Eating fortified rice increases the risk of hookworm infections, a study in Cambodian schoolchildren shows, suggesting that the rice’s added nutrients inadvertently help parasites grow. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fortified-rice-raises-risk-of-hookworm-infections/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Pailin province’s first thunderstorm of 2016 claimed a victim on Friday afternoon when two farmers were struck by lightning while returning home from their fields. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/man-killed-in-first-lightning-fatality-of-the-year/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than 20 parliamentary staffers are out of a job after the removal of opposition deputy leader Kem Sokha as the parliament’s first vice president. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/advisers-to-sokha-out-after-ouster/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government of the Southeast asian kingdom wants to increase the number of Chinese tourists, with Macau investors perceived as a major catch.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-approves-legislation-to-attract-msar-investors/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen told the United Nations that Cambodia is well equipped to send more peacekeepers on missions abroad if such a request is made. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-preps-peacekeeper-deployment/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Three local NGOs are to request a meeting with the Interior Minister to discuss the granting of ID cards to Kampuchea Krom people living in Cambodia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ngos-demand-id-cards-for-kampuchea-krom/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Health Ministry has called on citizens to be wary of influenza during the rainy season, even though there has not yet been a serious outbreak. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/officials-in-flu-warning/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday again ordered Kandal provincial authorities to stop residents from leasing land to Vietnamese farmers, repeating a similar demand from in august. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-stop-renting-out-border-land/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Pursat environmental officials sent five suspects to the provincial court yesterday afternoon for allegedly attempting to farm on flooded forestland illegally, a provincial environmental officer said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/five-suspects-arrested-for-ploughing-forestland/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc will pay an official visit to Cambodia from april 24 to 26, said a Cambodian foreign ministry statement on Thursday.​ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vietnamese-pm-to-visit-cambodia-next-week/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Daun Penh district security guards briefly arrested eight women outside World Bank headquarters yesterday morning during a peaceful demonstration for Phnom Penh’s Boeung Kak community. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/boeung-kak-rally-eight-held-in-capital-over-wb-protest/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

All logos, numbers or signs emblemAtic of pArty AffiliAtion Are forbidden At polling stAtions on Election DAy, According to A directive releAsed yesterdAy by The NAtionAl Election Committee. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/polling-stAtion-police-directives-hAnded-down/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Cambodian police has released a public bidding notice for the procurement of two water cannon trucks which they specifically mentioned are going “to be used against demonstrations. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-police-are-in-the-market-for-water-cannon-trucks-to-be-used-against-demonstrations/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

President Truong Tan Sang will pay a State visit to Cambodia on December 23-24 at the invitation of Cambodian King Preah Bat Samdech Preah Boromneath Norodom Sihamoni. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vn-president-to-visit-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A mAn wAs Arrested in KAmpong ChAm’s BAtheAy district on TuesdAy by police who Allege thAt he wAs the ringleAder of An illegAl lAnd grAb in Mondulkiri. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/suspect-Accused-of-instigAting-squAtting/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Six Cambodian domestic workers were repatriated yesterday after spending three months in Malaysia where they were promised work by a broker but given only tourist visas. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/six-maids-back-from-malaysia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Hun Manith, the second son of Prime Minister Hun Sen, has suggested that the large turnout at the CNRP’s eighth consecutive day of marches through Phnom Penh on Sunday was the result of paying protesters to show up. an estimated 30,000 people gathered at Freedom Park <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sens-son-says-cnrp-is-paying-protesters/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s food imports shot up 42 per cent year-on-year through February, a sign the Kingdom is still struggling to produce enough food to meet its own demand. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/food-imports-soaring-to-fill-production-gap/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Battambang’s Environment Department stated that the Prek Toal Bird Sanctuary,  on Tonle Sap Lake, has seen a 30 per cent increase in bird population this year. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/prek-toal-bird-sanctuary-in-upwind/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Health Ministry has warned Cambodians travelling to some Middle Eastern countries for religious purposes to be aware of a disease that has infected thousands of people. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/health-ministry-warns-travellers-of-mers-disease/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>