The Seabourn Sojourn, a luxury liner operated by US-based Seabourn Cruise Line Ltd, arrives at Sihanoukville port this morning, delivering hundreds of well-heeled tourists to what industry experts say is a backwater market that is increasingly on cruise ship itineraries, yet still falls short of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sihanoukville-tries-not-to-miss-the-boat/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha on Saturday brushed off protests from a group of students demanding he respond to claims that he had a series of extramarital affairs, telling CNRP faithful to prepare for next year’s commune elections.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kem-sokha-cnrp-must-turn-focus-to-commune-elections/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Just weeks after Laos announced its plans to begin constructing a third mainstream dam in the Lower Mekong River region, Prime Minister Hun Sen used a bilateral meeting with his Laotian counterpart to signal that the controversial Don Sahong dam will no longer receive opposition <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/don-sahong-dam-no-problem-says-premier/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A Chinese compAny hAs donAted fire equipment to the Interior Ministry worth About $200,000, An officiAl sAid yesterdAy. Neth VAnthA, A fire depArtment chief, sAid thAt Enterprise Limited of ChinA is set to donAte the equipment, including two fire trucks. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/chinA-donAtes-200000-in-fire-equipment/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia has been elected as an executive board member of the United Nations Development Programme.a statement from the Ministry of Foreign affairs said the country would hold the position for a three-year term, beginning in January 2018. ​ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-wins-place-on-un-board-of-development/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Interior Ministry’s Central Security Department yesterday announced two hotlines for the public to report possible kidnappings after a spike in Facebook comments about parents losing their children. according to a statement issued yesterday, the purpose of the hotlines is to assist authorities with locating <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/authorities-create-kidnapping-hotlines/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Activists sAy A new sAnd-processing fAcility is under construction in Koh Kong’s TAtAi Wildlife SAnctuAry, in the vicinity of the AreA where two compAnies were grAnted permission to conduct environmentAl impAct Assessments (EIAs) for sAnd-dredging projects, documents show, despite A stAnding government bAn on sAnd <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/new-fAcility-worries-Activists/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Less than two weeks after 11 opposition activists were handed lengthy prison sentences for their role in an attempted “insurrection” in July 2014, Cambodia National Rescue Party deputy Kem Sokha took aim at the ruling party in a pointed, yet veiled, speech to a gathering <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sokha-blasts-dictatorial-leaders/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

An outspoken opposition lAwmAker from CAmbodiA hAs Arrived in the U.S. to “Attend to personAl AffAirs” Amid feArs of his Arrest, After Authorities detAined A colleAgue over the weekend for posting A disputed diplomAtic document online relAting to the country’s border with neighboring VietnAm. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiAn-opposition-mp-Attends-to-personAl-AffAirs-in-us-Amid-feArs-of-Arrest/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

ប្រភព: ស្ថិតិអប់រំ និងបណ្តុះបណ្តាលបច្ចេកទេស និងវិជ្ជាជីវៈ ២០១៧-២០១៨, យកចេញពីស្តិតិ TVET ២០១៧-២០១៨. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/?post_type=tablepress_table&p=158246 ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodia Human Rights Committee (CHRC) led a delegation to participate in the 32nd Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the UN in Geneva, Switzerland, for the third time, it said in a press release issued on Friday. It said Cambodia had already submitted documents last <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rights-committee-in-upr-review/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Five endangered polecats were rescued yesterday morning after provincial military police in collaboration with Wildlife alliance staff stopped a man on a motorbike who was attempting to sell them at the Veal Ring market in Preah Sihanouk’s Real Rinh commune, according to Prey Nob district <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/endangered-animals-freed-by-police/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian embassy officials in Thailand are now assisting migrant workers in Thai prisons by providing lawyers for them. Embassy officials also announced they are looking for relatives of a Cambodian man who died in Thailand late last month to take his body, which is being <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/officials-helping-migrants-in-thailand/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Eight years after CPP Senator Lao Meng Khin signed off on a 99-year lease of Boeng Kak lake in one of the most controversial real estate deals in Phnom Penh’s recent history, a Chinese firm has begun construction on the first major development project on <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chinese-firm-begins-construction-at-boeng-kak/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The cause of a fire that destroyed more than 30 houses on Tuesday in a small slum inhabited by recycling collectors, in an area surrounded by new housing developments in southern Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district, will likely be determined today, according to officials.    <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fire-destroys-33-recycling-collectors-houses/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodia National Rescue Party yesterday declared its intention to move forward with nationwide demonstrations in response to what it calls a campaign of state-backed legal harassment, prompting a swift reply from Prime Minister Hun Sen, who warned security forces had been advised to crack <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cnrp-pledges-marches-pm-says-party-absolutely-will-not-be-allowed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The AsiAn Development BAnk (ADB) hAs Appointed A new Country Director for CAmbodiA, SAmiuelA T. TukuAfu. A TongAn nAtionAl, Mr. TukuAfu officiAlly stArted in this post on 1 FebruAry, 2016. Mr. TukuAfu replAces Mr. Eric Sidgwick, who hAs been Appointed Country Director for ADB’s Resident <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/Announcements/new-Adb-cAmbodiA-country-director-Assumes-office/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A document purported to hAve come from the US StAte DepArtment AppeArs to show plAns to slAsh US development AssistAnce to the Kingdom down to zero, A move observers sAid yesterdAy would further weAken the US’s stAnding in the country, Allowing for ChinA to cement its <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/document-suggests-us-Aid-cuts/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Nearly 1,500 people died from traffic accidents in the Kingdom during the first 10 months of this year, a minor increase over last year, though the number of injured fell significantly, according to a report by the Ministry of Interior’s National Committee for Road Safety <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/traffic-deaths-up-from-last-year-says-ministry/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Political analysts at the US-based Heritage Foundation say relations with Cambodia are overdue for reform. In a recent analysis, “Promoting True Democratic Transition in Cambodia,” the Washington think tank says the 2013 elections, which the opposition claims were marred by widespread fraud, offer a chance to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/heritage-foundation-calls-for-change-of-us-policy-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>