In 2009, the Democrat-led government and the People’s alliance for Democracy accused ousted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra of holding secret talks with Cambodia about exploiting oil and gas reserves in the Gulf of Thailand. The government threatened to revoke a memorandum of understanding on overlapping <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/time-right-for-talks-on-sea-boundary/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia approved $1.2 billion in investments from China in the first six months of the year, a 104 percent increase in the amount of Chinese money set to flood into the economy compared to the same period last year, the Cambodian Investment Board said. The <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/investment-by-china-doubles-in-first-half/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian mobile operators added more than 1 million new subscribers between May and July, with Smart Mobile seeing the largest percentage increase for the period, according to Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications figures obtained by the Post. Marc Einstein, a Tokyo-based analyst at research and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mobile-market-still-growing/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Members of 34 families facing eviction from Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak community yesterday called on five foreign embassies and the European Union to pressure the government into granting them land titles. They are among the 46 poor and untitled families living in Boeng Kak who have <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/boeng-kak-families-reach-out-to-embassies-eu/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s Ministry of Environment told a Japanese oil company yesterday to better define the location of its initial onshore operations given the potential impact on the local population and environment. The Ministry of Environment has required Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation to specify where <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-questions-oil-assessment/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government has granted more than 7 million hectares of land to private companies through concessions since 2008, with 222 private companies claiming more than 2 million hectares alone in economic land concessions, rights group adhoc said yesterday. Ouch Leng, head of adhoc’s land program, said <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdoms-three-year-land-rush/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s total exports rose more than 40 per cent year-on-year through October, carried by strong growth in agriculture shipments. Total exports reached US$4.05 billion in the first 10 months of 2011 compared with $2.82 billion during the same period last year, an increase of 44 per <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdoms-exports-jump-44/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than 1000 factory workers protested in Phnom Penh yesterday outside the Sun Well Shoes Company factory in Pur Senchey district, demanding higher wages and the dismissal of the factory’s administration chief, union representatives said. Tep Saroeun, a union representative at Sun Well Shoes Company in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/workers-call-for-factory-official-to-go/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Pailin’s juicy longans, a small beige-colored fruit renowned for its sweet taste, is on the way to becoming Cambodia’s third food product to attain Geographic Indicator (GI) status. The longan will join Cambodia’s only other GI-recognized food products: Kompong Speu palm sugar and Kampot <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pailin-looks-to-put-longan-fruit-on-gi-map/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

An increAse in AgriculturAl trAding hAs cAused the vAlue of the US dollAr to dip below 4,000 riel in the pAst three consecutive dAys, As there is now A higher demAnd for the CAmbodiAn riel, money exchAngers And An officiAl from the NAtionAl BAnk of <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/us-dollAr-drops-below-4000-riel-with-AgriculturAl-hArvest/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Kampong Thom province about 500 frustrated villagers, citing the authorities’ inaction as their motivation, rode some 250 motorbikes into Prey Lang forest over the weekend in yet another effort to combat illegal logging they say is decimating the area. The villagers from four provinces surrounding Prey Lang <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/prey-lang-villagers-on-patrol/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Interior Ministry yesterday defended Prime Minister Hun Sen’s nephew, Hun To, following explosive allegations by an australian newspaper, The age, which alleged that australian police had suspected Mr. To of involvement in a drug smuggling and money laundering syndicate. an official from the Cambodian conglomerate <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/police-say-hun-to-news-story-untrue/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Investors should be cautious when pursuing the opportunities for growth present in Myanmar and Cambodia, Southeast asia’s frontier markets, Templeton asset Management Ltd. said. In Cambodia, state-owned Phnom Penh Water Supply authority will have its initial public offering this month, making it the first to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/templeton-cautions-investors-riding-myanmar-cambodia-growth/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 17 July 2018, the National Bank of Cambodia issued a press release on the prohibition of taking identity card, family record, and residence record as guarantee for provision of credit, following the directive No. B7-016-210 Sor. Chor. Nor, dated 11th March 2016. However, the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/press-release-on-the-prohibition-of-taking-identity-card-family-record-and-residence-record-as-guarantee-for-provision-of-credit/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 28 December 2018, the Government of Japan disbursed an amount of USD1.2 million as its 2018 Fiscal Year contribution to the United Nations component of the ECCC budget. The Government of Japan decided to make this contribution to continue to support the judicial process of the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/japans-assistance-for-the-extraordinary-chambers-in-the-courts-of-cambodia-eccc/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 8 July 2019, the National Committee for Prevention and Crackdown on National Resources Offences issued​ a press release on the implementation of strict legal measures to combat forest crimes. Means related to forest crimes such as cars, tractor, and motorbikes will be requested to local <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/press-release-implementation-of-measures-against-individuals-companies-and-the-means-involved-in-forest-crime/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On May 09 2018, the undersigned of 79 civil society groups, condemn the latest blow to press freedom in Cambodia, with the opaque sale of The Phnom Penh Post, and the new owner’s immediate interference in the paper’s editorial independence, which compelled 13 senior staff and reporters to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/cambodian-civil-society-groups-condemn-ongoing-attacks-on-freedom-of-the-media/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

 Fourteen families in Oddar Meanchey province’s O’Smach commune on Friday sent a letter to Chea Sophara, Minister of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction, asking him to intervene in their land dispute with military officials. The families accused border military commander Pok Sophal and three <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/families-stuck-in-oddar-meanchey-land-row-seek-solution-from-pm-ministry/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

wo NGOs focused on Cambodian road safety have sent a letter to Minister of Education Hang Chuon Naron on Wednesday requesting that road safety be included in students’ learning objectives ahead of the beginning of the new school year on Friday. In their letter, the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ngos-call-for-road-safety-to-be-included-in-natl-examination/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodian government has called on more US investors to build economic and trade relations with the Kingdom, the Ministry of Commerce said. The call was made at a meeting between the US ambassador to Cambodia Patrick Murphy and Minister of Commerce Pan Sorasak during the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-seeking-stronger-economic-trade-ties-with-us/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>