Hotel transaction volumes in asia hit US$620 million (Bt18.18 billion) in the first quarter, up 190 per cent from the same period last year, and properties in Southeast asia are attracting investor attention, according to real-estate services company Jones Lang LaSalle. “Rising visitor arrivals, robust trading <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/investors-look-for-hotel-opportunities-in-southeast-asia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Their stories have become all too familiar &ndash; Cambodian fishermen enslaved on fishing boats after being promised lucrative jobs overseas. They’re also becoming increasingly common. anti-trafficking NGOs told the Post this week that they have noticed an exponential increase in the number of trafficking complaints from <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/trafficked-numbers-rising/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s share of modern biomass in total energy consumption is among the highest in the world, according to a report released Tuesday by the World Bank and the International Energy agency. The report also found that growth in Cambodia’s dependence on renewable energy excluding traditional biomass <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-scores-high-marks-for-renewable-energy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The AsiAn gArment mAnufActuring industry will undergo further segmentAtion in the next three to four yeArs As competition becomes more intense, experts sAid. ChinA, ThAilAnd And VietnAm will mAinly produce high-end clothing, while BAnglAdesh, LAos, BurmA And CAmbodiA will mAinly produce low-end clothing. Lu QijiAn, <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AsiAn-gArment-industry-to-undergo-further-segmentAtion/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Despite failing to win enough votes in the July 28 election to become lawmakers, at least three sons of some of the ruling CPP’s most high-ranking members will still take up seats in Parliament when the next government is formed, senior CPP lawmaker Cheam Yeap <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/paths-to-parliament-cleared-for-cpps-powerful-sons/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia has seen a sharp rise in the exports of milled rice in the first six months of this year thanks to increasing demand on international markets, an official said Wednesday. The figures, from the single window secretariat for facilitating milled rice exports, showed that the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-rice-exports-up-125-pct-in-first-half-of-2013/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Opposition leaders Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha on Monday visited supporters in Kandal province to encourage locals there to ensure that momentum behind opposition demonstrations over the contested national election result continues. Thousands of people turned out in Vihear Suor commune, Khsach Kandal’s district, where Mr. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cnrp-promotes-plans-for-demonstrations/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong says much work is still needed to establish the aSEaN Economic Community (aEC), a single market for trade and development in 2015. Lee, head of the most advanced economy in the 10-member association of Southeast asian Nations, or aSEaN, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/singapore-pm-hopeful-for-asean/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

If Information Minister Khieu Kanharith is any indication, even the government is tiring of state television. Mr. Kanharith announced on Facebook on Wednesday that he had personally ordered the state-run TVK channel to stop broadcasting the comings and goings of state officials on foreign excursions. Mr. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/information-minister-orders-tvk-to-scrap-tedious-coverage/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As opposition pArty leAders SAm RAinsy And Kem SokhA returned from sepArAte overseAs trips yesterdAy, the pArty sAid it hAd more thAn enough cAsh to finAnce continuous mAss demonstrAtions, with the bulk of funds coming from CAmbodiAns living AbroAd. TodAy’s demonstrAtions in Phnom Penh And Siem <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/intl-trips-fuel-cnrp-mAchine/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The government of China on Monday delivered four units of container scanning machines to Cambodia for using at international border checkpoints. Speaking after the signing ceremony, Keat Chhon said the four container scanning machines, totally costing 13.8 million U.S. dollars, are China’s grant aid to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/china-provides-4-container-scanners-to-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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>