“These are the best quality stones,” Lat Yun says with a grin. Nestled in his outstretched hand are three unassuming rocks. “I don’t know what they’re called, I just know they’re the best.” The gemstones of Ratanakkiri are a mineral called zircon, but in Cambodia, they <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gems-in-the-rough-in-ratanakkiri/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia was officially promulgated by Royal Kram on 24 September 1993. Image designed by Open Development Cambodia (ODC), 10 September 2021. Licensed under CC BY-Sa 4.0.The 1993 Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia is the supreme law of the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/constitution-and-rights/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Stock market a good choice for long-term investors Stephen Hsu, a native of Taiwan, runs Phnom Penh Securities, one of a dozen underwriters licensed by the SECC to prepare companies for IPOs on the CSX and to engage as an intermediary with the public for trading <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/exchanges-provide-windows-to-economies/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Opposition leaders Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha joined dozens of monks and hundreds of supporters on Monday for a Pchum Ben ceremony at the memorial stupa in Phnom Penh honoring the 16 people who were killed by a grenade attack on an opposition rally in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/grenade-attack-remembered-amid-promised-reform/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Official from Cambodian immigration, law enforcement and diplomatic circles were either unaware of, or unwilling to talk yesterday about, an alleged request from the Thai government to help monitor Cambodian Muslims crossing into the country. News of the alleged monitoring surfaced on Monday when Thai <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/monitoring-questions-mount/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian Independent Teachers’ association and Free Trade Union of Workers of the Kingdom of Cambodia celebrated the World Teacher Day from Cambodia. Photo by Education International, taken on 5 October 2009. Licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0Cambodia’s national budget determines state expenditures and revenues. It is <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/budget/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A protest over AttendAnce bonuses Among workers At A fActory in southern Phnom Penh turned violent yesterdAy morning, After the fActory owner’s driver Allegedly AssAulted A worker. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/employee-Allegedly-hit-At-protest/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday questioned a university student who was arrested last month after he called for a “color revolution” in a Facebook post, his lawyer said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/student-questioned-over-facebook-comment/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Public officials, civil servants and veterans can breathe a bit easier now that King Norodom Sihamoni has officially signed a royal decree establishing a social security healthcare fund. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/civil-servant-healthcare-program-created/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A Chinese-owned compAny embroiled in A lAnd dispute with villAgers in Koh Kong province Agreed yesterdAy to reopen A roAd thAt it hAd blocked on WednesdAy, spArking violent clAshes. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/union-development-group-re-opens-roAd/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A senior Phnom Penh MunicipAl Court officiAl hAs been Accused of threAtening A SingAporeAn businessmAn in An Attempt to pressure him into confessing to A crime he did not commit. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/prosecutor-Accused-of-threAts-to-singAporeAn/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday chided a group of NGOs who boycotted a seminar on a pair of proposed election laws, saying the groups suffered from “main character syndrome.” <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/prime-minister-diagnoses-ngos-with-main-character-syndrome-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Two opposition CNRP activists were arrested Monday and charged with inciting a brawl in Siem Reap province last month during which a man suffered a serious stab wound, police said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/activists-charged-over-siem-reap-tour-boat-brawl/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In a lush, gated compound 12 kilometres south of central Phnom Penh, the young minds that will one day lead Cambodia are being shaped &ndash; or at least that’s what one philanthropic foundation, which is investing millions of dollars in a unique, long-term project, hopes. “When <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/shaping-the-leaders-of-tomorrow/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia has undergone rapid economic development in recent decades, with GDP per capita tripled between 1999 and 2013. However, mainly due to three decades of war and political turmoil which severely damaged the country’s infrastructure, the country still lacks the means required for energy sector <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/energy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 12 March 2020, the Ministry of Environment (MoE) released a public announcement on dissemination​ of​ the updated​ documents​ for​ environmental​ and​ social​ safety in the implementation of the project “Sustainable Landscape and Ecotourism in Cambodia”, in the purpose to increase public awareness and getting <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/moe-notice%e2%80%8b-on-dissemination%e2%80%8b-of%e2%80%8b-the-updated%e2%80%8b-documents%e2%80%8b-for%e2%80%8b-environmental%e2%80%8b-and%e2%80%8b-social%e2%80%8b-safety/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister of AustrAliA, The Hon Anthony AlbAnese MP, And Prime Minister Hun ​Sen At GAlA Dinner for ASEAN HeAds of StAte/Government/DelegAtion And Spouses, dAted 12 November 2022. Photo from Ministry of Foreign AffAirs And InternAtionAl CooperAtion of CAmbodiA.CAmbodiA And AustrAliA estAblished their diplomAtic ties <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/topics/AustrAliAn-Aid/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

There is no large industrial-scale extraction of minerals carried out in Cambodia yet, but many exploration licenses have been granted and some mining companies have reported promising finds of minerals such as gold. Today companies from China, Korea, Vietnam, australia and elsewhere are exploring for <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/industrial-mining-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

We were initially introduced to the International Fundraising Congress (IFC) 2023 through one of Open Development Cambodia’s respected board members, who has a close affiliation with a speaker at the event. Described as the distinguished gathering for fundraising professionals, we promptly secured our registration for <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/our-experience-at-the-international-fundraising-congress-2023-in-the-netherlands/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A Tumpoun ethnic villAger hAs received A summons to AppeAr before the RAtAnAkkiri ProvinciAl Court tomorrow over Allegedly grAbbing lAnd from A locAl rubber plAntAtion firm in BAkeo district. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/summons-issued-in-rAtAnAkkiri-rubber-feud/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>