Ministry of Health's notification on measures to prevent unidentified pneumonia
On 10 January 2020, the Ministry of Health of the Kingdom of Cambodia releases a notification on measures to prevent unidentified pneumonia to all the public to be careful, especially those are planning to travel to or returning from Wuhan, Hubei Province of the People’s href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/ministry-of-healths-notification-on-measures-to-prevent-unidentified-pneumonia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Ministry of Health
Nearly $70 million investment projects licensed, to create 5,000 jobs
Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has given the green light to five new investment projects with a total investment capital of $65.6 million. According to the council’s press releases issued recently, the new projects approved are expected to create nearly 5,000 jobs for href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nearly-70-million-investment-projects-licensed-to-create-5000-jobs/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Phal Sophanith/AKP
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50732891/nearly-70-million-investment-projects-licensed-to-create-5000-jobs/
Geopacific Resources could have unearthed major gold copper system in Cambodia
Geopacific Resources’ (ASX: GPR) may have discovered a major gold and copper system from drilling in Cambodia which on the results could yet get bigger. Standout results from preliminary gold assays from follow-up RC drilling at the 150 Prospect have extended the strike length of high href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/geopacific-resources-could-have-unearthed-major-gold-copper-system-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Proactive Investors News Staff
http://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/companies/news/54565/geopacific-resources-could-have-unearthed-major-gold-copper-system-in-cambodia-54565.html
Inditex, H&M agree to pay more for clothes from Cambodia
Fashion brands, including Europe’s biggest clothing retailer Inditex SA (ITX) and Hennes & Mauritz AB (HMB), said they are willing to pay more for clothes made in Cambodia, backing a trade union campaign for higher wages. The chains are among eight clothing retailers that include Next Plc (NXT) and Primark that have href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/inditex-hm-agree-to-pay-more-for-clothes-from-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Gabi Thesing
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-19/inditex-h-m-agree-to-pay-more-for-clothes-from-cambodia.html
Ukrainian politician off wanted list
A Ukrainian member of parliament sought by Cambodian authorities over allegations of child-rape was removed from Interpol’s most-wanted list on Tuesday night because, according to Cambodia’s Interpol office, “the case involves politics in Ukraine and Russia.” href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ukrainian-politician-off-wanted-list-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Matt Blomberg and Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ukrainian-politician-struck-from-wanted-list-80730/
ASEAN affected by slowdown
The IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO) forecasts that uncertainty surrounding growth in advanced economies will slightly affect the growth of some ASEAN nations, particularly low-income countries such as Cambodia. A senior IMF official told reporters on the sidelines of the fund’s annual meeting yesterday that some ASEAN economies relying heavily href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/asean-affected-by-slowdown/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Victor in Illinois is first Cambodian-American woman elected to US public office
When Khemarey Khoeun is sworn in as a park district commissioner in Skokie, Illinois, on May 16, she’ll be making history as the first Cambodian-American woman elected to public office at any level of government in the United States. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/victor-in-illinois-is-first-cambodian-american-woman-elected-to-us-public-office/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Ten Soksreinith
http://www.voacambodia.com/a/victor-illinois-first-cambodian-american-woman-elected-united-states/3845887.html
COVID-19 remote learning hurdles for students with disabilities
With the coronavirus pandemic sweeping through nations worldwide, the Kingdom has not been spared, reporting over 100 cases as of yesterday. As Cambodia scrambles to prevent another wave of infections, the government decided to shutter schools nationwide – a drastic measure that matches the scale href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/covid-19-remote-learning-hurdles-for-students-with-disabilities/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Minister urges China telecoms to build digital infrastructure
Newly appointed Minister of Posts and Telecommunications Chea Vandeth urged two Chinese telecom giants – China Communication Construction Co Ltd (CCCC) and Huawei Technologies Co Ltd – to further invest in the Kingdom’s telecommunications infrastructure in a move to bring Cambodia into the full realm href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/minister-urges-china-telecoms-to-build-digital-infrastructure/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/minister-urges-china-telecoms-build-digital-infrastructure
Traffic fine increase gets green light
Nearly a year after being signed into law, Cambodia’s new traffic code is just weeks from finally being enforced.National Police chief Neth Savoeun yesterday said that drivers have had plenty of notice, and the time for implementation has come. As of January 1, fines for href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/traffic-fine-increase-gets-green-light/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Taing Vida and Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/traffic-fine-increase-gets-green-light
Peacekeeper killed in Central African Republic
Cambodians at home and abroad yesterday mourned the passing of peacekeeper Im Sam, who was shot to death during a guerrilla ambush in Central African Republic. He was the Kingdom’s first peacekeeper to ever be killed in combat, officials said. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/peacekeeper-killed-in-central-african-republic/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Chhay Channyda and Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/peacekeeper-killed-central-african-republic
NEC warns against use of war rhetoric
Talking up the risk of war during the coming election campaign can be expected to bring legal action from the National Election Committee (NEC), the body’s spokesman said yesterday, a day after the premier warned he feared conflict would ensue if his ruling Cambodian People’s href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nec-warns-against-use-of-war-rhetoric/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-warns-against-use-war-rhetoric
Multiple suspects arrested over grenade attack, but police offer few details
Police have arrested at least five suspects over the past two days in connection to agrenade attack that rattled a Phnom Penh neighbourhood two weeks ago, injuring four people, but officials yesterday remained tight-lipped as to the suspects’ identities and motives. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/multiple-suspects-arrested-over-grenade-attack-but-police-offer-few-details/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara and Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/multiple-suspects-arrested-over-grenade-attack-police-offer-few-details
PM pushes voter registration amid claims of inaction
The National Election Committee (NEC) and all political parties should urge citizens – including those overseas – to register to vote, Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday, even as a prominent opposition lawmaker accused the government of offering “nothing” to enfranchise Cambodia’s thousands of migrant workers. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-pushes-voter-registration-amid-claims-of-inaction/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara, Bun Sengkong and Cristina Maza
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-pushes-voter-registration-amid-claims-inaction
Measles cases rise sharply
Cambodia has recorded 341 measles cases in the first four months of this year, a significant increase from just 44 cases in the same period last year. The World Health Organisation (WHO) confirmed the total on Monday and reported that 65 percent of those infected href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/measles-cases-rise-sharply/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/measles-cases-rise-sharply
Ministry and NGOs set to discuss proposed amendments to Lango
The Ministry of Interior will hold a sixth meeting with civil society organisation representatives on July 6 to review and discuss amendments to the Law on Association and Non-Governmental Organisations (Lango). The organisations are hopeful the points they have raised will be included in the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-and-ngos-set-to-discuss-proposed-amendments-to-lango/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-and-ngos-set-di
Trimmer 2021 budget: Government plans 50 percent drop in spending
Amid the outbreak of the coronavirus the government plans to trim the 2021 state budget to around $4 billion, accounting for about a 50 percent drop from this year’s state budget, including an 11.3 percent drop for social affairs and 6.4 percent for general administration. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/trimmer-2021-budget-government-plans-50-percent-drop-in-spending/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50734167/trimmer-2021-budget-government-plans-50-percent-drop-in-spending/
Clean energy development presents challenges
With its aim to expand solar energy investment by 12 percent by the end of this year and increase it up to 20 percent over the next three years, Cambodia has been facing challenges of transiting to clean energy development, according to a case study href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/clean-energy-development-presents-challenges/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50737288/clean-energy-development-presents-challenges/
Nearly 1 million tonnes of milled rice exported to China by Q3
Cambodia has exported nearly 1 million tonnes of milled rice as of the third quarter of 2020, and the figure could reach 1.2 million tonnes in a near future. The record was revealed on Tuesday by the Cambodia Rice Federation, underlining that the export followed href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nearly-1-million-tonnes-of-milled-rice-exported-to-china-by-q3/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Phal Sophanith/AKP
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50778347/nearly-1-million-tonnes-of-milled-rice-exported-to-china-by-q3/
Joint statement on the ninth session of the United Nations forum on business and human Rights 16-18 November 2020
On 18 November 2020, Equitable Cambodia organization, Inclusive Development International, and the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO) issued a joint statement renewing their long-standing call for redress for the Cambodian communities who were forcibly displaced by the Thai sugar href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/joint-statement-on-the-ninth-session-of-the-united-nations-forum-on-business-and-human-rights-16-18-november-2020/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Equitable Cambodia organization, Inclusive Development International, and the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO)