The e.U.’s ambassador to Cambodia said he would weigh appeals from pro-government unions critical of a call by opposition party leader Sam Rainsy to push the government to improve its human rights record through increased economic pressure. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/eu-considers-union-appeals-urges-government-to-respect-human-rights/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

About 1.3 million International visitors arrived in Cambodia in semester one in 2011 with an increase of 13.4 percent if comparing to the same period last year, Tourism Minister announced at a seminar this week. “It is expected that about 2.8 million tourists will pour ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/1-3-million-visitors-arrive-in-fisrt-semester-for-2011/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

“Singapore will boost Singaporean companies to seek opportunities to invest in Cambodia, especially in the agro-industry,” H.e. Hor Namhong, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, announced on Wednesday morning after bilateral talks with his Singaporean counterpart excellency Mr. K. Shanmugam, ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-urges-singapore-to-invest-rice-mills-and-agro-industry/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Lawmakers on Thursday sought additional funding from the e.U. to benefit tourism, mining and exports of rice and garments, despite calls last month by the european Parliament for aid cuts unless Cambodia shows greater respect for human rights.   ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-asks-for-more-funds-as-eu-mulls-cuts/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Thai commander who was the mastermind behind the scale replica of the Preah Vihear temple complex on Pha Mor e-Daeng cliff has been transferred following concerns aired by the Thai Foreign Ministry about the structure’s effect on relations with Cambodia. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/preah-vihear-replica-commander-transferred/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Following a long delay due to a dispute between the Royal Acad­e­my for Judicial Profes­sion­als and the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU), the annual exam for pros­pective judges has been rescheduled for next month, officials said on Tuesday. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/after-dispute-acu-to-monitor-judicial-exams/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

EmErald REsourcEs, thE Australian-listEd mining firm bEhind Cambodia’s Okvau gold projEct in Mondulkiri provincE, is onE stEp closEr to rEcEiving an industrial mining licEncE aftEr it signEd an EnvironmEntal contract with thE Ministry of EnvironmEnt (MoE), thE firm announcEd yEstErday. Ef='https://opEndEvElopmEntcambodia.nEt/nEws/EmErald-ExpEcts-licEncE-aftEr-sanctuary-rEzoning/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s Senior Minister and Minister of Public Works and Transport Minister H.e. Sun Chanthol has held a discussion with Chairman of China Sky Railway Group Mr. Tang Tong on Phnom Penh sky train, according to the ministry’s news release. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-of-public-works-discusses-with-a-chinese-developer-on-capital-city-sky-train/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Less than two weeks after it was established, the reformed National election Committee (NeC) will formally convene today for the first time to meet with delegations from Japan and the european Union (e.U.), two of the biggest past contributors to electoral reform in Cambodia. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-election-body-to-meet-japanese-european-union-diplomats/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The government on Monday agreed to a comprehensive solution for rural families who have lost their land to well-connected agricultural plantations exporting sugar to the european Union (e.U.) duty free and will meet again early next month to discuss details. The decision was made at a ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministries-to-help-farmers-hurt-by-sugar-plantations/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The CNRP said on Wednesday that Germany’s visiting minister for economic cooperation and development agreed to relay a message to the e.U. seeking help in mediating a resolution to current political tensions in Cambodia between the opposition and ruling CPP.   ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cnrp-asks-germany-for-help-in-mediation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The government has lashed out at the U.S. and e.U. over their criticism of the detention of five current and former rights workers in Cambodia for more than a year, adopting the language of its critics by calling their statements “politically motivated.” ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-denounces-useu-criticism-of-adhoc-5-detention/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A spokesman for the newly reconstituted National election Committee (NeC) said Friday that Japan and the european Union (e.U.) have agreed to send experts to Cambodia next month to look for ways to improve the country’s flawed voter lists and to better educate voters. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nec-says-japan-eu-to-aid-election-reforms/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

EnvironmEntal activist AlEx GonzalEz-Davidson, who was dEportEd in FEbruary last yEar, has bEEn grantEd a onE-month tourist visa through thE ForEign Ministry’s onlinE “E-visa” sErvicE, but an immigration official said yEstErday that it was unlikEly hE would bE allowEd to usE it. Ef='https://opEndEvElopmEntcambodia.nEt/nEws/dEportEd-spanish-activist-gEts-tourist-visa-rEturn-uncErtain/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s Phka Romduol rice has been crowned the best rice in the world at the prestigious World Rice Forum. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-rice-crowned-worlds-best/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

“My regret is the lateness of land reform. And solving land disputes. [W]e should have given land titles to the people more speedily, but we delayed for 10 years giving land titles to the people,” he told Lieberman, who conducted the interview for a 2016 ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sens-biggest-regret-land-disputes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Representatives from the e.U., CNRP and civil society organizations put newly delivered election ink to the test on Wednesday, a week after a spokesman for the country’s top election body warned that a sample batch of the ink could be washed off using a hair ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cnrp-observers-put-election-ink-to-test/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia will receive a concessional loan package of $53.3 million US dollars from Japan to restore the irrigation canal system and another $700,000 dollars grant aid to enhance education materials for minerals resources and topology department of the Institute of Technology of Cambodia (ITC), the ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/japan-loans-over-53-million-to-improve-agriculture-and-education/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

On 28 July 2017, Preah Sihanouk administration, with participation from H.e. Yun Min, Preah Sihanouk Provincial Governor, has made social land concessions to 176 families in Kbal Chhay, which is located in Village 1, Sangkat 1, Sihanoukville. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/preah-sihanouk-administration-provides-social-land-concessions-to-176-families-in-sangkat-1-sihanoukville/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Constitutional Council (CC) Monday  announced that the proposition to amend some new articles of the constitution is legal. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/the-constitutional-council-says-proposed-amendment-to-the-constitution-is-legal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...