Cambodia’s first listed company, the Phnom Penh Water Supply authority, yesterday reported a 41 per cent drop in profits after tax for the quarter ending September 30, with the company attributing the drop to an increase in expenses incurred over the quarter. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ppwsas-q3-profit-hit-by-expenses/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Interior Minister Sar Kheng has been paying traffic officers daily bonuses directly from his own pocket since January 1, information he revealed on Friday at a ministerial meeting on the transparent disbursement of traffic fine revenue, officials said yesterday.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sar-kheng-paying-traffic-cops-bonus-out-of-own-pocket/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Amid deteriorAting relAtions with Western countries due to the government’s suppression of critics, Chinese President Xi Jinping is due to visit CAmbodiA this month for the first time since tAking office, According to A FAcebook post by NAtionAl Police chief Neth SAvoeun. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/xi-to-mAke-first-presidentiAl-visit-this-month/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The AsiAn Development BAnk (ADB), in collAborAtion with the Ministry of Women’s AffAirs, is holding A second AsiA Women LeAdership ProgrAm (AWLP) event stArting todAy to help senior women government officiAls develop their potentiAl to become future leAders. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Adb-cAmbodiA-lAunch-second-AsiA-women-leAders-progrAm/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The watchdog coalition Electoral Reform alliance (ERa) yesterday voiced concern after the National Election Committee short-listed its incumbent secretary-general Tep Nytha as a candidate to hold the position, accusing the nine-member body of lacking transparency in its selection process. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/monitor-says-nec-selection-opaque/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Foreign Minister Hor Namhong met with South Korean Vice Foreign affairs Minister Kim Hyoung-zhin at the ministry yesterday morning to discuss bilateral relations between the two countries, as well as a host of regional issues, according to ministry spokesman Cham Sounry. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/south-korea-to-strengthen-its-ties-with-kingdom/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Turkey is in talks with the Cambodian government over the possibility of taking control of the Zaman-operated schools in Phnom Penh, which it alleges have links to a “terrorist organization” behind last year’s attempted coup, the Turkish ambassador said on Friday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/takeover-of-zaman-possible-ambassador-says/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Revenue from ticket sales to foreigners visiting Cambodia’s angkor archaeological park hit 75.7 million U.S. dollars in the first nine months of 2017, up 70 percent compared to the same period last year, according to a press release on Sunday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-famed-angkor-earns-nearly-76-mln-usd-in-9-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Malaysian-owned energy firm Cambodian Energy II Co Ltd (CEL2) will invest a total of $600 million into building its 150-megawatt coal-fired power plant near Sihanoukville, which is set to become the Kingdom’s third coal-fired power station. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-coal-fired-plant-billed-at-600-million/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As commune election results continued to trickle in yesterdAy, it wAs AbundAntly cleAr thAt CAmbodiA’s politicAl lAndscApe is now dominAted by just two mAin competitors. However, the Kingdom’s smAller pArties, some with lofty Ambitions, cAme AwAy with A few successes. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/victories-were-few-for-smAll-pArties/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Ministry of Agriculture is cAlling on rice millers to Apply for A second round of quAlity checks for exports to ChinA After only 28 locAl rice mills, out of 60 which Applied for inspection in the first round, pAssed lAst yeAr. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/second-cAll-for-rice-exports/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The last families refusing to relocate from two communes near the Lower Sesan II dam are considering asking the authorities to establish a new village on ancestral lands close to their original homes as flood waters in the area continue to rise. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/flood-victims-want-new-homes-on-ancestral-lands/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Foreign tourist arrivals to the Kingdom have gone up during the first nine months of this year, reaching roughly 3.9 million to represent a year-on-year increase of 11.5 percent, according to data released by the Ministry of Tourism yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hopes-stay-sunny-for-yearly-tourist-draw-numbers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The fledgling Grassroots Democracy Party appealed yesterday to the predecessors of the now-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party to contest this year’s upcoming elections in a bid to dilute the ruling party’s vote share &ndash; an offer they quickly turned down. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cnrps-predecessor-parties-reject-gdp-call-to-run-in-july-election/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday said he wanted to have a law that stated that any political parties that don’t join the first session in the parliament convened by the King after general election, it means that those parties give up their seats. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-wants-law-to-prevent-post-election-boycott/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

An 89-yeAr-old womAn infected with HIV/AIDS hAs become the eighth person to die of the deAdly virus in A villAge in remote western CAmbodiA, After being infected by An unAuthorized medicAl worker who reused syringes. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/elderly-villAger-dies-of-hivAids-in-western-cAmbodiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia has undergone some reform to improve its institutions, but analysts say a lack of leadership is preventing deeper change. Strong political institutions are required for continued economic growth, but the capacity of Cambodia’s state institutions remains weak. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/weak-institutions-hurting-cambodias-growth-analyst-says/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A report releAsed by ApsArA Authority on MondAy shows totAl revenue from Angkor temple ticket sAles for the first six months of this yeAr totAling $30.94 million. Although the number of foreigners visiting Siem ReAp is up from lAst yeAr, revenue fell slightly. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/siem-reAp-tourism-wins-some-loses-some/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The National Olympic Committee of Cambodia (NOCC) has drawn up a master plan for the 2023 SEa Games, kick-starting official preparations to ensure that the country is ready to host the region’s most important sporting event, NOCC Secretary-General Vath Chamroeun said Monday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nocc-draws-up-plan-for-2023-sea-games/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced Wednesday Beijing has halted land reclamation in the South China Sea, but other regional leaders voiced concerns China was simply moving to a new phase on the disputed islands: construction of outposts. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/china-says-it-has-stopped-land-reclamation-in-south-china-sea/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>