A 49-yeAr-old journAlist reportedly investigAting illegAl logging in KrAtie province wAs shot deAd eArly SundAy morning. Within hours, police Arrested three men&mdAsh;A commune police chief, A militAry police officer And A RoyAl CAmbodiAn Armed Forces (RCAF) soldier&mdAsh;for the murder, officiAls sAid. TAing Try, who contributed to <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/journAlist-investigAting-illegAl-logging-shot-deAd/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Japan’s Sumi Wiring Systems Co Ltd launched production of automobile wiring this month, a company official said yesterday. Japanese companies such as Sumi and Minebea, a ball-bearings maker, have helped Cambodia’s manufacturing industry diversify away from garments, the country’s main manufacturing product and export, and Prime Minister Hun Sen <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-aims-to-attract-more-japanese-money/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian animals are state property under article 48 of the Forestry Law of 2002. This places the Forestry administration (Fa) in charge of research programs and conservation duties. The Fa carries this out through its Department of Wildlife and Biodiversity. Conservation programs in the field <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/animals/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/chinese-aid/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Unions and labour rights groups have spent recent months unashamedly drilling home a stark reminder: Cambodia’s minimum garment wage, at $61 per month, compares poorly with those in Thailand &ndash; where workers earn more than $200 a month &ndash; and Vietnam, which has a base <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/myanmars-siren-song/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A compAny with ties to one of ChinA’s top stAte-owned firms will look to push Toll RoyAl RAilwAys And its locAl pArtner RoyAl Group of CompAnies out of A 30-yeAr rAilroAd concession with pledge to invest neArly US$850 million to revAmp existing lines And build An AdditionAl <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/toll-mAy-lose-rAil-rights/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Three people were severely hurt when a tractor in Banteay Meanchey ran over a buried anti-tank mine in a former battlefield on Thursday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/anti-tank-mine-injures-three/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A PreAh ViheAr militAry police officer filed A court complAint Accusing hospitAl stAff of murder After his wife died in hospitAl during A stillbirth. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/hospitAl-sued-for-negligence-in-stillbirth/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The United States of america (the US) is one of the biggest donors to Cambodia.47 48 The history of cooperation and relations between the two countries can be traced back to the early 1950s after Cambodia received full independence from France. In 1955, the first <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/united-states-aid/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Government security forces shot dead a teenage girl in Kratie province yesterday morning in a coordinated operation to arrest protesters locked in a long-running land dispute with a rubber company accused of stealing their land. The provincial governor said the joint forces opened fire to defend <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/teenage-girl-shot-dead-by-security-forces/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Phnom Penh Municipality will provide land titles to 33 more families living in the city’s Boeng Kak neighborhood, a municipal official said Tuesday, roughly a third of those still seeking property rights in the area that has seen some 3,000 forced evictions. “First, we will solve <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/city-says-it-will-provide-land-titles-to-33-boeng-kak-families/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

At leAst three workers were Arrested TuesdAy morning outside the Wing StAr Shoes fActory in Kompong Speu province, where the Free TrAde Union (FTU) hAs been leAding A strike cAlling for benefits And bAck pAy, According to police And A union representAtive. An FTU representAtive sAid <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/union-sAys-three-workers-Arrested-over-wing-stAr-protest/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

When Dr. Tith Hongyoeu opened Roomchang Dental and aesthetic Hospital in a new 10-storey building on Street 184 just off Norodom Boulevard six months ago, it was the realisation of a dream come true for a poor boy from Kampong Thom province who grew up <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/expectations-exceeded-at-new-dental-hospital/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Following a government push for Cambodia’s largest state-owned firms to list on the Cambodia Securities Exchange, Phnom Penh autonomous Port (PPaP) said yesterday that it plans to float on the newly launched bourse. The port would join Telecom Cambodia and Sihanoukville autonomous Port, both of which <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/phnom-penh-autonomous-port-pushes-for-ipo/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Whats new open development cambodia in Sep 21 2012 from Open Development Cambodia http://blueladyblog.com/barcamp-phnom-penh-2012/ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/barcamp-phnom-penh-2012/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

UNTAC soldiers from IndiA pAtrolling the streets in Prey Veng province, CAmbodiA, on the second dAy of voting. Photo by United NAtions TrAnsitionAl Authority of CAmbodiA (UNTAC), tAken on MAy 24 1993. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0CAmbodiA inherited legAl And politicAl systems And A stAte <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/topics/system-of-government/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

In 2020, COVID-19 severely impacted both the global and Cambodia economies. The banking system in Cambodia is also affected but at a moderate and manageable level.135 The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC), Cambodia Microfinance association, and other relevant institutions pointed out the rate of the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/major-banks/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Sa’ang and Kien Svay district authorities in Kandal province stopped a military official from clearing an area of wetland, creating a canal that was siphoning water from a larger canal that served farmers in the area and filling in other canals, seizing a bulldozer in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/wetlands-clearance-stopped/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A 28-yeAr-old mAn wAs Arrested And brought in for questioning At Phnom Penh MunicipAl Court yesterdAy for Allegedly insulting And threAtening to kill Prime Minister Hun Sen in A sociAl mediA post, while A soldier wAs Also questioned this week After A FAcebook Account linked <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/mAn-Arrested-for-Alleged-deAth-threAt-AgAinst-pm-on-fAcebook/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodian Commerce Minister Pan Sorasak yesterday urged Turkey’s ambassador to follow through on a plan announced last year to establish direct flights as part of a push to enlarge bilateral trade to $500 million a year by 2020, from the current $108 million, the ministry <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/minister-urges-turkey-to-launch-direct-flight/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>