Cambodia and other asean member states have discussed the future of the coal mining business for the power sector in the region, according to the Cambodia Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME). The Ministry said the discussion was made at the asean Coal Business Roundtable <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/coal-a-burning-question/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Government approval has been granted to the Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation (OCIC) for the development of high-end condominiums, a hotel, shopping mall and more on the land surrounding the Olympic Stadium in Phnom Penh. OCIC is in the process of obtaining a 99 year lease <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/luxury-projects-set-for-olympic-stadium-area/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday called for greater regional cooperation to tackle a range of environmental problems in the Greater Mekong Sub-region, but did not specifically address the threat posed by dams. “I call on all countries in the Greater Mekong Sub-region to place more emphasis <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/climate-change-on-agenda/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian Mine action and Victim assistance authority (CMaa) Secretary-General Prum Sopheak Mongkol said yesterday landmines have been cleared in a 687,706 square metre area where the dangerous legacy of the civil war lingered and is now finally free years after peace was achieved in late <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/landmines-cleared-in-banteay-srei/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A Chinese AnimAl feed mill officiAlly opened At the Phnom Penh SpeciAl Economic Zone (PPSEZ) on Aug 28. It is the first AnimAl feed mill from ChinA And the fifth AnimAl feed fActory to operAte in CAmbodiA CAmbodiA hAs strongly depended on the imports for AnimAl <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/chinese-AnimAl-feel-mill-opens-in-cAmbodiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A mAjority government-owned life insurAnce compAny hAs stopped pAying out benefits to policy holders who die while tAking pArt in protests And demonstrAtions, the compAny confirmed yesterdAy. The CAmbodiAn Life InsurAnce CompAny &ndAsh; 51 per cent owned by the Ministry of Economy And FinAnce And 49 <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/the-protester-clAuse/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Bobruisk-based mechanical engineering company Bobruisk Plant of Tractor Parts and Units has shipped a batch of proprietary compact tractors Belarus 321 to Cambodia for the first time, representatives of the company’s sales department told BelTa. In line with the contract, which was signed in early <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bobruisk-plant-of-tractor-parts-and-units-starts-shipping-machines-to-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In its latest Market View report, CBRE Cambodia Research concludes that Phnom Penh has well and truly put the fallout from the Global Financial Crisis &ndash; which saw many condominium developments in the city put on hold or even fail &ndash; behind it, and the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/latest-property-reports-offer-evidence-of-strong-growth/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A new treAtment designed to stAbilize those with post-trAumAtic stress disorder (PTSD) hAs pro­v­en highly effective And could be used to help the roughly quArter of CAmbodiAns who hAve the mentAl illness, According to A new study.   <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/triAl-shows-promise-of-new-ptsd-treAtment/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

ORO Financecorp Plc held its official launch on Friday, joining the growing ranks of microfinance institutions in the Kingdom. ORO Financecorp started providing business, agricultural and tractor loans in January with a $4 million capital investment from Seng Enterprise Co Ltd of Cambodia and Creed asia <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-mfi-in-town-more-still-needed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Vorn Pao was re-elected president on Thursday of the Independent Democracy of Informal Economy association (IDEa), a labor group comprised mostly of tuk-tuk drivers and moto-dops, in an uncontested ballot after his vice president withdrew from the race over allegations of irregularities. Sok Chhun Oeung, who <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/union-leader-re-elected-despite-deputys-protest/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia is looking at a delayed onset of the rainy season, with experts and government officials having raised concerns of a prolonged dry season affecting agricultural production, as the Pacific weather pattern El Niño threatens to bring drought-like conditions. Ngin Chhay, director of the Rice Department <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/el-nino-raises-drought-fears/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Though U.S.-owned businesses in Cambodia are optimistic of the country’s economy, its appeal as an investment destination lags behind most of its neighbors due to the perception of endemic corruption, a new survey of 475 senior U.S. business executives in asean shows. The 2013-14 aSEaN Business <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/us-investors-cite-corruption-as-major-issue-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Solar home systems are an appropriate solution to provide affordable, reliable and clean electricity in rural Cambodia, and the Green Microfinance Programme assists villagers to take out loans to purchase them. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/solar-lights-up-cambodias-villages/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Forty-four political parties are registered to legally conduct activities in the Kingdom, according to an Interior Ministry report. The report, obtained by Khmer Times yesterday, said six new parties were registered last year, bringing the total to 44. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/political-parties-grow-by-six-to-44-after-registration-last-year/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The total number of new trucks registered last year increased slightly, but industry insiders said that even though more trucks are needed to boost the Kingdom’s trading volume, the country’s export capacity is relatively unaffected because of trucks bought in previous years. The number of big <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/slight-rise-in-truck-numbers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Culture steamrolled 300,000 bootlegged DVDs Monday in its annual celebration of efforts to stamp out piracy. But at DVD shops across Phnom Penh, where pirated movies are sold for $1.50 or less, owners said they see little threat to their businesses. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/shops-unfazed-by-annual-bootleg-dvd-crush/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

We are the civil society organizations comprising of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR), the Cambodian Human Rights and Development association (aDHOC), Samakum Teang Tnaut (STT), Housing Rights Task Force (HRTF) and the Cambodian Human Rights action Committee (CHRaC) who make the following joint <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/joint-statement-on-the-stance-of-civil-society-in-joining-the-observation-of-the-process-of-housing-resolution-at-borei-keila-community/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Malaysia-based air asia will begin offering travel services in Cambodia, and may expand its flights to neighbouring countries, company officials said. The airline launched its first air asia Travel and Service Center in Phnom Penh yesterday. air asia will partner with tour operator Mekong Discovery. So Mara, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/air-asia-expands-services-flights/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A coAlition of 18 lAbor unions And AssociAtions is todAy set to begin the first phAse of A nAtionwide lAbor strike in the gArment sector by cAlling on workers in About 100 fActories to boycott working overtime, According to union leAders. Despite efforts by the government <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/unions-set-to-begin-first-phAse-of-nAtionwide-strike/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>