The Kingdom has welcomed 13 newborn Irrawaddy dolphins in Kratie and Stung Treng provinces so far this year, according to the World Wildlife Fund. WWF yesterday said in a report its research team spotted the latest calf during an expedition to the Kampi dolphin pool <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdom-welcomes-13-newborn-irrawaddy-dolphins-in-2019/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Despite internal and external challenges, the Cambodian economy reached even greater heights last year, with the government reporting economic growth of 7.1 per cent &ndash; the highest in the asean region. However, China-US trade tensions and protectionist policies remain obstacles, with the government forecasting 6.5 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/executive-outlook-for-2020/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Banteay Meanchey provincial administration appealed to residents not to be cheated into grabbing land in the Tapen 2 Forest Restoration and Broadcast Station at Svay Chek district’s Slakram commune. Governor Um Reatrey told The Post on Tuesday that a provincial administration investigation found that <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/do-not-get-cheated-into-grabbing-land-says-b-meanchey-governor/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Police from Kampong Speu and Pursat provinces and officials from environmental non-profit Wildlife alliance cracked down on illegal logging and wildlife poaching activities in the Phnom Oral Wildlife Sanctuary and the National Park in the Cardamom Mountains. a report from Wildlife alliance posted on social <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/large-scale-logging-halted-in-kampong-speu-pursat-provinces/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

For the fourth year in a row, Transparency International (TI) has rated Cambodia the country perceived as aSEaN’s most corrupt, and just ahead of North Korea and afghanistan for the entire asia-Pacific region.The 2016 Corruption Perceptions Index, which scores and ranks 176 countries and territories <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdom-slips-in-tis-graft-index/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

National Election Committee (NEC) chairman Prach Chan, in a video clip on the NEC’s official YouTube channel, has called on everyone eligible to ensure they are able to vote in next year’s national election. Verifying details and registering for this year’s voter list can at done <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nec-chair-asks-voters-to-check-list/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A Phnom Penh MunicipAl Court judge on WednesdAy rejected the prosecution’s request thAt former CAmbodiA NAtionAl Rescue PArty (CNRP) president Kem SokhA be reArrested for Allegedly violAting his bAil conditions. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/court-wArns-kem-sokhA-to-ceAse-politicAl-Activity/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier’s visit to Cambodia could give renewed impetus towards the consolidation of bilateral relations between the two countries as well as to the two-way goods trade, which was valued at nearly $1.25 billion in 2022, expanding by almost one-fifth on a yearly <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/german-presidents-visit-paves-way-for-ties-boost-as-trade-tops-1-2b-pundits/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s economic policies are relatively liberal for the region, and its investment and trade regimes remain attractive. However, being a small and open economy, Cambodia is susceptible to external changes and shocks. Global trade growth slowed in the second half of 2022 and further deceleration <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/trade-pressures-on-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Five out of six people’s representatives were remanded in custody on Friday, June 23, in connection with a case of encroachment on state-owned private land leased to the Rath Sambath Company in Ota Teak village, Ta Tok commune, Samlot district, Battambang province. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/five-representatives-of-citizens-detained-by-battambang-provincial-court-for-violating-private-land-economic-concessions/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Sahmakum Teang Tnaut Organization (STT) has published a report, titled Land Security of Urban Poor Communities, detailing land insecurity issues plaguing urban poor communities in Phnom Penh, who have expressed fear of eviction and inadequate compensation. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/stt-report-urban-poor-communities-fear-forced-evictions-no-land-titles/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia and the US will restore relations, restart military exercise, and accept Cambodian military students to study at West Point, according to a Facebook post by senate president Hun Sen who met US Defense Secretary Lloyd austin on Tuesday morning. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/us-defense-secretary-lloyd-austin-confirms-restoration-of-us-cambodia-ties-joint-military-drills/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Six refugees who were arrested during a Paris Peace agreements (PPa) training on December 29 last year and detained at the Suan Plu Immigration Detention Center in Thailand were released from mid-June to June 25. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/thailand-frees-six-cambodian-refugees-six-months-after-detention-at-paris-peace-agreement-training/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Information seemingly rushed the promulgation of the Charter for Professional Journalism on Tuesday, only days after the deadline for input by media associations with just a few suggestions included. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-professional-journalism-charter-speedily-implemented-only-days-after-input-deadline/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy had issued mineral resource exploratory licenses to 24 local and foreign companies in the past year. according to the annual report of the ministry’s mineral resources department released on Friday, the firms are mostly Cambodian-owned ones and those from <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-grants-mine-exploratory-licenses-to-24-firms-in-2011-govt-report-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

About hAlf A million estAblishments in CAmbodiA As of MArch 1, 2011 releAsed the preliminAry results of the Economic Census of CAmbodiA (EC 2011) releAsed by H.E. ChAy ThAn on August 8th in Phnom  Penh. The finAl results of EC 2011 will be releAsed in <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/economic-census-2011-found-About-hAlf-million-estAblishments/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Minister of Interior Sar Kheng said on Wednesday that the delegation of authority from national level to sub-national administrations remained slow, resulting in a lack of clarity concerning their roles and responsibilities in providing public services. Speaking at the 17th meeting of the National Committee <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/transfer-of-power-still-slow/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Hundreds of indigenous minorities in Ratanakkiri province are being made worse off by Prime Minister Hun Sen’s land-titling scheme which, rather than securing their property rights, is contributing to the loss of their ancestral lands, according to a new report. The report supports complaints aired since <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/land-titling-project-denied-minorities-of-property-rights/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian and Chinese top diplomats on Wednesday pledged to maintain and further heighten bilateral ties and cooperation for the mutual benefits of the two countries and peoples. The pledge came after a bilateral talk between Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong and visiting <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-chinese-top-diplomats-pledge-to-advance-ties/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia failed Monday to make its deadline to submit a key human rights report&mdash;known as the universal period review (UPR)&mdash;to the U.N., said Mak Sambath, deputy chairman of the government’s Human Rights Committee. Having missed the submission deadline, the government is now hoping to get its <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-misses-deadline-to-submit-un-human-rights-report/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>