The government has amended the Road Traffic Law and updated the fines for all road violations. A sub-decree released on Tuesday said the fine for motorcycle or tuk-tuk drivers and motorbike riders who fail to wear helmets or wear them incorrectly is 60,000 riel ($15). href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/traffic-law-changes-in-force/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia exported 72,182 tonnes of fresh yellow bananas to international markets during the first three months of this year, a Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries report said.​ Most of the bananas were exported to China, with the rest being shipped to Vietnam and Japan. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/banana-exports-booming-despite-pandemic/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

he Fisheries Administration has cracked down on a total of 599 fishing offences in the first three months of the year, including 42 sea fishing offences. This figure is down by 88 cases from the same period last year, said its report obtained by The href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fisheries-authority-chalks-up-599-offences/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Sale prices of Phnom Penh landed property (borey) units showed no sign of slowing down in the past six months. Driven by strong local demand, the average quoted prices accelerated across all unit types, according to the first quarter report from CBRE, a commercial real href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/no-sign-of-slowing-sales-of-borey-projects-despite-coronavirus/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun Sen said Cambodia needs to speed up efforts to reduce the morbidity and mortality rates of tuberculosis patients, as the Kingdom still had a high number of both compared to the rest of the world. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdom-steps-up-tb-fight/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Trade volume between Cambodia and Japan reached over $586 million in the first quarter of this year, up 4.90 per cent year-on-year, despite the Covid-19-fuelled demand and supply shocks reverberating across the global economy, a report from the Japan External Trade Organisation (Jetro) shows. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/trade-with-japan-sees-increase-of-nearly-5/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has given the green light to five new investment projects with a total investment capital of $65.6 million. According to the council’s press releases issued recently, the new projects approved are expected to create nearly 5,000 jobs for href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nearly-70-million-investment-projects-licensed-to-create-5000-jobs/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Geopacific Resources’ (ASX: GPR) may have discovered a major gold and copper system from drilling in Cambodia which on the results could yet get bigger. Standout results from preliminary gold assays from follow-up RC drilling at the 150 Prospect have extended the strike length of high href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/geopacific-resources-could-have-unearthed-major-gold-copper-system-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Fashion brands, including Europe’s biggest clothing retailer Inditex SA (ITX) and Hennes & Mauritz AB (HMB), said they are willing to pay more for clothes made in Cambodia, backing a trade union campaign for higher wages. The chains are among eight clothing retailers that include Next Plc (NXT) and Primark that have href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/inditex-hm-agree-to-pay-more-for-clothes-from-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A Ukrainian member of parliament sought by Cambodian authorities over allegations of child-rape was removed from Interpol’s most-wanted list on Tuesday night because, according to Cambodia’s Interpol office, “the case involves politics in Ukraine and Russia.” href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ukrainian-politician-off-wanted-list-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO) forecasts that uncertainty surrounding growth in advanced economies will slightly affect the growth of some ASEAN nations, particularly low-income countries such as Cambodia. A senior IMF official told reporters on the sidelines of the fund’s annual meeting yesterday that some ASEAN economies relying heavily href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/asean-affected-by-slowdown/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

When Khemarey Khoeun is sworn in as a park district commissioner in Skokie, Illinois, on May 16, she’ll be making history as the first Cambodian-American woman elected to public office at any level of government in the United States. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/victor-in-illinois-is-first-cambodian-american-woman-elected-to-us-public-office/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

With the coronavirus pandemic sweeping through nations worldwide, the Kingdom has not been spared, reporting over 100 cases as of yesterday. As Cambodia scrambles to prevent another wave of infections, the government decided to shutter schools nationwide – a drastic measure that matches the scale href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/covid-19-remote-learning-hurdles-for-students-with-disabilities/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Newly appointed Minister of Posts and Telecommunications Chea Vandeth urged two Chinese telecom giants – China Communication Construction Co Ltd (CCCC) and Huawei Technologies Co Ltd – to further invest in the Kingdom’s telecommunications infrastructure in a move to bring Cambodia into the full realm href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/minister-urges-china-telecoms-to-build-digital-infrastructure/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Nearly a year after being signed into law, Cambodia’s new traffic code is just weeks from finally being enforced.National Police chief Neth Savoeun yesterday said that drivers have had plenty of notice, and the time for implementation has come. As of January 1, fines for href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/traffic-fine-increase-gets-green-light/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodians at home and abroad yesterday mourned the passing of peacekeeper Im Sam, who was shot to death during a guerrilla ambush in Central African Republic. He was the Kingdom’s first peacekeeper to ever be killed in combat, officials said. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/peacekeeper-killed-in-central-african-republic/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Talking up the risk of war during the coming election campaign can be expected to bring legal action from the National Election Committee (NEC), the body’s spokesman said yesterday, a day after the premier warned he feared conflict would ensue if his ruling Cambodian People’s href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nec-warns-against-use-of-war-rhetoric/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Police have arrested at least five suspects over the past two days in connection to agrenade attack that rattled a Phnom Penh neighbourhood two weeks ago, injuring four people, but officials yesterday remained tight-lipped as to the suspects’ identities and motives. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/multiple-suspects-arrested-over-grenade-attack-but-police-offer-few-details/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The National Election Committee (NEC) and all political parties should urge citizens – including those overseas – to register to vote, Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday, even as a prominent opposition lawmaker accused the government of offering “nothing” to enfranchise Cambodia’s thousands of migrant workers. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-pushes-voter-registration-amid-claims-of-inaction/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia has recorded 341 measles cases in the first four months of this year, a significant increase from just 44 cases in the same period last year. The World Health Organisation (WHO) confirmed the total on Monday and reported that 65 percent of those infected href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/measles-cases-rise-sharply/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...