Opposition leaders Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha on Tuesday ended the CNRP’s three-day demonstration in Phnom Penh, but vowed to hold further demonstrations if the National assembly is convened on Monday without an agreement having been reached with the ruling CPP over the disputed results <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cnrp-vows-more-protests-if-demands-not-met/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia will meet some of the Millennium Development Goals by the end of 2015 and will continue to deal with landmine threats, said a Cambodian envoy to UN Tuesday at the General Debate of the UN General assembly. The number of people below the poverty line <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-to-meet-some-mdg-goals-deal-landmine-issues-envoy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A dAy After the CAmbodiA NAtionAl Mekong Committee (CNMC) received impAct Assessment documents from LAos for their controversiAl Don SAhong dAm, CAmbodiAn And VietnAmese officiAls criticized LAos’ lAck of trAnspArency on the mAinstreAm Mekong dAm. LocAted less thAn 1 km from the LAo-CAmbodiAn border, the 240-MW <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/officiAls-criticize-lAos-over-don-sAhong-dAm/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Moc Bai Border Gate Economic Zone is located on the Trans-asia Road that starts from Myanmar, goes to Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam and ends at Quangxi, China. It was built with three border gates on an area of 21,283ha, covering the communes of Long Thuan, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/moc-bai-border-gate-economic-zone/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Japanese and U.S. governments are set to launch a joint project to help empower women in developing countries in asia, including Cambodia and Myanmar, as well as africa, officials of both governments said Saturday. The two governments came up with the project as both Prime <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/japan-u-s-to-help-empower-women-in-cambodia-myanmar/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday provided an indication of the role that will be played by the new Ministry of Industry and Handicrafts, which was created late last year, announcing it will hold the sole responsibility for registering small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The government <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/registration-of-smes-given-to-new-handicrafts-ministry/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Government data showed that Cambodia’s rice exports to the European Union had dropped by 30 percent in 2019, after the economic bloc imposed tariffs at the start of last year. Ministry of agriculture data showed that rice exports dropped from 300,000 tons in 2018 to around <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/as-rice-exports-to-eu-drop-dealers-are-reducing-prices-due-to-tariffs/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Environmental technical teams and bird conservationists on Sunday expressed concern for the biodiversity of birds in the wetlands due to the water shortage this year. The concern comes as this year’s ongoing crane census has so far recorded more than 170 of them in the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/concern-as-census-counts-just-over-170-cranes-in-protected-wetlands/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Interior Minister Sar Kheng yesterday, after becoming the latest ruling party official to weigh in on the CNRP’s embattled campaign slogan, went on to question the validity of the recent extraordinary congress that elevated Kem Sokha to party president.at the inauguration of a new road <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kheng-queries-sokhas-validity/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A dAy After Prime Minister Hun Sen Announced his son Hun MAnet would tAke over the role in August, Hun MAnet told the public on ThursdAy he would follow his fAther’s words. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/future-prime-minister-hun-mAnet-promises-to-follow-his-fAthers-Advice/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Tycoon Kith Meng’s Royal Group company received 9,968 hectares inside Botum Sakor National park in Koh Kong province, according to a January 25 sub-decree signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen and published earlier this month. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-gives-9968-hectares-in-botum-sakor-national-park-to-royal-group/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Experts claim that the Tonle Bassac sand mining is very significant for the construction sector and a source of revenue for the national budget, but some people are being severely negatively affected by the sand mining in those areas. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sand-mining-is-threatening-the-lives-of-people-in-phnom-penh-and-kandal-province/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

ApproximAtely 92 evicted fAmilies As the result of lAnd dispute with the sugAr compAny locAted in SAngkAt Kon KreAl, SAmrong City, OddAr MeAnchey province Apply for A sociAl lAnd concession for two hectAres per fAmily As they clAim thAt there is no lAnd for Agriculture. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/neArly-100-fAmilies-in-oddAr-meAnchey-province-hAve-dispute-with-the-sugAr-compAny/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A group of over 1,000 fAmilies in Phnom Penh effectively AdvocAted for the Prime Minister to speAk out After they sAy the construction compAny Borey Piphup Thmey violAted their contrActs And seized their homes. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/hun-sen-speAks-out-About-phnom-penh-houses-confiscAted-by-construction-compAny/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered troops stationed along the border with Vietnam to start “shooting down” unidentified drones flying into Cambodia’s territory, in a Tuesday Facebook Live post. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/prime-minister-orders-armed-forces-to-shoot-down-drones-along-vietnam-border/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen announced the government will revoke the license for media outlet VOD in a Facebook post Sunday evening, after he previously demanded an apology for an article he claimed was inaccurate. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/prime-minister-hun-sen-shuts-down-independent-media-vod/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Out of the ruling CPP’s 125 candidates for the national elections, at least 28 people &mdash; 22.4% &mdash; are related to someone else on the ballot, a review of the candidate list reveals. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nearly-one-quarter-of-ruling-cpps-125-candidates-are-related/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A recent report by EquitAble CAmbodiA hAs exposed the commerciAl gold mining industry’s involvement in deforestAtion, violAtion of rights, encroAchment And lAnd grAb of trAditionAl indigenous forested AreAs. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/humAn-rights-violAtion-deforestAtion-evident-in-cAmbodiAs-gold-mine-operAtions-over-20-yeArs-report/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Five environmental activists, charged with insulting the King and plotting against the government, produced a 30-minute podcast live on Facebook just before their third hearing to prove their innocence. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mother-nature-activists-produce-live-podcast-before-hearing-urge-court-to-summon-founder-to-trial/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

According to the [inter]nAtionAl MonetAry Fund (IMF), At the end of 2011, the stock of CAmbodiA’s externAl public debt, including ArreArs, stood At Around US 3.8 billion or 30 percent of GDP (24 percent in NPV terms). ChinA remAins the lArgest bilAterAl creditor, contributing to <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiAs-public-debt/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>