “The government has decided to use more <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/provincial-capital-to-be-built-on-teak-forest/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A group of 18 lAbor unions And AssociAtions sAid they will proceed with plAns for A public forum in Phnom Penh’s Freedom PArk on SAturdAy, despite City HAll’s rejecting their request, citing public security concerns. The unions, who Are orgAnizing A nAtionwide strike in the gArment <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/city-hAll-denies-unions-permission-for-freedom-pArk-forum/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Ministry of Interior officials announced yesterday that three more villagers accused of involvement in a “secessionist plot” in Kratie province turned themselves in and confessed their guilt on Saturday, taking advantage of the prime minister’s offer of immunity for those who agree to act as <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/more-confess-to-kratie-secession/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s government yesterday announced it had chosen the largest local bank, acleda Bank Plc, to be its partner for vehicle tax stamp sales. acleda will operate for the General Department of Taxation of the Ministry of Economy and Finance in all 23 provinces and Phnom Penh.   Sim Eang, royal <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/acleda-to-sell-vehicle-tax-stamps/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

AssemblymAn Bill NojAy, R-Pittsford, is wAnted for questioning in southern AsiA As pArt of An investigAtion into A $1 million frAud complAint, theCAmbodiAn press reported this week. In A July 7 letter, A locAl CAmbodiAn prosecutor summoned NojAy And three others to AppeAr for questioning in <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/reports-nojAy-sought-for-questioning-in-cAmbodiA-2/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia is committed to ensuring that its food supply is safe and healthy for all Cambodians, leading to safe and healthy diets, said Dith Tina, Minister of agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries during the World Food Safety Day celebration held here on Wednesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-fostering-development-of-food-standards-throughout-food-chain/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is committed to promoting the connectivity and common development of all countries, and China will continue to advance Belt and Road cooperation with Cambodia, delivering more benefits to the two peoples, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/china-to-advance-bri-cooperation-with-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Source: Joint proclamation​​ no. 1451 on Ministry of Mines and Energy’s public service and penalty fee <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/?post_type=tablepress_table&p=184756 ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The 7th National Consultation Workshop on the Draft of the Environment and Natural Resource Code of the Kingdom of Cambodia. Photo by Open Development Cambodia, taken on 22 March 2018. Licensed under CC BY-Sa 4.0.With 76% of its people living in rural areas,1 Cambodia holds <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/environment-and-natural-resources-policy-and-administration/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A VietnAm ElectricAl Equipment CorporAtion subsidiAry hAs broken ground on A new fActory to be built in the Phnom Penh SpeciAl Economic Zone (PPSEZ). THIBIDI is building A $1.5 million fActory in order to mAnufActure trAnsformers And will employ ApproximAtely 150 people. The plAnt is <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/vietnAmese-compAny-breAks-ground-on-plAnt/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>