The treason trial of Supreme Court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) president Kem Sokha began at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday with the presentation of a two-minute video clip. The footage, which was the basis of the charge against him, was dismissed by href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sokhas-treason-trial-begins/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Grab, Southeast Asia’s leading ride-hailing app, announced yesterday the launch of two new initiatives in Cambodia under its ‘Grab for Good’ social impact programme. A company-wide commitment by Grab to create positive social and economic impact through technology.​ The two new initiatives are Break the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/grab-to-employ-deaf-drivers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Preah Sihanouk Provincial Court on Saturday charged four men and three women over an attempt to grab land in Ream National Park which resulted in officers being injured during a clash.​ Court spokesman Lim Bun Heng said the seven people were clearing state forest land in href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/group-charged-over-violent-land-grab/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Two men, including a village chief, were arrested on Friday for allegedly grabbing and clearing 10ha of forest land in Pursat province’s Veal Veng district. Krasaing Pnov village chief Penh Sarorn, 49, and Vong Phalla, 50, were arrested on the orders of Pursat provincial governor href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/two-nabbed-for-grabbing-and-clearing-land-in-pursat/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

n a request signed by more than 500 organisations, civil society representatives on Monday petitioned the government to amend three laws on the judiciary. During the 4th Government-CSOs Partnership Forum, civil society organisations (CSOs) requested changes to improve the efficacy of the legal system and href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/civil-society-submits-petition-for-politically-neutral-judges/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Preah Sihanouk provincial administration has recommended those whose houses were torn down for encroaching on canals to seek social land concessions from the authorities. Provincial deputy governor Cheav Vichheak told The Post on Tuesday that Sihanoukville has five main canals with a cumulative length href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/social-land-concessions-floated-for-residents-hit-by-work-on-sihanoukville-canals/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Floods and droughts destroyed some 67,000ha of paddy fields in the Kingdom last year, resulting in minimal declines to yields and land available for cultivation, the Ministry of Agriculture reported on Monday. Ministry spokesman Srey Vuthy joined a government press unit briefing on Monday to href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-reports-damage-from-droughts-and-floods/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministries of Economy and Finance; and Education, Youth and Sport, will implement a food programme for 50,000 children in 205 target schools using community products. An announcement issued on January 23 and obtained by The Post on Monday said the two ministries would implement href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-to-aid-students-facing-food-insecurity/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Mondulkiri provincial court on Saturday charged and jailed seven people for felling reforested trees in a protected area in Koh Nhek district’s Rayar commune, officials said. Keo Sopheak, director of Mondulkiri provincial environment department, said yesterday park rangers arrested nine suspects on Thursday at Rayar href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/seven-charged-over-felling-trees-in-mondulkiri-protected-area/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport has set goals for its fourth phase of action plans to meet Sustainable Development Goals based on the principles of quality, equity, inclusiveness and lifelong learning by 2030. Ministry spokesman Dy Kamboly spoke of the goals during a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-reveals-action-plan-goals/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian Youth Party (CYP) president Pich Sros on Tuesday raised four issues faced by residents of Kampong Speu and Takeo provinces regarding dam constructions and submitted his report to the Minister of Water Resources and Meteorology Lim Kean Hor. Sros told The Post that the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pich-sros-raises-dam-issues/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The construction of a shoe factory in Kampong Speu province’s Kong Pisei district has been suspended after local authorities ruled it has not been following technical standards. Officials in the Kingdom are scrambling to inspect completed and under-construction buildings to avoid collapses similar to what href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kampong-speu-shoe-factory-construction-suspended-governor/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

US Ambassador Patrick Murphy said the US was committed to helping the Kingdom address its water and climate issues, as well as attract better foreign investments. Murphy’s remarks came as he met with Minister of Water Resources and Meteorology Lim Kean Hor and Minister of href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/us-promises-aid-for-kingdoms-looming-water-climate-crises/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The General Directorate of Rubber announced a joint study on family-owned rubber plantations in three provinces to better understand how growers have responded to the sharp drop in rubber prices over the past nine years. The average cost of rubber has fallen from around $4,600 href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/governments-study-aims-to-expand-rubber-revenue/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Passenger taxi boat traffic has dropped by about five per cent compared to the same period last year, despite the government providing free service for garment workers until next year, Phnom Penh Autonomous Bus Transportation Authority director Ean Sokhim said on Monday. In 2018, the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/passenger-taxi-boat-ridership-sinks-despite-free-services/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Minister of Interior Sar Kheng said on Wednesday that the establishment of Phnom Penh and provincial one-window service offices will not reduce the power of provincial departments. He also shared his plans of constructing a “unified provincial administration” in which provincial governors, councillors and department href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sar-kheng-pushes-unified-provincial-administrations/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Tourism industry officials and representatives expressed concern that the outbreak of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) will devastate Cambodia’s tourism industry following the Kingdom’s first documented case in the coastal province of Sihanoukville on Monday. At a press conference late on Monday, Minister of Health href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/wuhan-coronavirus-tourism-industry-could-hit-turbulence/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Mondulkiri Provincial Court on Tuesday charged a man who allegedly set traps resulting in the deaths of several species of wild animals in Srepok Wildlife Sanctuary. Deputy prosecutor Mam Vanda yesterday identified the accused as Hok Vann, 19, from Koh Nhek district’s Nang Khy lik href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/man-held-for-allegedly-setting-traps-which-killed-wildlife/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s exports to the US were worth more than $5 billion last year, a sharp year-on-year increase. The latest data from the US trade office shows that Cambodian exports to the world’s largest economy skyrocketed last year, growing by 40 per cent to reach $5.36 billion. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-exports-to-the-us-soar/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Organic vegetable retailer Natural Agriculture Village has introduced QR codes on its product packaging, which will allow consumers to see where their produce comes from. Natural Agriculture Village president Bun Sieng, who is also a member of local distributor Green Gold, told The Post on Sunday href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/organic-vegetable-retailer-unveils-qr-code-scheme-for-origin-source/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...