The Ministry of Health has announced 6 more deaths as a result of COVID-19.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/6-new-covid-fatalities-announced/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Rice production losses caused by droughts came to an estimated $100 million in the Kingdom, a Ministry of Environment report said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/droughts-caused-about-100-million-in-rice-production-losses/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A totAl of 389,264 people hAve registered to tAke pArt in elections As voters since October 12. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/more-thAn-380000-people-register-to-vote-in-forthcoming-commune-elections-in-38-dAys/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The National Election Committee yesterday officially recognised 16 political parties to contest the upcoming national election while extending a five-day window to review documents from four remaining parties. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nec-extends-window-for-remaining-four-parties/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Several families in Kampot province yesterday had another standoff with military personnel who came to clear out a disputed piece of land, though violence did not ensue, observers said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/stand-off-with-navy-in-kampot/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia sent the second batch of 216 troops to join a United Nations peacekeeping operation in the Central african Republic (CaR) on Monday, officials said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-sends-2nd-batch-of-peacekeepers-to-war-torn-central-african-republic/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodian government is preparing a tourism policy to manage the increasing numbers of elderly foreign tourists visiting the Kingdom, an official at the Ministry of Tourism said yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-looks-to-draw-more-elderly-tourists/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Ruling party lawmakers removed deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha as first vice president of the National assembly on Friday morning in a legally dubious vote that was boycotted by the CNRP. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kem-sokha-removed-as-assembly-vice-president/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A drAmAtic hike in rent by the lAndlord of Phnom Penh’s Dey Thmey Boeung Kropeu MArket sAw 60 vendors turn out in protest At the site yesterdAy morning. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/vendors-At-cApitAl-mArket-bAlk-At-mAssive-rent-hike/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev is completing his asian tour with a visit to Cambodia, where he arrived on Sunday, the government press service reported. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/russian-pm-medvedev-on-visit-to-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Villagers in Cambodia’s Pailin province are accusing authorities of allowing a powerful local police officer to grab nearly two hectares of mountainous public land for his own use. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/land-grab-in-cambodias-pailin-province-stokes-villagers-ire/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

National Police officials have promised tough action against those who sell SIM cards without copying buyers’ national identity cards, saying the practice may have a dangerous impact on society. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sim-card-sellers-face-crackdown/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

King Norodom Sihamoni yesterday oversaw a tree planting ceremony in Kandal province to mark the 27th arbor Day, pleading for all citizens to protect the country’s forests. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/king-calls-for-forest-protection/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Custom officials seized 35 live ferrets weighing about 80 kilograms in Kandal province after a group of smugglers prepared to transport them to Vietnam by boat, authorities said yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vietnam-bound-ferrets-rescued/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Immigration Department yesterday confirmed that foreigners requesting long-term business visa extensions in the country are now required to submit a work permit proving their place of employment. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/work-permits-now-required-for-long-term-visa-renewals/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Dozens of villagers in Kandal province are accusing a local land dealer of cheating them out of thousands of dollars by promising them jobs in Japan that never materialised. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/villagers-scammed-by-land-broker/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A pig fArm in BAnteAy MeAnchey province hAs drAwn the ire of the world’s lArgest AnimAl rights non-profit After videos of its AbnormAlly musculAr pigs went virAl. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/double-muscled-pigs-in-bAnteAy-meAnchey-go-virAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Finland will continue to help Cambodia in all sectors in order to contribute to Cambodian development, Finland’s Foreign Minister, Erkki Tuomioja said Wednesday during a meeting with Prime Minister Hun Sen. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/finlands-foreign-minister-vows-to-help-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A VietnAmese Communist PArty delegAtion thAt included VietnAm’s NAtionAl Assembly president WednesdAy pAid their respects to the lAte CPP President CheA Sim, who died MondAy At the Age of 82. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/senior-vietnAmese-officiAls-pAy-respects-to-cheA-sim/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Seven newly appointed Cambodian ambassadors have been officially charged with leading membership drives for the ruling CPP in the countries to which they have been assigned, a party spokesman said Friday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ambassadors-to-double-as-cpp-campaigners/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>