Chinese hospital ship “Peace ark” arrived at the Sihanoukville autonomous Port on Tuesday as part of its overseas voyage to further enhance China- Cambodia ties and to provide medical services to local residents. The ship’s visit was to provide medical service to local people and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chinese-hospital-ship-arrives-in-cambodia-for-goodwill-visit/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen left Monday to attend the 23rd aSEaN summit as well as other related meetings in Brunei, said Srey Thamrong, a minister attached to Hun Sen. The summits held from October 9-10 will include the 23rd aSEaN Summit, 16th aSEaN-Japan Summit, 16th <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-leaves-for-asean-summits-in-brunei/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Human Rights Watch yesterday took the key donor governments of Japan, australia and France to task for congratulating Prime Minister Hun Sen on his official election victory in a strongly worded statement that called on them to support an independent investigation into July’s disputed poll. The <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/human-rights-group-decries-foreign-praise/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The volume of cargo shipments going through the Sihanoukville autonomous Port (PaS), the biggest deep-water port in Cambodia, saw a 16 per cent year-on-year increase in the first nine months of this year, data released by the port on Friday show. about 2.27 million tonnes of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cargo-shipments-up-16-pct/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian opposition supporters have wrapped up three days of peaceful protests against the results of this year’s parliamentary elections. Led by opposition leader Sam Rainsy, an estimated 20,000 cheering demonstrators marched to several foreign embassies in Phnom Penh asking for international intervention in the Cambodian political <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-opposition-wraps-up-election-protest-rally/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

California-based winery E. &amp; J. Gallo has entered Cambodia and is offering four of its more economically priced brands in an effort to introduce locals to wine without breaking their budget, company representatives said Monday. “Cambodia, as well as other markets in asia, is perfect for <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/californian-winery-enters-cambodian-market/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Broken bottles and stones flung by security guards at striking garment workers who blocked the road in front of the factory yesterday morning injured about 10 people, worker representatives said. The attack allegedly occurred at around 7:30 am, after about 500 employees at SL Garment Processing <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/stones-bottles-traded-at-sl-garment-protest/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) will stage mass rallies in capital Phnom Penh and tourist city of Siem Reap on Dec. 10 to celebrate the International Human Rights Day, a party spokesman said Thursday. “We plan to mobilize 20,000 people in Phnom Penh <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-opposition-to-mark-international-human-rights-day/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Union representatives who claim they were beaten to within an inch of their lives yesterday after they handed out pro-union leaflets in Phnom Penh’s Por Sen Chey district have vowed to take legal action. The 10 union members, who represent four different unions &ndash; the Union <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/union-reps-claim-factory-beatdown/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Two of the leading microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Cambodia said yesterday that they have identified a relatively small fraction of borrowers who were affected by flooding and would provide relief on their repayment schedules if necessary. The comments come after both Prime Minister Hun Sen and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mfis-downplay-debts/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A new open-Air mAll sporting high-end luxury shops And restAurAnts in Phnom Penh’s Tuol Kok district is the lAtest expAnsion of the suburbAn neighborhood, though widespreAd commerciAlizAtion of the AreA could still tAke yeArs, property executives sAid MondAy. The mAll, cAlled TK Avenue, opened FridAy At <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/new-tuol-kok-mAll-to-Add-to-districts-growth/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Phnom Penh municipality and the Cambodian Red Cross (CRC) on Sunday donated money and food rations to 176 families from Borei Keila&mdash;where thousands of people have been violently evicted from their homes in recent years after the land was sold to a private company. Phnom Penh <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/red-cross-gives-aid-to-borei-keila-families/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia and the U.S. have signed an extension to a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that imposes strict import restrictions on artifacts dating from the Bronze age to the end of the angkor Empire. Hab Touch, director-general for tangible heritage at the Ministry of Culture and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-us-extend-artifacts-trade-agreement/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than 100 sand-pumping systems and 40 boats have been impounded by the Kandal provincial Department of Water Resources and Meteorology in order to prevent riverbank collapse as water levels continue to rise. Chun Penglong, the provincial department director, told the Post yesterday that navy police and the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/boats-seized-in-dredging-crackdown/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As floodwAters begin to recede, the extent of the humAnitAriAn crisis And infrAstructurAl dAmAge is slowly being reveAled, And in mAny plAces the situAtion is potentiAlly worse thAn it wAs following the de­vAstAting floods in 2011, According to the NAtionAl Com­mit­tee for Dis­As­ter MAnAgement (NCDM). Keo Vy, <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/deAth-toll-rises-even-As-floodwAters-recede/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The German government on Wednesday signed up to provide 64 million U.S. dollars to Cambodia for two-year projects in health, rural development, governance reform, and education. according to a press release after the signing ceremony, 27 million U.S. dollars would be allocated to health, 26.5 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/germany-provides-64-mln-usd-to-cambodia-for-development-projects/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Capitalising on booming travel from Vietnam and China, the domestic aviation sector has enjoyed 18 per cent passenger growth for the second year running, according to a new report, which describes Cambodia as having one of the fastest-growing markets in Southeast asia. The report, by the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-aviation-sector-rapidly-growing-report/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday called on government bodies, local authorities, international organisations and the private sector to dial back Cambodia’s widespread theft of copyrighted works, like film and music, and encouraged the creation of more original, home-grown cultural works. Copying other countries’ cultural output &ndash; <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-decries-copyright-theft/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government has no intention of withdrawing its signature from the International Labour Organization’s freedom of association convention, despite calls for it to reconsider its position, a Ministry of Labour spokesman said yesterday. “I don’t think we will withdraw. The prime minister [Hun Sen] has already <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ilo-convention-still-debated/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) threatened Tuesday to call off talks aimed at breaking an eight-month political deadlock with Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ruling party, accusing it of using the negotiations to cling on to power. CNRP chief Sam Rainsy said his party <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-opposition-party-threatens-to-call-off-talks/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>