The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday continued the trial for union chief Rong Chhun and two of his supporters who were charged with “incitement” in connection with a statement he made claiming Cambodia had ceded land to Vietnam along their shared border in Tboung Khmum href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/incitement-law-in-the-digital-age-rong-chhuns-case-continues/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

SHE Investments, a social enterprise supporting women entrepreneurs, has announced the official launch of its Digital Resource Centre (DRC) and Kotra Riel app. The event was held to celebrate both the concurrent launches and the achievements of women in the work world and their importance href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/she-launches-new-tools-for-women-led-businesses/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun Sen today ordered Justice Minister Koeut Rith to push for the enforcement of law on measure to combat COVID-19 and work with the court officials to establish a court to put quarantine violators on trial, as the Kingdom is facing an alarming href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-orders-justice-minister-to-prosecute-quarantine-violators/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Kampong Speu provincial authorities have warned against logging and forest land clearing in Suramarit-Kossamak National Park “Kirirom”. Authorities have also said they would enforce the law, but the clearing of the forest has continued even though authorities have issued a series of letters revoking land href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kampong-speu-warns-of-legal-action-against-loggers-at-national-park/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

KrisEnergy has warned that its current production rate at Cambodia’s Apsara offshore oil block has yielded only around half the company’s projected peak rate, and it has extended debt repayment deadlines and brought in an engineering firm to assess the situation amid “material uncertainty href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/indebted-oil-company-reports-lower-than-expected-oil-at-cambodian-block/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

French-owned The Blue Circle’s 80MW wind power investment project in Kampot province has hit an impasse, as its proposed $0.068 per kWh tariff rate for the national grid exceeds what state-run energy supplier Electricite du Cambodge (EdC) is willing to pay, according to a Ministry href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/80mw-wind-farm-project-in-kampot-hits-edc-price-snag/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Phnom Penh Municipal Administration has redesignated some areas in Russey Keo and Por Sen Chey districts as orange zones after a resurgence of Covid-19 cases there. This came as restrictions were lifted for certain orange zones in several districts after the community outbreak eased. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/capital-redesignates-colour-coded-zones-amid-resurgence-of-covid-19/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

KrisEnergy’s oil production dreams in the Khmer Basin appear to be dead in the water after the oil and gas company revealed it was not able to form a viable debt restructuring plan and will lose its revolving line of credit from Singapore-based DBS Bank. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/krisenergy-approaches-end-of-the-line/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

On June 22, a team from the Phnom Penh Capital Administration began the rehabilitation of 5 drainage canals with s combined length of 1 km in Sangkat Stung Meanchey 3, Khan Meanchey. The rehabilitation was done with the purpose of preventing the canals from overflowing href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/phnom-penh-officials-rehabilitates-drainage-canals-to-combat-flooding/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Another Mekong dolphin calf of less than a week-old was spotted on Monday, swimming alongside nine adult dolphins at the Kampi pool in Kampi Dolphin Canyon in Sambok commune, Chit Borey district, Kratie province. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/another-dolphin-calf-spotted-in-kratie/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The government, with support from development partners, on June 28 launched the National Circular Economy Strategy and Action Plan, as well as an affiliated platform to engage the private sector in the Kingdom’s transition towards a circular economy. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/circular-economy-strategy-plan-launched/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Australian miner Renaissance Minerals (Cambodia) Ltd has produced 137kg dore bars with 90 per cent gold solution, in just over a month since it kicked off commercial operations of its flagship gold mine in northeastern Cambodia’s Mondulkiri province, according to Prime Minister Hun Sen on href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdom-produces-137kg-of-gold-dore-bars/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A six-year, pioneering regional technical assistance initiative has boosted the capacity of health systems in Cambodia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), and Viet Nam to respond to climate-induced health threats amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) disease pandemic, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced today. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-to-benefit-from-adbs-climate-resilience-in-health-sector-project/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

With an endless sea of genuine and contagious smiles and an abundance of hospitality and generosity that warms the heart and soothes the soul, Cambodia ranked fourth among countries and territories with the friendliest attitudes towards foreign residents, according to a survey conducted by Expat href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-ranks-fourth-for-friendliness-towards-foreign-residents/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Covid-19 pandemic has rocked the retail landscape in Phnom Penh, with anxiety around infection risk keeping the masses away from shopping malls and driving retail consumption down by nearly five per cent in the first half of this year, compared to July-December 2020, according href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/covid-rattles-phnom-penhs-retail-landscape-through-h1/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The impacts of climate change in Cambodia are increasingly posing risks to people’s health, while straining the country’s health system. Since 2019, the country has been piloting a project to help increase the resilience and capacity of its health systems to respond to these climate-sensitive href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/building-climate-resilient-health-systems-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia is among the East Asian and Pacific (EAP) countries set to receive financial support from the World Bank to underpin a resilient post-Covid-19 economic recovery, fuelled by solid vaccination progress, the Washington-based development lender’s president told The Post. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/world-bank-financial-aid-for-kingdom-malpass-says/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Minister of Information Khieu Kanharith said access to knowledge is indispensable in a democratic society and expressed hope that people will soon be able to have more confidence when choosing their leaders once the new draft law on information access is passed.​​ href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/info-access-draft-law-all-set-for-final-review/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodian Human Rights Committee (CHRC) on Wednesday addressed the concerns expressed in a joint statement of 60 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), trade unions, associations and communities that was posted on the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (Licadho)’s website about href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chrc-addresses-human-rights-concerns-about-new-nhrc/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A senior environment official called on holidaymakers to Cambodia’s pristine tropical forest tourist destinations to avoid plucking, collecting or breaking vulnerable plant species – especially the exotic carnivorous pitcher plants of the Nepenthes genus – to conserve the beauty and scenic value of nature, and href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/official-protect-rare-pitcher-plants/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...