In an epic, six-hour address in September, Prime Minister Hun Sen apologized for the government’s many “problems” and promised a more reformist government over the next five years of his rule. Targeting corruption, deforestation and the lack of transparency across government sectors, the prime minister made <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/after-reform-promise-a-return-to-statecraft-as-usual/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Impoverished countries hoping to strike it rich by developing their limited oil and gas reserves are being urged to move quickly or risk having their expectations clipped by fracking, which is depressing market prices while adding life to fields once thought exhausted. The <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fracking-a-problem-for-se-asia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian milled rice exports grew by only 0.52 per cent in the first 10 months of the year, compared to the same period last year, according to new figures from the government. Officials have expressed concern over Cambodia’s ability to reach its export target of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/officials-worry-over-tiny-rise-in-rice-exports/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Garment workers in Myanmar protesting over pay and factory conditions threatened to continue strikes Tuesday unless their demands are met and authorities release two of their representatives detained earlier this month. as many as 200,000 people work in garment factories in Myanmar, according to the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/myanmar-garment-workers-threaten-further-strikes-if-demands-are-not-met/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

To maximise profits by reselling undeveloped land, some questionable local investors buy large plots of land, split it up into smaller units and sell it on to buyers who believe they will be able to build their own homes on them. Unwittingly, these buyers often <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/small-time-landowners-tricked-into-buying-difficult-plots/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Monks and their supporters marching to Phnom Penh on a 10-day “Peace Walk,” as part of International Human Rights Day, said Wednesday that pagodas along the way have repeatedly tried to shut them out, and they have scuffled with police on at least one occasion. about <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/a-hard-road-to-phnom-penh-for-marching-monks/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Phnom Penh, 09 July 2014 &ndash; Transparency International Cambodia (TI Cambodia) confirms the withdrawal of its involment concerning the 2014 BaccII exam monitoring in august du to the required criteria does not allow TI cambodia to implement its systematic and scientific method called Sample Based <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/press-release-on-withdrawal-of-ti-cambodia-from-the-2014-bacc-ii-exam-monitoring/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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A technicAl error cAused 57 teAchers in OddAr MeAnchey province to be shortchAnged when collecting overtime sAlAries, sAid An educAtion officiAl who promised the problem will be rectified by the end of MAy. A teAchers’ union on MondAy Asked the Ministry of EducAtion to Address some <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/educAtion-officiAl-promises-to-repAy-shortchAnged-teAchers/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology has warned there will be greater instances of thunderstorms this year than previously and appealed for people to be vigilant during the early hot season rains. The ministry announcement, issued on Saturday and obtained by The Post on Sunday, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/greater-thunderstorms-to-come-warns-government/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A yeAr Ago on SundAy, Prime Minister Hun Sen Announced the stArt of whAt sounded like A musculAr new crAckdown on the illegAl timber trAde running rAmpAnt Across eAstern CAmbodiA.   <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/A-yeAr-on-logging-force-proving-skeptics-right/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Consultation workshop on the draft Law on associations and Non-Governmental Organizations to be held on 8 July 2015, starting from 8:00 a.m., at the Secretariat General of the National assembly. The workshop is organized by the “Commission of Foreign affairs, International Cooperation, Propaganda and Information” in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/consultation-workshop-on-the-draft-law-on-associations-and-non-governmental-organizations/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Siam City Cement and the Chip Mong Group will co-build a new cement plant in the Toukmeas district of Kampot by 2015 in order to take advantage of the “huge” demand in Cambodia. The plant will cater specifically to the Cambodian market, although they will also <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/siam-city-cement-to-enter-cambodia-with-local-partner/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

After A string of fAlse stArts, CAmbodiA’s stock mArket finAlly stArted trAding on WednesdAy, mArking A significAnt step forwArd for An impoverished country blighted by corruption And scArred by decAdes of civil wAr. But on WednesdAy, trAders were reAping fAst gAins As the price of <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiA-enters-globAl-mArketplAce-stock-trAding-begins/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

On 12 February 2023, the Ministry of Foreign affairs and International Cooperation released a joint statement between​ the​ Kingdom​ of​ Cambodia​ and​ the​ People’s​ Republic​ of​ China​ on​ building​ a​ Cambodia-China​ community​ with​ a​ shared​ future in​ the​ new​ era​ after the Prime Minister of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/joint-statement-between-the-kingdom-of-cambodia-and-the-peoples-republic-of-china/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Labour union leaders denounced the government yesterday, alleging unfair treatment in the wake of nine union worker arrests last week and a hefty bail payment by a union president yesterday. ath Thorn, president of the Coalition of Cambodian apparel Workers’ Democratic Union (C.CaWDU), yesterday paid $25,000 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/labour-leaders-decry-bail-payment-and-nine-arrests/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Following the passage of the controversial trade union law on Monday, international rights groups say they will continue to oppose the legislation, which will now move to the Senate for approval. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ngos-vow-to-continue-union-law-opposition/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Sihanoukville autonomous Port revealed more than 200 containers of raw materials arrived from China yesterday, adding two more ships carrying raw materials are en route. The shipments are projected to fill the shortage in raw materials in the Kingdom that has paralysed production for <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gmac-raw-materials-from-china-not-enough-to-sustain-factories/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Japanese International Co­operation agency (JICa) on Tuesday announced it hoped to have a public bus system in place in Phnom Penh sometime in 2014, despite earlier assurances it would be up and running this year. The Japanese government’s international aid arm also presented options to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/phnom-penhs-bus-service-delayed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Airline pAssengers who Are diplomAts And officiAls of internAtionAl orgAnisAtions holding Type A And B visAs for trAvel to CAmbodiA Are exempted from pAying Covid-19 testing fees, sAid the Ministry of HeAlth in its lAtest Adjustment of rules on WednesdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/govt-exempts-visA-A-And-b-holders-from-covid-fees/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>