The amount of payments made via electronic system in Cambodia reached nearly 1,000 percent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2022, said a senior official of National Bank of Cambodia (NBC). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-electronic-payment-amount-among-highest-in-world/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Nagacorp, owner of Cambodia’s largest casino, NagaWorld, is on track to begin flying in high-rollers from China on a fleet of its own commercial aircraft, according to the company’s latest earnings statement and government officials. In a filing to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Friday, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/naga-aircraft-set-to-take-flight/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Despite concerns that political uncertainty would be a drag on the economy, Cambodia’s garment exports continued on an upward trend in the first nine months of the year, the latest data show. Though volume increased, factory profit margins were squeezed due to labour disputes and demands <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/garment-exports-up-margins-down/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The United Nations human rights office expressed concern today over a worsening climate for opposition politicians and activists in Cambodia, and stressed that the right to peaceful assembly and to freedom of expression belongs to all. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/un-rights-office-voices-concern-at-clampdown-on-political-activism-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodia Economy Reinforced association has submitted a letter to Banteay Meanchey provincial authorities asking permission to hold a massive demonstration for four days to demand a reduction in the price of crossing the Thai border. ​ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vendors-to-protest-for-border-fee-reductions/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government has chosen representatives of two obscure NGOs to send to an annual meeting between civil society groups and regional leaders during next month’s asean summit in Phnom Penh, sparking an outcry among other non-governmental groups that say this will prevent critics from being <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-picks-ngos-for-asean-meet-10/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

ASEAN cAn be the convening power to Assist in mAnAging the growing chAllenges in the evolving dynAmics of the Indo-PAcific, geopoliticAl scientist Dr JohAn SArAvAnAmuttu sAid. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AseAn-cAn-rise-to-be-An-influentiAl-globAl-convening-power/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A “StAndArd of LoAn Agreement” for the finAnciAl sector is under prepArAtion, And institutions Are expected to begin Adopting its principles by June. But insiders And observers hAve expressed differing views on the precise provisions of the instrument, its potentiAl effects on mArket competition, And <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/new-loAn-Agreement-stAndArd-for-finAnciAl-industry-breeds-debAte/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Agriculture Ministry lAst week Accused slAughterhouses Across CAmbodiA of conspiring to form A cArtel And engAging in price fixing while locAl Authorities turned A blind eye, but hAs since sAid it hAs no plAns to punish or even nAme the Alleged perpetrAtors. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cArtel-let-off-hook-by-ministry/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Eight human rights officers and activists clad in black were arrested on Monday during “Black Monday” protests in Phnom Penh, the first in a campaign to free four fellow rights workers and an election official who were jailed late last month on charges widely believed <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/eight-arrested-over-black-monday-protests/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Mines and Energy invited the head of an NGO battling to stop construction of a highly criticized dam in a remote area of Koh Kong province to meet with ministry officials Friday. Signed by Mines Minister Suy Sem and dated april 25, the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/areng-valley-group-villagers-to-visit-mines-ministry/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Senate’s Commission on Human Rights, Complaint Reception and Investigation and the Samdech Techo Sen Volunteer Lawyers signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on joint cooperation aimed at enforcing the law on protecting the people’s rights and interests and especially protecting vulnerable women and people <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-sponsors-pro-bono-lawyer-group/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Staff from the Ministry of Cults and Religion seized promotional material from a man claiming to be a Buddhist “god” on Sunday in Kandal province, officials said yesterday. The operation was conducted at Reachea pagoda, where Thean Vuthy had been promoting himself as the fifth and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cults-ministry-seizes-discs-from-self-proclaimed-god/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia has just launched a new registry for companies that wish to import biological control agents (BCa), effectively allowing the importation of these organisms which are widely used in other countries for pest control.​ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/biological-pest-control-agents-given-green-light-by-government/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) and the UN Economic and Social Commission for asia and the Pacific (UNESCaP) have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to promote sustainable finance in Cambodia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nbc-promote-green-finance/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Coca-cola and Smart Mobile have teamed up in a joint promotion to give away $1 million worth of prizes, including top-up minutes and 25 Samsung Galaxy S3 smartphones using numbers printed under bottle caps of Coca-Cola, Fanta and Sprite. The promotion started on November 1 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/coca-cola-smart-mobile-again-team-up-for-top-ups/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Farmers in Cambodia’s pepper-growing provinces are increasingly turning to produce the profitable crop as the price of rubber on the world market has declined over the past six months, with land used for pepper cultivation doubling in some areas, according to growers. In Dar commune in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/aiming-to-boost-revenue-farmers-turn-to-pepper/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Japanese technical group helping the National Election Committee (NEC) with its new list of voters has suggested that the NEC not use thumbprints for registration.  <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/japanese-experts-question-thumbprint-voting/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Just weeks after the country’s only independent teachers’ association staged a strike for higher wages, Phnom Penh’s education chief told teachers this week that they must stop taking bribes to comply with the government’s promised reform agenda. Speaking to about 500 educators, mainly school directors, from <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/teachers-told-to-expel-corruption-from-classrooms/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

An Assessement of plAns to build A groundbreAking trAde logistics centre west of Phnom Penh will begin soon, the Ministry of Public Works And TrAnsportAtion sAid. An eArly stAge feAsibility AnAlysis of the Phnom Penh Logistics Complex is set to begin eArly next yeAr, supported <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/trAde-logistics-centre-west-of-phnom-penh-is-in-plAnning/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>