Although the number of lAnd disputes Across the country decreAsed in the first six months of the yeAr&mdAsh;lArgely due to A freeze on the grAnting of economic lAnd concessions&mdAsh;little hAs been done to resolve existing disputes, According to A report releAsed WednesdAy by rights group <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/lAnd-disputes-down-in-2015-due-to-elc-freeze/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on​ “SDG 7 affordable and clean energy”, which is one of the 17 goals of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in both Khmer and English languages. Through ODC’s new topic page on SDG 7, you <a href='https://Opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/Open-development-cambodia-publishes-a-new-topic-page-on-sdg-7-affordable-and-clean-energy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on​ “SDG 12 Responsible consumption and production”, which is one of the 17 goals of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in both Khmer and English languages. Through ODC’s new topic pages on SDG 12, you <a href='https://Opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/Open-development-cambodia-publishes-a-new-topic-page-on-sdg-12-responsible-consumption-and-production/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on​ “SDG 6 Clean water and sanitation”, which is one of the 17 goals of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in both Khmer and English languages. Through ODC’s new topic page on SDG 6, you <a href='https://Opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/Open-development-cambodia-publishes-a-new-topic-page-on-sdg-6-clean-water-and-sanitation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on​ “SDG 11 Sustainable cities and communities”, which is one of the 17 goals of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in both Khmer and English languages. Through ODC’s new topic pages on SDG 11, you <a href='https://Opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/Open-development-cambodia-publishes-a-new-topic-page-on-sdg-11-sustainable-cities-and-communities/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On June 23, 2015, the Permanent Committee of the National assembly convened a meeting, and decided to assign the Commission of Foreign affairs, International Cooperation, Propaganda and Information, in cooperation with the Commission of Interior, National Defense and Public Functions, and the Commission of Legislation <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/results-of-the-meeting-of-the-national-assemblys-permanent-committee/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia has sustained far fewer deaths due to natural disasters than any other country in the region this year, deputy secretary general of the National Committee for Disaster Management Ross Sovann said on Friday, at a workshop coinciding with asean Day of Disaster Management. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/disaster-death-toll-low-cost-devastating/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Pro-democracy and rights groups in Cambodia have launched a three-day demonstration in an attempt to stop the passage of a law to regulate NGOs. The protest is expected to continue Tuesday. Organizers said that if they are not satisfied with the assembly’s actions, they will <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/protesters-outside-national-assembly-demand-end-to-ngo-law/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Mam Sonando, beleaguered owner of the independent Beehive Radio station, was arrested at his Phnom Penh home yesterday morning on a raft of charges relating to a so-called secessionist movement that authorities supposedly disbanded in Kratie earlier this year. More than a dozen plainclothes and uniformed <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mam-sonando-arrested-for-insurrection/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A decorAtive gAte erected in Siem ReAp province’s Angkor ArchAeologicAl PArk for the upcoming Khmer New YeAr festivities wAs burned down in the eArly hours of yesterdAy morning, following A bAcklAsh AgAinst its so-cAlled VietnAmese design. Siem ReAp Deputy Governor Bun ThArith sAid the gAte &ndAsh; <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/gAtes-design-blAmed-in-Arson/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Six Cambodian trade unions led around 1,000 garment workers to march through streets here on Sunday to demand a higher minimum wage as annual talks on a wage hike are scheduled for next month. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-trade-unions-lead-protest-to-demand-higher-wage-for-garment-workers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday questioned six people, including a provincial director of water resources and a commune chief, over allegations that they cleared part of a flooded forest in Kompong Thom to illegally construct reservoirs on the Tonle Sap. Earlier this month, military <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/six-questioned-over-tonle-sap-reservoirs/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The AsiAn Development BAnk (ADB) And the OPEC Fund for InternAtionAl Development hAve signed An Agreement to support trAde in emerging AsiAn countries under the ADB’s TrAde FinAnce ProgrAm, According to A news releAse. The risk distribution Agreement will support A projected incrementAl trAde flow between <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Adb-ups-support-for-regions-trAde-finAnce/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has yet to charge two suspects arrested for their involvement in an illegal organ trafficking syndicate. Phnom Penh anti-human trafficking and juvenile protection bureau chief Keo Thea said the court will continue to question the pair today. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kidney-traffickers-still-being-questioned/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In terms of attractiveness, one of Cambodia’s assets is the relative absence of intense development along its coasts, in comparison with neighboring countries. The 440 kilometer-long coastline includes a large area of non-urbanized zones, where locals can make their livelihoods from coastal resources. Cambodia’s coastline <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/marine-and-coastal-areas/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A US government finAnce institution plAns to inject more cApitAl into CAmbodiA’s businesses, forecAsting rApid growth in smAll business And microfinAnce institutions Around the country. The development finAnce institution OverseAs PrivAte Investment CorporAtion (OPIC) is looking to invest in CAmbodiA’s smAll And medium enterprises (SMEs) <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/opic-plAns-more-investment-in-cAmbodiAn-mfis/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Opposition lawmakers in Cambodia’s Senate said Thursday that they would boycott an upcoming vote in the upper house of parliament on a draft law that regulates nongovernmental organizations working in the country if senators failed to amend the legislation. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-opposition-party-senators-to-boycott-vote-on-draft-law-on-ngos/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Despite widespread concern it could curtail pro-democracy and rights work in the country, a bill to regulate NGOs in Cambodia arrived at the National assembly Tuesday, where it must be debated before its likely passage into law. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/controversial-ngo-law-goes-to-national-assembly-for-debate/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In 2011, the Environment Ministry entered into a deal with the Ratana Cooperation and Construction company to swap its valuable 2,400-square-meter location on Sihanouk Boulevard in Phnom Penh’s Tonle Bassac commune for a 9,000-square-meter plot of land and a new headquarters 20 km away in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/details-murky-in-environment-ministry-phnom-penh-land-swap/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Phnom Penh municipal government issued a warning to those operating unlicensed sand quarries after a military helicopter plunged into one killing four people on Monday, but some questioned City Hall’s motives and commitment. The statement, dated Tuesday and signed by Governor Pa Socheatvong, came a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/questions-raised-over-quarry-crackdown/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>