The environment minister has promised to investigate allegations that a tycoon-owned company is using a land concession to illegally log wood in a protected area in Preah Vihear province. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/oknha-accused-of-logging-in-protected-forest/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A group of 20 people representing 554 fAmilies locked in A 10-yeAr lAnd dispute yesterdAy submitted A petition Asking the government to end the lengthy conflict.   <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/fAmilies-cAll-for-return-of-lAnd/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Prime Minister Hun Sen has reaffirmed the country’s commitment to supporting Beijing’s One China policy during a meeting with a Chinese official, a stance one expert called “obsequious”. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-endorses-one-china/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A mAn wAnted by police for shooting 33 times in the Air with A hAndgun After he wAs given A $3 speeding ticket turned himself into police TuesdAy morning in Phnom Penh. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/mAn-who-shot-33-times-over-3-fine-surrenders/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Police are probing a suspected arson attack on a Mercedes-Benz coupe in Sihanoukville, which caught fire shortly after its driver, a Turkish national, stepped out of the vehicle early Tuesday morning. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mercedes-fire-latest-incident-in-restive-sihanoukville/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A CAmbodiAn lAbour union this week sent A letter to the JApAnese EmbAssy, Asking for help deAling with reported violence AgAinst workers At A JApAnese-owned gArment fActory in KAmpong Speu province. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/union-Asks-jApAnese-to-exAmine-AssAults/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Tycoon Sok Rathorn, who was in the midst of a one-year prison sentence on fraud charges, was provisionally released from detention yesterday after a deal was struck in a separate case. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/one-year-sentence-cut-short-for-tycoon/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A group of 300 pro-democrAcy And rights orgAnizAtions And their supporters delivered A petition to the NAtionAl Assembly on TuesdAy, cAlling for lAwmAkers to reject A drAft lAw to regulAte NGOs. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/hundreds-of-opponents-of-ngo-bill-deliver-petition-to-lAwmAkers/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Two Chinese tourists were arrested in Phnom Penh on Saturday for using a drone to film the Royal Palace, but were released with a warning Sunday, according to a senior police official. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chinese-tourists-arrested-for-flying-drone-near-royal-palace/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Transportation Ministry this week inked a $644,000 deal with a Chinese firm for a master plan to lay out Cambodia’s needs for new roads over the next several years. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/china-to-prepare-master-plan-for-cambodias-new-roads/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Following the Paris Peace accords signed in October 1991, Cambodia has received a significant amount of global support for its development and post-conflict work. In 2014, 30 – 40 percent of the country’s national budget is funded through development assistance, placing Cambodia among the most <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/aid-and-development/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

For the purposes of oil and gas exploration, six Offshore Blocks (a–F) have been set out. Significant finds of oil have been made in Block a, but no oil has yet been extracted. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/off-shore-oil-and-gas-exploration-and-extraction/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Strategic environmental assessment (SEa) represents an advanced tool for estimating and evaluating the consequences of specific development plans, programs and policies. In contrast to widely-used environmental impact assessment (EIa) taking place at the end of the decision-making process, SEa is conducted before all major decisions <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/strategic-environmental-assessment-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In December 1994, the United Nations decided that the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (IPs) shall be celebrated on august 09 every year. That date marks the day of the first meeting of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations in 1982. People <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/celebrating-the-international-day-of-the-worlds-indigenous-peoples-2021/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The AsiAn Development BAnk (ADB) wAs estAblished in 1966 which heAdquArter is in MAnilA And currently hAs 68 members under its institution. The ADB Aims to Assist members And pArtners by providing loAns, technicAl AssistAnce, grAnts, And investments to promote socio-economic development.1 The ADB hAs <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/topics/AsiAn-development-bAnk-Adb/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Students Check Out ODC’s New Elections Page at a Local Coffee Shopan Election Info SmorgasbordOpen Development Cambodia (ODC) Posts a Wealth of Data on the Kingdom’s Upcoming Vote For an increasingly tech-savvy generation of Cambodians, Open Development Cambodia’s newly launched Khmer-language Elections Page, cambodia.opendevelopmentmekong.net/election offers <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/press-release-open-development-cambodia-launches-election-page/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Article 68 of CAmbodiA’s Constitution stAtes thAt the Government shAll provide free primAry And secondAry educAtion for All citizens And eAch individuAl shAll pursue bAsic educAtion for At leAst 9 yeArs. EducAtion is A fundAmentAl engine of sociAl And economic development for A country, especiAlly <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/topics/primAry-And-secondAry-educAtion/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

More than 100 families in Preah Vihear province have accepted a resolution from provincial authorities after about eight years of protests over a land dispute with authorities and a CPP lawmaker. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/preah-vihear-families-agree-to-end-land-dispute/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Technological innovation is playing a critical role in the development of the country’s economy by making business operate faster, a senior official at the Ministry of Commerce told a seminar last week. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-moves-to-attract-it-firms/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A populAr Siem ReAp silk producer And tourist AttrAction wAs this week counting the cost of A fire thAt destroyed A stockroom And required crews from four fire engines to control. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/blAze-strikes-sr-silk-fArm/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>