Two union representatives said that they were detained and “educated” Thursday for distributing leaflets calling on workers to participate in a nationwide strike next month. Yin Saroeun, secretary-general of the National Trade Unions Coalition, said police detained him and his colleague, Chuob Noek, at about 11 ...

The appointment of General Sok Phal to head the Interior Ministry’s newly formed department to monitor migrant workers has raised concerns over his close familial connection to a labor recruitment industry fraught with human rights abuses. Gen. Phal’s sister, Ung Seang Rithy, is the owner of ...

Cambodia’s economy has seen an influx of business investors from China, which has driven demand for housing and hospitality services in the Southeast Asian nation. Two million Chinese visited the country last year, an increase of around 67 per cent from 2017. They represented the ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated an existing dataset on “Registered indigenous communal land” adding 02 new map features in Kratie province. This dataset contains information on the land titles of the indigenous communities registered and issued by the Ministry of Land Management Urban Planing and ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated a dataset on “Public Education Statistic (2015-2022)” by added new map layers of Public Education Statistic (2021-2022) and Public Education Statistic (2019-2020). This dataset contains the statistics of public education in each province of Cambodia, where the numbers of student ...

Cambodia and Thailand on Friday concluded negotiations on the transport of goods and people by train across their shared border, with an official agreement expected to be signed in upcoming months. ...

Open Development Cambodia Organization (ODC) updated an existing profile page on “Forest cover” adding forest cover dataset 2023 in Cambodia. => Please click here to go to profile page on “Forest cover”. ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated an existing dataset on “Natural protected areas in Cambodia (1993-2023)” adding 1 new map features in Pursat Province from sub-decree no. 144 on the establishment of Bakan protected landscape. This dataset contains data of eight types of protected areas in ...

In December 1994, the United Nations decided that the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (IPs) shall be celebrated on August 09 every year. That date marks the day of the first meeting of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations in 1982. People ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated an existing dataset on “Major foreign investment projects in Cambodia” adding 52 new map features​ from Council for the development of Cambodia and other sources. The foreign investment project dataset has been established to provide relevantly practical information within Cambodia’s ...

Phnom Penh Municipal Social Affairs vowed to clear streets people and child beggar by the end of this year by rounding up and sending them for vocational training. ...

The Cambodian Valuers and Estate Agents Association (CVEA) will set out a framework to build a professional training school by April to enable its agents to compete with those from other countries. ...

The research branch of the NGO Khana has argued in a new peer-reviewed study that livelihood programs for people living with HIV – which address recipients’ economic rather than medical needs – could be the key to significant improvements in quality of life for the ...

The tower in the provincial capital of Sisophon will provide – for the first time in the province – free national public programming such as local and national news broadcasts, according to Sek Sokhum, the province’s information department director. Previously, those hoping to watch TV ...

The Cambodian government and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) on Wednesday jointly launched the Cambodia SDG Investor Map, a market intelligence tool that identifies viable investment opportunity areas aligned with the Cambodia Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). ...

 Civil society groups and opposition parties that have opposed newly passed constitutional amendments said they would be boycotting a meeting hosted by the Ministry of Justice this week intended to clarify the changes to eight articles. ...

U.S.-based advocacy group Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday released a report claiming that Washington’s ongoing support for Cambodian security forces is inconsistent with U.S. Congress directives regarding aid to Cambodia. HRW charges that last month’s 10-day Angkor Sentinel military exercise, undertaken by members of the ...

On 15 September 2021, the Phnom Penh Capital Administration has issued a notification on continues providing the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine to people aged from 18 and children – adolescents aged 12 to under 18 who failed to receive the vaccine or have just ...

The third ring road has been named “Xi Jinping Boulevard”, 60 years after a major thoroughfare in Phnom Penh was named Mao Tse-Tung Boulevard by King Norodom Sihanouk in honor of the iconic Chinese leader. ...

The Justice Ministry will amend the Criminal Code, particularly the “aggravating” circumstances of a criminal offense relating to murder, following public outcry over the charges brought against tycoon Srey Sina who carried out a brutal shooting. ...