Three of five land dispute victims, representing 150 families in Banteay Meanchey province’s Slakram commune, on Tuesday sued provincial governor Um Reatrey and five others for manslaughter, and the use of intentional violence against them while they were detained for protesting outside the provincial hall ...

The government is formulating a new policy on urban garbage collection to strengthen waste management and protect the environment better. Neth Pheaktra, Environment Ministry spokesman, said at a press conference yesterday the policy is being formulated following termination of Cintri (Cambodia) Ltd’s licence to collect ...

On 24 March 2020,​ at the Peace Palace, Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo HUN SEN, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, presided over the signing ceremony of the Exchange of Notes on the extension of Japanese Government’s Official Development Assistance (ODA), which was ...

On 12 June 2020, the Embassy of Sweden in Cambodia issued a press release informing that Sweden’s bilateral strategy for Cambodia will be phased out to end by 1 July 2021. The Swedish Government decided yesterday to focus development cooperation with Cambodia on initiatives for ...

Speculation continues over if and when Cambodia National Rescue Party president Sam Rainsy will return to Cambodia, where he now faces a two-year prison term, as grassroots opposition members yesterday expressed “disappointment” at their leader’s continued absence.CNRP officials will meet today in Phnom Penh to ...

Three Cambodian peacekeepers have been confirmed dead in Central African Republic, a day after they went missing following an attack on their convoy by a Christian militant group. The three men, Mao Eng, 37, Seang Norin, 35, and Mom Tola, 31, were shot to death and ...

The Ministry of Interior yesterday warned human rights groups that they are being closely watched for alleged bias towards the opposition CNRP, in a startling move targeting some of the country’s most prominent local NGOs. Ministry of Interior (MoI) spokesman Khieu Sopheak confirmed yesterday that ...

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy yesterday repeated allegations that Foreign Minister Hor Namhong was responsible for collaborating with his Khmer Rouge captors at the Boeung Trabek prison camp between 1975 and 1979, leading to the murder and torture of numerous inmates.Rainsy, who is in the Philippines, ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on​ “Legal aid providers”. This bilingual new topic page give the overviews of the legal aid bodies in Cambodia, together with the related contents such as law and regulations, daily news and publications.=>Please click here to go ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has just published a new online resource detailing Cambodia’s water supplier license coverage in two languages, Khmer and English. With this new resource, the maps illustrate the information of the location where the licenses have been granted at the commune level as well ...

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has warned that snaring of animals has become a crisis that poses a serious risk to wildlife in Southeast Asia and could spawn the transmission of zoonotic diseases to humans. Its July 9 report entitled Silence of the Snares: Southeast Asia’s ...

The exponential growth of infected people related to the February 20 Community Incident is a call for rigorous at-scale physical-distancing measures and strict compliance to the Ministry of Health’s Standard Operating Procedures of wearing a facemask, washing hands frequently and seeking medical help if showing ...

On 09 February  2021, the Ministry of Health issued a press release on the implementation of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Cambodia. In this announcement, there is a clear division of the number of vaccines to be provided to 189,500 volunteers. According to the announcement, ...

On​ 29​ April​ 2021,​ the​ Ministry​ of​ Health​ issued​ an​ announcement​ on​ the​ death​ of​ COVID-19​ on​ three​ Cambodian​ people,​ a​ 23-year-old​ woman​ died​ at​ the​ Cambodia-China​ Friendship​ Hospital​ Preah​ Kosomak,​ a​ 46-year-old​ woman​ died​ at​ Tbong​ Khmum​ Provincial​ Health​ Department,​ and​ a​ 64-year-old​ man​ ...

On 13 August 2021, National Committee for Coastal Area Management issued a press release on authorization by the Royal Government to implement a project to improve the mud​ beach into a 2,700-meter height public beach from crab market to mangrove forests located in Phum Thmei, ...

On 24 February 2022, the National Social Security Fund issued a notification on the National Social Security Fund signed an agreement with the bank contained in this notice.National Social Security Fund is honor to inform ladies and gentlemen, directors or owners of all enterprises and ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updates dataset on a profile page on “Fisheries resource management information”. This profile page is updated its data from 160 to 347 inland and marine community fisheries. This bilingual profile page covers the map and summary of community fisheries in Cambodia.=>Please click here ...

On 12 December 2022, CamboJA released a press release on Cambodia: six Southeast Asian journalist organizations collaborate to safeguard of press freedom.Six organizations from Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Cambodia and Timor Leste formed a regional collaboration as a joint response to the deteriorating press freedom ...

Open​ Development​ Cambodia​ (ODC)​ publishes​ a​ new​ topic​ page​ on​ “Australian aid”.​ This​ bilingual​ topic​ page​ gives​ a​ quick​ overview​ of​ Australian​ aid​ to​ Cambodia,​ together​ with​​ related​ content​ such​ as​ development​ cooperation​ and​ aid​,​ refugees settlement, response​ to​ COVID-19​ in​ Cambodia​, and​ relevant​ publications.=> ...

Open​ Development​ Cambodia​ (ODC)​ publishes​ a​ new​ topic​ page​ on​ “Tourism”.​ This​ bilingual​ topic​ page​ gives​ a​ quick​ overview​ of tourism sector in Cambodia, together with related contents such as Ecotourism and Communities-Based Ecotourism in Cambodia, tourism in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, challenges ...