Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday reiterated his promise to willingly hand over power to a new leader should he lose the July 29 national elections. However, he was quick to point out that he expects to maintain his position as there isn’t any other <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-vows-to-step-down-if-cpp-loses/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As the Kingdom AnticipAtes populAtion growth to reAch 20 million by 2030, Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterdAy predicted thAt most citizens will eventuAlly grAvitAte towArds urbAn AreAs. According to Mr Hun Sen during A speech in Phnom Penh, the populAtion of CAmbodiA could even potentiAlly <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/government-brAces-for-populAtion-boom/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A senior militAry officiAl sAid on SundAy thAt the Ministry of NAtionAl Defence hAd found Almost 100 militAry personnel with the title “oknhA”. He told The Post thAt the ministry wAs prepAring procedurAl formAlities to enAble the oknhA to choose between keeping the honorific or <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ninety-nine-oknhA-in-Army/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A JApAnese nonprofit orgAnizAtion committed to helping disAdvAntAged CAmbodiAn children receive An educAtion celebrAted the completion of its 19th school there in FebruAry.AMATAK, which meAns “eternity” in Khmer, hAs been building schools for children in rurAl CAmbodiA since 1995. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/priests-Aid-effort-provide-eduction-in-rurAl-cAmbodiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Cambodian government just released its official list of public holidays for 2016, beating past years’ record by increasing the number of public holidays for 2016 to be 28 days notwithstanding when holidays fall on a weekend (Saturday-Sunday) the following Monday is off as compensation. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-holiday-policy-hampers-competiveness/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Presenting the initial findings of months of research trips along Cambodia’s eastern border, academic Sok Touch said on Thursday that a stretch of land in Tbong Khmum province had been occupied by Vietnam due to border posts being misplaced during the French colonial era.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/researcher-says-border-posts-misplaced-in-eastern-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Leaders of Cambodia’s opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) on Tuesday called on aid donor Japan to deescalate tensions with the ruling Cambodian People’s Party following a brutal attack on two of their lawmakers outside of parliament in the capital Phnom Penh late last month. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-opposition-leaders-call-on-japan-to-deescalate-tensions-with-ruling-party/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Floodwaters displaced another 74 families on the outskirts of Phnom Penh in Dangkao district on Wednesday as water levels continued to rise, according to Nop Puthea, director of the district’s administration. The flooding began on Sunday night when a dam in Kompong Speu province collapsed after <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/more-families-evacuated-as-flooding-continues/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The National Election Committee (NEC) won’t stop CNRP candidates from running in June’s commune elections, even if the Interior Ministry invalidates the party’s recent change in leadership, a spokesman said on Monday amid speculation from analysts that the government was seeking to bar the opposition <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nec-says-it-will-recognize-cnrp-commune-election-candidates/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Provincial prison chief Tin Sovanny said five prisoners had sawed off the bars of their prison cell at 3am on Saturday, using a blade they had kept hidden in their cells. One prisoner was found hiding in the forest near the prison, but the remaining <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/four-at-large-following-prison-break/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The founder of the now-shuttered Cambodia Daily, Bernard Krisher, has told Prime Minister Hun Sen in a letter that he will travel to the Kingdom to take on any tax liabilities of his daughter, Deputy Publisher Deborah Krisher-Steele, stemming from the paper’s dispute with the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/daily-founder-claims-liability/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Interior Minister yesterday decided to delete 22 political parties from its official register ahead of the national election next year. according to a letter signed by Interior Minister Sar Kheng, the parties are being dissolved in line with recent amendments to the Law on Political <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/defunct-parties-set-to-be-deleted/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

UN Special Rapporteur Rhona Smith kicked off an official visit to the Kingdom yesterday by raising concerns over ruling party officials’ increased use of violent rhetoric, singling out Social affairs Minister Vong Soth’s recent threats to bludgeon protesters with bamboo rods, during a meeting with <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cpp-officials-violent-rhetoric-concerns-un-envoy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The new U.S. AmbAssAdor to CAmbodiA, WilliAm E. Todd, presented his credentiAls to King SihAmoni on FridAy At A ceremony in the RoyAl PAlAce. Mr. Todd, who wAs sworn in by the U.S. SenAte on April 17, replAces former U.S. AmbAssAdor CArol Rodley, whose mission officiAlly <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/us-AmbAssAdor-presents-his-credentiAls-to-king/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

There’s still no arrest warrant, but Svay Rieng provincial court has issued a summons to former Bavet town governor Chhouk Bandith, asking him to come to court on May 27 to clarify the circumstances surrounding charges related to the shooting of three protesters, an official <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/court-calls-bandith-to-clarify-bavet-shooting/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian villagers from a province in the central lowlands along the Mekong River asked the government on Friday to monitor an international port under its supervision in the country’s capital, arguing that the facility has not complied with government guidelines on sand dredging, according to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/villagers-ask-cambodian-government-to-monitor-ports-sand-dredging-activities/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Hours after French officials handed over a set of maps to Cambodia on Thursday, the government border committee announced that the documents matched its own, calling an end to an ongoing political dispute over the demarcation of the Southeast asian nation’s border with neighboring Vietnam. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-government-declares-french-maps-match-its-own/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia registered its 303rd COVID-19 positive on a 56 year old Cambodian-american national. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/303rd-covid-19-positive-case-detected-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia has committed to promote asean-EU cooperation with  the asean foreign ministers on Friday supporting the EU’s proposal for a commemorative summit in Brussels next year to mark the 45th anniversary of asean-EU relations. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-to-boost-asean-eu-ties/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

AgriculturAl priorities for estAblishing food security in the fAce of A globAl climAte crisis were the subject of regionAl workshop on MondAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Agriculture-sector-must-prepAre-now-for-climAte-chAnge/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>