The high-profile trial of a British entrepreneur charged with fraud was postponed Wednesday after his lawyer cited a conflict of interest and withdrew from the long-running case, two days after a member of the European Parliament used the case to highlight “systematic problems” in Cambodia’s href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/britons-trial-raised-in-eu-parliament-delayed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A new study by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has confirmed that resistance is growing to one of the key drugs being used to fight malaria in Cambodia, a situation likely to worsen and which could lead to a growing caseload in the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/latest-malaria-drug-resistance-sparks-fears/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Australian-listed property developer Kingsland Global Ltd has entered into a master cooperation agreement with a subsidiary of local developer Shukaku Inc to develop 10,000 square metres of prime real estate in Phnom Penh’s “central business district”, it announced Friday in a filing to the ASX. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/developers-ink-master-plan-for-central-business-district/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) yesterday in a move that officials are predicting will usher in a new era of responsible corporate governing practices, transparency, financial risk management and public confidence in the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/national-bank-to-receive-support-from-ifc/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

New data released by Cambodia’s independent credit reporting agency indicate a significant slowdown in the rate of lending during the second quarter of the year, a sign that banking industry experts claim is due to a tightening of lending criteria and less demand from the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/credit-growth-starts-to-cool-off/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Photographs and video footage of a Cambodian woman being savagely beaten by her Chinese supervisor in a satellite city of Seoul were shared more than a thousand times on social media on Wednesday, prompting the Cambodian Em­bassy to find the woman and take her to href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/beating-of-woman-in-south-korea-prompts-embassy-response/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Getting a head start on campaigning for the 2018 elections, opposition leaders Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha yesterday promised Cham voters in Kampong Chhnang’s Kampong Tralach district that a change in the country’s leadership would mean a change in its approach to land disputes as href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rainsy-sokha-court-cham-in-k-chhnang/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The trial of an unlicensed medic who was charged with murder af­ter allegedly infecting more than 270 people with HIV will begin on Tuesday, a court official said on Fri­day. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/medic-in-hiv-outbreak-case-to-be-tried-next-week/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday heard the case of a businessman who was charged with fraud after he acquired the office of the municipal women’s affairs department in a 2012 land swap, but failed to hand over the property to a tycoon to whom href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/court-hears-case-of-businessmans-land-swap-deal-gone-sour/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Entertainment Gaming Asia, a Nasdaq-listed company that supplies electronic gaming machines, posted a an 88 percent year-on-year rise in its third-quarter profit, citing higher sales in Cambodia as a major driver of its growth, according its filing to the Nasdaq on Monday in New York.  href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-revenue-drives-profit-surge-at-casino-supplier/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Stung Treng Provincial Court on Monday charged a goldsmith, three security guards and the manager of a market in Stung Treng City for negligence that contributed to the outbreak of a fire that gutted the market on Thursday, causing an estimated $1 million in href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/court-charges-five-over-massive-market-fire/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

National Police on Sunday said Khmer New Year traffic figures were evidence that the new traffic law has been a success, with 98 traffic accidents reported over the four-day holiday this year, a drop from 123 in 2015, when it was a three-day holiday.   href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-year-stats-show-roads-safer-police-say/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The World Bank has officially revised the status of Cambodia’s economy, moving it up a rung from the low-income bracket into lower-middle income territory – a reclassification that economists expect will lead to a scale-back of foreign aid and preferential trade access over the coming href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-economic-status-raised-to-lower-middle-income/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A new study has predicted that even if Cambodia manages to eradicate so-called “human” strains of malaria by 2025 – a key government goal – it will continue be at “high risk” of infections from a strain of the parasite more typically found in wild href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/monkey-based-malaria-strain-poses-high-risk-to-humans-study/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The National Election Committee (NEC) has thrown cold water on a request by the Cambodian Labour Confederation (CLC) that it permit garment workers extra time off to register in their home provinces without receiving a pay cut, according to a letter posted on the NEC’s href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nec-denies-request-for-time-off-for-workers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

After numerous delays, industrial park operator Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone announced yesterday that it had finalised a timeline for the launch of its upcoming initial public offering, and would kick off a five-day bookbuilding session starting on April 18 and hold a public roadshow href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ppsez-sets-timeline-for-delayed-ipo-launch/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A new plan to protect the environment started taking shape yesterday when the Environment Ministry held a workshop to discuss ideas on how to convert numerous laws into a single code to govern the county’s natural resources. It is expected the process will take two years href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/environmental-code-aims-to-safeguard-natural-resources/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A year after a major overhaul, the National Election Committee (NEC) issued a statement touting its achievements – including testing electronic voter registration and consulting donors like the EU and Japan – with one observer saying that despite criticism of the deal that reformed the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nec-touts-achievements/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The government has proposed slugging shoppers 500 riel for plastic bags in a bid to reduce environmental pollution. A draft prakas on plastic bags that would include the fee was reviewed yesterday in a Department of Environment workshop attended by government representatives along with mall and href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fee-proposed-on-plastic-bags/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Two workers from a garment factory in Kompong Speu province who were charged with a slew of crimes following their attempt last month to break away from the only union operating at their factory were released from jail on Friday, a court official and union href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/jailed-unionists-in-factory-dispute-released/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...