The Chroy Changva Bridge will be temporarily closed for 21 months starting in early October to repair it at a cost of about $33 million. The Japan International Cooperation Agency yesterday released a statement regarding the overhaul of the bridge, also known as the Cambodian-Japanese Friendship href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chroy-changva-bridge-to-close/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Thai soldiers arrested seven Cambodians on Friday who crossed into Thailand from Pailin province while logging illegally.​ Chhun Chheuy, acting police chief of Pailin town, which borders with Chanthaburi province’s Pong Nam Ron district, said the group was made up of Cambodians from multiple provinces. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/seven-men-arrested-over-illegal-thai-logging/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen warned to dismiss opposition’s deputy leader Kem Sokha from his current post of the first vice-president of the National Assembly after the latter repeatedly told his supporters that he was seeking ways to depose the prime minister and ministers. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-pm-warns-to-fire-oppositions-deputy-leader-from-post-in-parliament/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Sri Lanka’s Lanka Orix Leasing Company acquired a 60 percent stake in Thaneakea Phum Cambodia (TPC) a microfinance company in Cambodia, for 20.3 million US dollars, identifying the immense potential in emerging economies of the South East Asian region the company said in a media href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/lolc-group-acquires-60-pct-stake-in-cambodian-microfinance-company-for-usd-20-3-mn/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

About 100 anti-eviction activists from the Boeng Kak, Borei Keila and Lor Peang communities held their latest joint protest outside the World Bank office on Thursday over a recent announcement that it is considering the resumption of loan to the government after a three-year freeze. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/land-communities-take-on-world-bank/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Chinese telecom device maker ZTE Corporation has won the bid for 4G LTE project construction from Southeast Asia Telecommunications Holdings Limited. At the same time, ZTE Senior Vice President Zhang Renjun and Southeast Asia Telecom Group Chairman Zuo Huazheng signed a memorandum and strategic cooperation agreement href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chinas-zte-will-build-4g-lte-project-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday said the pass rate of 25 percent in last month’s grade 12 national exam served as a warning that students could no longer pay their way through school and urged students who failed the exam to embrace their second href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/prime-minister-says-test-scores-warning-to-students/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

About 50 villagers who live near railway lines in Phnom Penh gathered outside the Asian Development Bank yesterday morning to again demand more detailed information about what will happen to them during forthcoming phases of a bank-funded railway rehabilitation project. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/railroad-protesters-lobby-adb/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

One of six union leaders charged and summonsed for questioning over a strike that ended in government forces shooting dead at least five people in January has sent a message to authorities to hurry up and get his hearing over with. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/union-leader-says-charges-baseless/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia had spent about 229 million U.S. dollars buying construction materials from foreign countries in the first six months of 2014, up 3 percent from 223 million U.S. dollars over the same period last year, a report of the Ministry of Commerce said Tuesday. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-imports-construction-materials-worth-229-mln-usd-in-first-6-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

More than 200 university students yesterday called on the government to publicly release the latest version of the controversial cybercrime law, amid fears it will lead to a clampdown on their currently unrestricted use of social media sites like Facebook. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/students-demand-to-see-internet-law/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Two Southeast Asian countries not particularly known for large agricultural exports, Myanmar and Cambodia, have both declared that they want to participate in the global rice business by intensifying rice farming and milling across their respective countries with the help of foreign investors, including from href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/myanmar-cambodia-seek-investors-for-rice-business/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Garment workers whose jobs suspended due to raw material shortages are now allowed to delay their loan repayments to the commercial banks and microfinance institutions (MFIs). href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/%e1%9e%80%e1%9e%b6%e1%9e%9a%e2%80%8b%e1%9e%95%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%a2%e1%9e%b6%e1%9e%80%e2%80%8b%e1%9e%9f%e1%9e%84%e2%80%8b%e1%9e%94%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%9a%e1%9e%b6%e1%9e%80%e1%9f%8b%e2%80%8b%e1%9e%80%e1%9e%98/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The bilateral trade between Cambodia and South Korea surged 11.33 percent to $635.5 million during the first eight months of this year, as the two countries set to sign their free trade pact next month. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-south-korea-trade-reaches-635-million/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A year after violent clashes broke out between workers from the SL Garment Factory and gun-wielding security forces, leading to the shooting death of a bystander, representatives for workers and management at the factory signed off on a list of agreements this week to end the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unions-bosses-ink-deal-to-end-sl-garment-factory-dispute/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Environment​ is set to launch its third nationwide campaign to encourage proper “Waste Sorting” to make the environment cleaner. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-plans-waste-sorting-campaign-for-2025-clean-up-goal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodian People’s Party won 70 percent of the country’s 1,646 commune councils at yesterday’s elections, according to unofficial results published by a government-aligned media outlet – a marked drop from the 97 percent it won in 2012 but one far smaller than the opposition href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/commune-elections-2017-cpp-wins-70/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said here Sunday that the relationship between China and Cambodia has set a good example of friendly ties between neighboring countries. Wen made the remarks during a meeting with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen. The comprehensive strategic partnership of cooperation between China href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/wen-says-china-cambodia-relations-good-example-of-friendly-neighboring-ties/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Israeli gaming firm behind Sihanoukville’s Queenco Casino is seeking investors to expand its operations in the seaside town, according to a report released by the company last week, but after six months of “cash flow distress” and losses of more than $1 million, those href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cash-strapped-sville-casino-looks-to-expand/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Interior has asked the government to grant what would have been the new location of the Ministry of Environment in Meanchey district’s Niroth commune to the newly created General Departments of Identification and Immigration instead, according to an official spokesman. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministries-switch-up-new-office/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...