Press release: Cambodian and Thai prime ministers discuss bilateral cooperation
On 10 November 2022, the Ministry of Foreign AffAirs And InternAtionAl CooperAtion hAs posted A press releAse on CAmbodiAn And ThAi prime ministers discuss bilAterAl cooperAtion on their officiAl website. The meeting between the two prime ministers, SAmdech AkkA MohA SenA PAdei Techo Hun Sen And <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/Announcements/press-releAse-cAmbodiAn-And-thAi-prime-ministers-discuss-bilAterAl-cooperAtion/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Sand mining is threatening the lives of people in Phnom Penh and Kandal province
Experts claim that the Tonle Bassac sand mining is very significant for the construction sector and a source of revenue for the national budget, but some people are being severely negatively affected by the sand mining in those areas. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sand-mining-is-threatening-the-lives-of-people-in-phnom-penh-and-kandal-province/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Nearly 100 families in Oddar Meanchey province have dispute with the sugar company
ApproximAtely 92 evicted fAmilies As the result of lAnd dispute with the sugAr compAny locAted in SAngkAt Kon KreAl, SAmrong City, OddAr MeAnchey province Apply for A sociAl lAnd concession for two hectAres per fAmily As they clAim thAt there is no lAnd for Agriculture. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/neArly-100-fAmilies-in-oddAr-meAnchey-province-hAve-dispute-with-the-sugAr-compAny/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Hun Sen speaks out about Phnom Penh houses confiscated by construction company
A group of over 1,000 fAmilies in Phnom Penh effectively AdvocAted for the Prime Minister to speAk out After they sAy the construction compAny Borey Piphup Thmey violAted their contrActs And seized their homes. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/hun-sen-speAks-out-About-phnom-penh-houses-confiscAted-by-construction-compAny/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Den Seymar
https://cambojanews.com/hun-sen-speaks-out-about-phnom-penh-houses-confiscated-by-construction-company/
Prime minister orders armed forces to shoot down drones along Vietnam border
Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered troops stationed along the border with Vietnam to start “shooting down” unidentified drones flying into Cambodia’s territory, in a Tuesday Facebook Live post. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/prime-minister-orders-armed-forces-to-shoot-down-drones-along-vietnam-border/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/prime-minister-orders-armed-forces-to-shoot-down-drones-along-vietnam-border/
Prime Minister Hun Sen shuts down independent media VOD
Prime Minister Hun Sen announced the government will revoke the license for media outlet VOD in a Facebook post Sunday evening, after he previously demanded an apology for an article he claimed was inaccurate. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/prime-minister-hun-sen-shuts-down-independent-media-vod/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Jack Brook and Chhorn Chansy
https://cambojanews.com/prime-minister-shuts-down-independent-media-vod/
Nearly one quarter of ruling CPP’s 125 candidates are related
Out of the ruling CPP’s 125 candidates for the national elections, at least 28 people — 22.4% — are related to someone else on the ballot, a review of the candidate list reveals. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nearly-one-quarter-of-ruling-cpps-125-candidates-are-related/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Phon Sothyroth
https://cambojanews.com/nearly-one-quarter-of-ruling-cpps-125-candidates-are-related/
Human rights violation, deforestation evident in Cambodia’s gold mine operations over 20 years – report
A recent report by EquitAble CAmbodiA hAs exposed the commerciAl gold mining industry’s involvement in deforestAtion, violAtion of rights, encroAchment And lAnd grAb of trAditionAl indigenous forested AreAs. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/humAn-rights-violAtion-deforestAtion-evident-in-cAmbodiAs-gold-mine-operAtions-over-20-yeArs-report/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Mother Nature activists produce live podcast before hearing, urge court to summon founder to trial
Five environmental activists, charged with insulting the King and plotting against the government, produced a 30-minute podcast live on Facebook just before their third hearing to prove their innocence. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mother-nature-activists-produce-live-podcast-before-hearing-urge-court-to-summon-founder-to-trial/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khuon Narim and Seoung Nimol
https://cambojanews.com/mother-nature-activists-produce-live-podcast-before-hearing-urge-court-to-summon-founder-to-trial/
Unicef: Chairpersons of the Committee on the Rights of the Child visit Cambodia to advocate for the well-being of the most vulnerable childreness release
On 8 November 2023, Unicef Cambodia issued a press release on the visit to Cambodia of the Chairpersons of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) to advocate for the implementation of recommendations made in 2022 to enhance the well-being of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/unicef-chairpersons-of-the-committee-on-the-rights-of-the-child-visit-cambodia-to-advocate-for-the-well-being-of-the-most-vulnerable-childreness-release/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Unicef Cambodia
Press release on the continued prevention of illegal gold mining activities in Memot district, Tboung Khmum province.
On 17 January 2024, the Ministry of Mines and Energy issued a press release on the continued prevention of illegal gold mining activities in Memot district, Tboung Khmum province.The Tboung Khmum Provincial Department of Mines and Energy, under the Ministry of Mines and Energy, collaborated <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/press-release-on-the-continued-prevention-of-illegal-gold-mining-activities-in-memot-district-tboung-khmum-province/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Ministry of Mines and Energy
Forest cover analysis (1973 - 2014)
Depicts the bar graphs that analyses Cambodia's forest cover change and forest cover distribution from 1973-2014 on a national and provincial level. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/profiles/forest-cover/forest-cover-1973-2014/forest-cover-analysis-1973-2014/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affair on the outcome of 27th ASEAN-New Zealand Dialogue held in Siem Reap on 20-21 February 2020
On 21 February, the Ministry of Foreign affair and International Cooperation (MoFaIC) has announced a press release on its official Facebook page and website on the outcome of the 27th aSEaN-New Zealand dialogue which held in Siem Reap on 20-21 February 2020. according to the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/press-release-of-the-ministry-of-foreign-affair-on-the-outcome-of-27th-asean-new-zealand-dialogue-held-in-siem-reap-on-20-21-february-2020/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Ministry of Foreign Affair and International Cooperation
Joint Statement of the Cambodia Indigenous Peoples Alliance on the Occasion of the 28th World Indigenous Peoples' Day and 18th in Cambodia
On August 9, 2022, the CAmbodiA Indigenous Peoples AlliAnce (CIPA) issued A joint stAtement on the Role of Indigenous Women in the PreservAtion And TrAnsmission of TrAditionAl Knowledge to CelebrAte the 28th World Indigenous Peoples’ DAy And 18th in CAmbodiA. This stAtement highlights the Attention <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/Announcements/joint-stAtement-of-the-cAmbodiA-indigenous-peoples-AlliAnce-on-the-occAsion-of-the-28th-world-indigenous-peoples-dAy-And-18th-in-cAmbodiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Cambodia Indigenous Peoples Alliance (CIPA)
Letter of the Ministry of Information on alcohol advertising
On 21 August 2017, the Ministry of InformAtion issued A letter lAying out recommendAtions to owners of rAdio And television stAtions And other mediA outlets As follows:Alcohol-AssociAted rewArd Advertising is Allowed only in the period of 15 dAys before And After Khmer New YeAr, Chinese <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/Announcements/letter-of-the-ministry-of-informAtion-on-Alcohol-Advertising/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Ministry of Information
Cambodia's Public Debt
According to the [inter]nAtionAl MonetAry Fund (IMF), At the end of 2011, the stock of CAmbodiA’s externAl public debt, including ArreArs, stood At Around US 3.8 billion or 30 percent of GDP (24 percent in NPV terms). ChinA remAins the lArgest bilAterAl creditor, contributing to <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiAs-public-debt/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Constitutional Council Upholds Rejection of Election Complaints
The Constitutional Council of Cambodia on Tuesday upheld the decision by the National Election Committee (NEC) to reject four complaints from the opposition CNRP of election irregularities during the July 28 poll. The Constitutional Council sent four separate letters to CNRP representatives Nou Chamroeun and Ruos <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/constitutional-council-upholds-rejection-of-election-complaints/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/constitutional-council-upholds-rejection-of-election-complaints-40383/
High Floodwaters Spread to Siem Reap, Battambang and Pailin
Flooding spread over the weekend as storms hit the country meaning Siem Reap, Battambang and Pailin have all been added to the list of provinces affected by high waters. In Siem Reap province, Nuon Krisna, director of the provincial department of water resources and meteorology, said <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/high-floodwaters-spread-to-siem-reap-battambang-and-pailin/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Ben Sokhean and Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/high-floodwaters-spread-to-siem-reap-battambang-and-pailin-44466/
Phnom Penh’s 5 New Districts Create Fears of Gerrymandering
Phnom Penh City Hall’s plans to undertake the largest redrawing of the city’s administrative boundaries in decades, by creating five new districts before May’s district and city-level council elections, is likely an effort to gerrymander voting constituencies, a senior opposition party member said Monday. Municipal government <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/phnom-penhs-5-new-districts-create-fears-of-gerrymandering/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/phnom-penhs-5-new-districts-create-fears-of-gerrymandering-47269/
Shorten Buildings or We Will, City Hall Tells Two Developers
The Phnom Penh municipal government will today issue announcements to two property developers ordering them to partially demolish buildings near the Royal Palace in order to reduce their height to comply with the original planning agreements, an official said. The two buildings—one owned by Vattanac Properties <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/shorten-buildings-or-we-will-city-hall-tells-two-developers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Aun Pheap and Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/shorten-buildings-or-we-will-city-hall-tells-two-developers-45510/