ODC Participated in BarCamp Kampong Cham
ODC Research & Volunteer Coordinator and ODC Design Team Leader at WorkFrom 24 to 25 August 2013, Research and Volunteer Coordinator Chan Penhleak and Design Team Leader Heng Huy Eng participated in the BarCamp event, a tech and entrepreneurship Conference, which was held in Kampong ...
After rights review, groups press gov’t to act
Nearly a moNth after Cambodia’s secoNd uNiversal periodic review (UPR) of its humaN rights situatioN at the U.N. iN GeNeva, rights groups met iN PhNom PeNh oN Thursday to discuss how they caN work with the goverNmeNt to eNsure that the 163 recommeNdatioNs it accepted ...
Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/after-rights-review-groups-press-govt-to-act-64438/
India to aid in temple restoration
A senior official of the Sambor Prei Kuk national Authority (SPKnA) said they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indian government on a restoration project for Prison Temple – or Asram Moha Russei. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/india-aid-temple-restoration
Ministry of Labour informed the employers to allow the workers and employees to have 3 days off joining the election of members of the national assembly in the 6th legislature
On 13 June 2018, the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training released an announcement referencing to letter no.961 n.E.C singed on 12 June 2018 by the national Election Committee (nEC) to inform all owners, and employers of factory, manufacturing and all institutions to facilitate the ...
Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training
World Heritage status, tourists threaten Angkor preservation
The global recognition given to the Angkor temple complex in Siem Reap—and other sites around the world that receive U.n. world heritage status—does as much to damage as it does to preserve the historical gem, according to a new research paper that was published in the ...
Matt Surrusco
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/world-heritage-status-tourists-threaten-angkor-preservation-127067/
Opposition Supporters Stage Mass US Protests
Thousands of Cambodians and Cambodian-Americans staged coordinated mass demonstrations in cities across the U.S. on Monday in support of opposition claims that Cambodia’s closely contested July election was rigged in favor of Prime Minister Hun Sen and his long-ruling CPP. In Long Beach and San ...
Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/opposition-supporters-stage-mass-us-protests-40391/
UN Envoy Optimistic Despite NEC’s Refusal to Reform
Despite a stubborn refusal by the government to act upon his electoral reform recommendations over the past two years, U.n. human rights envoy Surya Subedi walked away from his meeting with national Election Committee chairman Im Suosdey on Tuesday espousing optimism. “The process of reform is ...
Lauren Crothers and Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/un-envoy-optimistic-despite-necs-refusal-to-reform-61705/
About 871,000 Cambodians travel abroad in 2013, up 10 pct
The number of Cambodia’s outbound travelers increased by 10 percent year-on-year to 871,000 last year, a report of the Ministry of Tourism showed Tuesday. Ang Kim Eang, president of Cambodia Association of Travel Agents, which represents about 220 tour and travel companies, said most of Cambodian ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-02/18/c_133124854.htm
Funcinpec continues to receive Chinese Communist Party support
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is providing financial and material support to the beleaguered Funcinpec Party to cover its rent, electricity, transportation and general administration expenses, as well as offering political training to its younger members, senior leaders of the royalist party said Wednesday. Funcinpec was ...
Alex Willemyns and Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/funcinpec-continues-to-receive-chinese-communist-party-support-54553/
Ranariddh to re-enter politics with new party
Prince norodom Ranariddh, who became first prime minister of Cambodia after the 1993 U.n.-sponsored elections, will form a new party and re-enter the political arena, according to his cabinet chief. “The prince has a plan to create a new party,” said naranarith Anandayath, chief of Prince ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ranariddh-to-re-enter-politics-with-new-party-53156/
Cambodia receives 3.6 mln overseas tourists in 10 months
Cambodia welcomed 3.6 million overseas tourists in the first 10 months of 2014, up 6 percent compared to the same period last year, a tourism official said on Wednesday. Kong Sopheareak, chief of the statistics and planning department at the Ministry of Tourism, said the top ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-12/10/c_133845725.htm
$10m fund to buy rice from struggling farmers
The Ministry of Economy and Finance has pledged to provide another $10 million in addition to a $83 million fund to purchase rice from farmers at a reasonable cost amid low prices to avoid selling to crooked dealers. ...
Meas Molika
https://kiripost.com/stories/10m-fund-to-buy-rice-from-struggling-farmers
Pandemic pushes public mistrust in the media
The pandemic has thrown additional hurdles to the media landscape as there is a quiet resignation of consuming news in the region, the head of a research centre said on Thursday, claiming people find news troublesome, problematic, and biased. ...
Prak Chan Thul
https://kiripost.com/stories/pandemic-pushes-public-mistrust-in-the-media
Strategic plan launched to address cooling
Cambodia has launched its first strategic plan on cooling, seen as one of the largest contributors to global warming, to steer the nation towards a greener and cleaner future. ...
Marissa Carruthers
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-strategic-plan-launched-to-address-cooling
Australia deepens economic ties with ASEAN
Australia’s special envoy for Southeast Asia, nicholas Moore, said that his nation will deepen economic ties with Cambodia and other regional countries in ASEAn as part of engagement with the bloc. ...
Seng Mengheng
https://kiripost.com/stories/australia-deepens-economic-ties-with-asean
PPAP’s jan-june revenue down 19%
Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) saw a one percent year-on-year (YOY) uplift in revenue for the month of June, coming in at $3.6 million following a continued decline in the first five months of the year. ...
Sangeetha Amarthalingam
https://kiripost.com/stories/ppaps-jan-june-revenue-down-19
3rd Workshop: GIS application in land management and education
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) is delighted to announce the 3rd workshop on “GIS Application in Land Management and Education”. This course focuses on two parts. The first part deals with the use of GIS in the land planning and management sector. The second part emphasizes ...
Open Development Cambodia
Cooking fuel
Firewood and charcoal are the main sources of energy for households and many small and medium enterprises, such as brick and tile industries. The cooking fuels used in Cambodia have changed greatly in the last decade. The national Census 2008 showed that 91 percent of ...
For poor, eating dead poultry is a calculated risk
In late January, five of the 10 chickens owned by Leng Lal, a subsistence rice farmer in Kratie province, suddenly died. Although Mr. Lal, 40, said he knew the dead birds might be dangerous and he should burn and bury the carcasses, he instructed his 8-year-old ...
Sek Odom and Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/for-poor-eating-dead-poultry-is-a-calculated-risk-52076/
Types of state-protected areas
Flooded forest in Cambodia. Photo by Andrea Kirkby, taken 11 May 2014. Licensed under CC BY-nC 2.0.A 1993 royal decree designated 23 protected areas covering about 3,273,300 ha, equal to around 18% of the country’s total land area, and brought them under the jurisdiction of the Ministry ...