About 100 monks, Activists And workers returned on SAturdAy evening to the CAnAdiA IndustriAl PArk, where gArment workers clAshed with militAry police on JAnuAry 3, to prAy for the five protesters who were shot deAd in the violence And cAll for the releAse of 23 <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/monks-workers-hold-vigil-for-slAin-protesters/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Council of Ministers’ Press and Quick Reaction Unit (PQRU) on Friday published an extended criticism of a speech made by opposition leader Sam Rainsy last week in which he promised his supporters that the political change that swept Ukraine’s president from power​​ would soon <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-responds-to-rainsys-cambodia-ukraine-comparison/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Belgian demining NGO aPOPO, which is pioneering the use of mine-detecting rats in the former battlefields of Cambodia, has received funding from the German government to expand its mine-clearance work in the country. In November, the government gave the green light for aPOPO to begin <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/funding-boost-for-cambodias-hero-mine-detecting-rats-ngo/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

An increAsing number of NGOs in CAmbodiA Are fAcing the prospect of budget cuts, with money from foreign donors decreAsing As A politicAl deAdlock continues. CAmbodiA’s robust civil society relies on donor countries, but some hAve postponed funding while the country’s two rivAl politicAl pArties remAin <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/As-politicAl-impAsse-continues-some-donors-hold-on-to-funding/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Authorities in KrAtie province on SAturdAy night discovered neArly 90 pieces of luxury-grAde wood stockpiled just outside the RoyAl CAmbodiAn Armed Forces (RCAF) heAdquArters in Chhlong district, where they believe the timber wAs being stAged for trAnsport to Tbong Khmum province to the south, officiAls <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/luxury-wood-seized-from-krAtie-militAry-bAse/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Electricite du Cambodge director Keo Rattanak said on Saturday that the stalled Chinese-backed hydropower project in Koh Kong province’s areng Valley has set back Cambodia’s plans to become energy self-sufficient. Rattanak, who was speaking at a gathering for soldiers in the Odar Meanchey province, singled out <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/derailed-dam-angers-edc-boss/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The export of yellow bananas to international markets last year reached 157,812 tonnes, most of which was exported to China and the rest to Vietnam and Japan, a Ministry of agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries report showed. There is no data on 2018 banana exports to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdom-exports-157k-tonnes-of-bananas/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The treason trial of Supreme Court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) president Kem Sokha began at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday with the presentation of a two-minute video clip. The footage, which was the basis of the charge against him, was dismissed by <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sokhas-treason-trial-begins/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Grab, Southeast asia’s leading ride-hailing app, announced yesterday the launch of two new initiatives in Cambodia under its ‘Grab for Good’ social impact programme. a company-wide commitment by Grab to create positive social and economic impact through technology.​ The two new initiatives are Break the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/grab-to-employ-deaf-drivers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Preah Sihanouk Provincial Court on Saturday charged four men and three women over an attempt to grab land in Ream National Park which resulted in officers being injured during a clash.​ Court spokesman Lim Bun Heng said the seven people were clearing state forest land in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/group-charged-over-violent-land-grab/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Two men, including a village chief, were arrested on Friday for allegedly grabbing and clearing 10ha of forest land in Pursat province’s Veal Veng district. Krasaing Pnov village chief Penh Sarorn, 49, and Vong Phalla, 50, were arrested on the orders of Pursat provincial governor <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/two-nabbed-for-grabbing-and-clearing-land-in-pursat/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

n a request signed by more than 500 organisations, civil society representatives on Monday petitioned the government to amend three laws on the judiciary. During the 4th Government-CSOs Partnership Forum, civil society organisations (CSOs) requested changes to improve the efficacy of the legal system and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/civil-society-submits-petition-for-politically-neutral-judges/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Preah Sihanouk provincial administration has recommended those whose houses were torn down for encroaching on canals to seek social land concessions from the authorities. Provincial deputy governor Cheav Vichheak told The Post on Tuesday that Sihanoukville has five main canals with a cumulative length <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/social-land-concessions-floated-for-residents-hit-by-work-on-sihanoukville-canals/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Floods and droughts destroyed some 67,000ha of paddy fields in the Kingdom last year, resulting in minimal declines to yields and land available for cultivation, the Ministry of agriculture reported on Monday. Ministry spokesman Srey Vuthy joined a government press unit briefing on Monday to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-reports-damage-from-droughts-and-floods/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministries of Economy and Finance; and Education, Youth and Sport, will implement a food programme for 50,000 children in 205 target schools using community products. an announcement issued on January 23 and obtained by The Post on Monday said the two ministries would implement <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-to-aid-students-facing-food-insecurity/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Mondulkiri provincial court on Saturday charged and jailed seven people for felling reforested trees in a protected area in Koh Nhek district’s Rayar commune, officials said. Keo Sopheak, director of Mondulkiri provincial environment department, said yesterday park rangers arrested nine suspects on Thursday at Rayar <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/seven-charged-over-felling-trees-in-mondulkiri-protected-area/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport has set goals for its fourth phase of action plans to meet Sustainable Development Goals based on the principles of quality, equity, inclusiveness and lifelong learning by 2030. Ministry spokesman Dy Kamboly spoke of the goals during a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-reveals-action-plan-goals/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian Youth Party (CYP) president Pich Sros on Tuesday raised four issues faced by residents of Kampong Speu and Takeo provinces regarding dam constructions and submitted his report to the Minister of Water Resources and Meteorology Lim Kean Hor. Sros told The Post that the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pich-sros-raises-dam-issues/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The construction of a shoe factory in Kampong Speu province’s Kong Pisei district has been suspended after local authorities ruled it has not been following technical standards. Officials in the Kingdom are scrambling to inspect completed and under-construction buildings to avoid collapses similar to what <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kampong-speu-shoe-factory-construction-suspended-governor/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

US AmbAssAdor PAtrick Murphy sAid the US wAs committed to helping the Kingdom Address its wAter And climAte issues, As well As AttrAct better foreign investments. Murphy’s remArks cAme As he met with Minister of WAter Resources And Meteorology Lim KeAn Hor And Minister of <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/us-promises-Aid-for-kingdoms-looming-wAter-climAte-crises/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>