Ruling party lawmakers yesterday unanimously voted to fill each of the National assembly’s nine commissions with their own members. The vote was made without the presence of the opposition, which has been boycotting parliament since its opening late last month. among the five Cambodian People’s Party members <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cpp-fills-seats-with-cpp/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Anti-humAn trAfficking NGO SISHA Announced the results of its internAl Audit yesterdAy, Attempting to cleAr finAnciAl misconduct AllegAtions mAde eArlier this yeAr. Retired police detective And founder of the NGO Steve Morrish cAme under fire in August After two of the chArity’s former employees leAked informAtion <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/sishA-internAl-Audit-identifies-no-wrongdoing/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong on Saturday visited troops stationed at Preah Vihear temple territory to explain the interpretation of the recent World Court’s ruling over disputed land with Thailand. addressing more than 1,000 soldiers at a military headquarters about 20 km <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-top-diplomat-visits-troops-at-preah-vihear-temple-to-explain-world-courts-ruling/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Washington-based National Democratic Institute (NDI) on Tuesday shared initial findings from a survey carried out across the country in the wake of July’s national election, which found that one-third of the country’s eligible voters could not vote on election day. Laura Thornton, the NDI’s country <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/disenfranchised-votes-point-to-potentially-different-election-result/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Fish imports from Belize, Guinea and Cambodia are to be banned from the European Union, and three more countries have been warned their imports are in danger, in the first major sanction against countries that allow illegal fishing operations to carry on under their countries’ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/eu-to-ban-fish-imports-from-belize-guinea-and-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Although some of its users hAve mAde A hAbit of posting content criticAl of the ruling CAmbodiAn People’s PArty, FAcebook will be not be bAnned or restricted in Any wAy, Minister of InformAtion Khieu KAnhArith sAid on SAturdAy. Just dAys After Metfone customers were not Able <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/fAcebook-sAfe-government/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy on Sunday said that the CNRP would formally appeal to the CPP this week to resume negotiations to end the ongoing political deadlock, but said that the CPP would have to meet the CNRP’s conditions for a new round of talks. “Now <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rainsy-lays-out-demands-for-next-round-of-negotiations/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Local watchdog groups say they have been forced to take forest protection into their hands, due to a failure of government to do so. “as we have seen: the National assembly, the Senate and the government do not work,” Ouch Leng, head of the Cambodian Human <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/local-groups-say-they-must-protect-forest-as-government-fails/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Wednesday that the country’s development in all fields could not be detached from China’s aid and vowed to further deepen ties between the two countries. according to the figures recorded by the Cambodian Finance Ministry, to date, China has <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-progress-cannot-be-separated-from-chinas-support-pm/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The largest fish harvest of the year is approaching, and Phnom Penh’s fish markets are about to get busy. In short, it’s December and so prahok season is upon us. a traditional Cambodian fish paste, prahok is made from fermented Siamese mud carp called trey riel in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/high-hopes-for-fishing-season/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia is preparing three long-awaited laws aimed at restoring its widely criticized judicial system. However, two of the three draft laws obtained by VOa Khmer still need a lot more improvement, according to legal experts. The laws focus on codifying court jurisdiction, laying out guidelines for <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/judicial-reform-drafts-still-need-work-experts-say/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday morning granted bail to two of the 23 union activists and protesters jailed following the lethal suppression of garment worker strikes by military police on January 3. Municipal court presiding Judge Leang Samnatt held an unscheduled hearing on Friday <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/two-of-23-jailed-protesters-granted-bail-release-date-unknown/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Last year across Cambodia’s cities, more and more people decided to take the plunge and invest in housing. This should be obvious to anyone who lived in Cambodia last year. The sounds of construction or renovation were more noticeable than before in cities across the Kingdom. Data <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/housing-loans-up-in-2013-growth-expected-to-continue-in-14/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Richard Rogers, the lawyer retained by the opposition CNRP to potentially submit a case against Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government with the International Criminal Court at The Hague, said Thursday that letters were hand-delivered to two military police chiefs requesting information about the fatal shooting <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/military-police-asked-to-answer-for-protest-deaths/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Trash collectors were working overtime Thursday to clean the vast piles of garbage that had accumulated in Phnom Penh this week after their four-day strike for higher wages. although workers returned to their duties after agreeing to a pay rise of between $20 and $25 per <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/trash-collectors-battling-with-mounds-of-garbage/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Tax revenue increased 9.5 percent to $353.46 million in the first quarter of the year, compared to the same period last year, according to a statement released Friday by the Ministry of Finance’s general department of taxation. Kong Vibol, general director of the taxation department, said <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/for-union-leader-on-run-militant-attitude-prevails/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia Ministry of Tourism hopes to encourage international tourists to visit coastal areas and ecotourism destinations to take pressure off Siem Reap. The ministry’s marketing &amp; promotion department representative, Hou Sokhom, told TTR Weekly that the country needs to encourage tourists to travel more to other <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-to-diversify/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Court of AppeAl on MondAy upheld the protest-relAted convictions hAnded down to 11 Activists in November, but reduced the prison sentences of All but the most high-profile members of the group. Seven of the defendAnts were Arrested in mid-November for blocking trAffic during A <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AppeAl-court-upholds-controversiAl-convictions/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Preah Sihanouk provincial governor Kouch Chamroeun has called on provincial and town police to stop the unwarranted inspections of businesses run by foreigners, especially Chinese nationals.​Chamroeun was speaking at a provincial administration meeting last week that discussed encouraging further foreign investment in legitimate businesses in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/stop-all-checks-on-chinese-venues/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As of JAnuAry 4, neArly 8,000 of some 20,000 government officiAls hAve declAred their Assets And debts And submitted the relevAnt documents to the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU). This follows An ACU notice on October 17, lAst yeAr, to neArly 50 ministries And institutions in the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/officiAls-declAre-Assets-debts/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>