The Federation of associations of Small and Medium Enterprises of Cambodia (FaSMEC) is now pushing for the establishment of a special economic zone (SEZ) for small and medium sized enterprises and is currently discussing such a move with the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/smes-seek-own-sez/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A LAnd Ministry officiAl sAid development of Boeng TAmok in northern Phnom Penh wAs A higher priority thAn the wAter body’s preservAtion, Adding thAt only A lAke like the Tonle SAp wAs worth preserving. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/boeng-tAmoks-development-outweighs-preservAtion-of-lAke-sAys-lAnd-officiAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia + finance + 2012 http://www.google.com/search?q=Cambodia+%2B+finance+%2B+2012&amp;ie=utf-8&amp;oe=utf-8&amp;aq=t&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;client=firefox-a#q=Cambodia+%2B+finance+%2B+2012&amp;hl=en&amp;safe=off&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;hs=RTV&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;prmd=imvns&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=nws&amp;sa=X&amp;psj=1&amp;ei=zcgMUNzNFNGzrafvxKzJCa&amp;ved=0CEgQ_aUoaw&amp;bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&amp;fp=70de81fc0e583b3d&amp;biw=1280&amp;bih=863 Cambodia + financial services + 2012 http://www.google.com/search?q=Cambodia+%2B+financial+services+%2B+2012&amp;ie=utf-8&amp;oe=utf-8&amp;aq=t&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;client=firefox-a#q=Cambodia+%2B+financial+services+%2B+2012&amp;hl=en&amp;safe=off&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;hs=L9p&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;prmd=imvns&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=nws&amp;sa=X&amp;psj=1&amp;ei=8sgMUPHoKI_jrafa2tDICa&amp;ved=0CEMQ_aUoaw&amp;bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&amp;fp=70de81fc0e583b3d&amp;biw=1280&amp;bih=863 Cambodia + Stock Market + 2012 http://www.google.com/search?q=Cambodia+%2B+stock+market+%2B+2012&amp;ie=utf-8&amp;oe=utf-8&amp;aq=t&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;client=firefox-a#q=Cambodia+%2B+stock+market+%2B+2012&amp;hl=en&amp;safe=off&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;hs=D5p&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;prmd=imvns&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=nws&amp;sa=X&amp;psj=1&amp;ei=8scMUN&ndash;H5GrrafohITJCa&amp;ved=0CEQQ_aUoaw&amp;bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&amp;fp=70de81fc0e583b3d&amp;biw=1280&amp;bih=863 Cambodia + Stock Exchange + 2012 http://www.google.com/search?q=Cambodia+%2B+stock+exchange+%2B+2012&amp;ie=utf-8&amp;oe=utf-8&amp;aq=t&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;client=firefox-a#q=Cambodia+%2B+stock+exchange+%2B+2012&amp;hl=en&amp;safe=off&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;hs=h5p&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;prmd=imvns&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=nws&amp;sa=X&amp;psj=1&amp;ei=EMgMUMejJYfXrQehy-jHCa&amp;ved=0CD4Q_aUoaw&amp;bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&amp;fp=70de81fc0e583b3d&amp;biw=1280&amp;bih=863 Cambodia + rice + 2012 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/article-entry-searches/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A leopArd AppeArs heAlthy And strong As it pAces the wAlls of its cAge with A confident swAgger And muffled growl thAt hints At its ferocity. It’s A welcome sight At KAmpot province’s much-mAligned Teuk Chhou zoo, which less thAn one yeAr Ago wAs struggling to <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/zoo-fighting-bAck-from-brink/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

As CAmbodiA’s busy tourism seAson ApproAches, domestic And regionAl Airlines Are scrAmbling to offer Siem ReAp routes in A bid to cApitAlise on the growing number of visitors to the Angkor WAt gAtewAy. In the pAst severAl months, plAyers hAve entered the frAy At A <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/the-scrAmble-to-siem-reAp/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The verdict issued Wednesday by the Ratanakkiri Provincial Court dropping the charges against a military police officer and his wife who were allegedly involved in the murder of an investigative journalist is a travesty of justice and a sign of impunity in the country, rights <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rights-groups-condemn-verdict-of-murdered-journalist/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Council of Ministers spokesman Phay Siphan has summoned a student from the country’s top state journalism school for a meeting at his office after she used a post on her Facebook page to question the sense of a guest lecture he delivered last week. Mr. Siphan <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-spokesman-summons-student-over-facebook-post/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

When 29-year-old store manager Srey Mom sent her mother in Takeo province some money to pay young people to help with the rice planting, her mother told her it was no use &ndash; the young people had abandoned the village to seek their fortunes in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/youths-heed-citys-siren-call/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Siv Mao, 25, just had a caesarian operation. She feels some discomfort but is smiling. Her newborn baby is sleeping fitfully beside her and she says: “They saved our lives and I’m happy.” Ms. Mao encountered complications in her pregnancy and doctors knew she could not <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-the-rural-poor-are-receiving-free-heath-care-in-preah-vihear/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

An unnAmed Chinese investor will put neArly US$400 million into A 300-megAwAtt coAl-powered plAnt in KAmpot province, officiAls sAid yesterdAy. The plAnt, slAted for A November groundbreAking, will provide power for the KAmpot SpeciAl Economic Zone, the neArby Prey Nob oil refinery in PreAh SihAnouk province <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/chinA-to-bAck-kAmpot-power-plAnt/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Two land dispute protesters disappeared yesterday after being stopped by the police and detained while driving from Kratie province to Phnom Penh with a large group who intended to stage a protest in front of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s house. about 200 villagers from Snuol district <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/land-protesters-go-missing-en-route-to-rally/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Banteay ampil district, Oddar Meanchey province &ndash; The families of Beng commune have new neighbors: a battalion of Royal Cambodian armed Forces (RCaF) soldiers building a military base inside one of 13 pockets across the province aiming to be the first forest-based carbon trading scheme <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/redd-forests-endangered-by-loggers-soldiers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than a week after the World Bank blacklisted a Canadian construction firm over bribes allegedly paid in Cambodia and Bangladesh, it was still unclear Thursday whether the government, or the national anticorruption body, are investigating the allegations. SNC-Lavalin Inc. was banned from World Bank contracts <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/no-information-on-world-bank-bribery-allegations-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Dotted with rice fields flanked by palm trees, Cambodia’s southeastern province of Kampong Speu is nothing short of picturesque. But behind the idyllic exterior is an on-going struggle to turn this region’s natural beauty into a global attraction and improve the lot of poor local farmers, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sugar-playing-catch-up-with-spice/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Gold prices in Phnom Penh have plummeted by almost a quarter in the past six months as international prices dropped, sparking a rush on buying gold locally, traders said Tuesday. Gold was selling at $1,540 per damlung (26.67 damlung is equal to 1 kg of gold) <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/demand-for-gold-rises-as-world-price-falls/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The minimum wage for garment factory workers can only be raised if international clothing brands sourcing from Cambodia pay more for their products, a Ministry of Labor official said Tuesday. Khieu Savuth, chief of the Ministry of Labor’s labor conflict commission, laid down the challenge a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/labor-ministry-says-brands-hold-key-to-wages/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Enterprises in Cambodia’s biggest tourism hub have called on Prime Minister Hun Sen and opposition leader Sam Rainsy to quickly resolve a festering election dispute that they say is threatening business prospects as tensions rise ahead of mass opposition protests next week. Travel companies <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-tourism-industry-fears-fallout-from-election-uncertainty/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Tuesday marked World Toilet Day, the annual attempt to push the issue of open defecation back into the spotlight and highlight the preventable illnesses that are caused by what is still a very common practice in Cambodia, which has the lowest toilet coverage in Southeast <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/world-toilet-day-highlights-sanitation-solutions/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government’s Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) on TuesdAy delivered its lAtest report on its review of AllegAtions of mAssive bribe tAking inside the HeAlth Ministry leveled by the GlobAl Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis And MAlAriA in November. OfficiAls on WednesdAy were mum About the review, however, <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Anti-corruption-unit-reports-on-heAlth-sector-bribe-cAse/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia’s aviation sector doesn’t need a second domestic carrier, according to a new report from the australia-based Centre for aviation (CaPa). The report, published yesterday, is the latest instalment in a two-part analysis of the country’s aviation industry, and focuses on Cambodia airlines, the Royal Group <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/one-airline-is-enough-report/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>