Prime Minister Hun Sen is scheduled to pay a three-day visit to Vietnam later this week, a move criticized by opposition officials who say the premier should stay in Cambodia to deal with the country’s ongoing political deadlock. “What is necessary at this time is to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/premiers-vietnam-visit-draws-opposition-ire/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s King Norodom Sihamoni has invited Prime Minister Hun Sen and opposition leader Sam Rainsy for talks this aimed at resolving a standoff over recent elections as Sam Rainsy’s party filed a lawsuit accusing the country election body of vote fraud. Both Hun Sen and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-king-invites-hun-sen-sam-rainsy-to-talks/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s opposition said Thursday it is prepared to hold talks with Prime Minister Hun Sen’s party without any preconditions in a fresh bid to end a political deadlock three months after disputed national elections. The move signaled a shift by the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), which days earlier had said it <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-opposition-lifts-conditions-on-talks-with-ruling-party/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Four representatives of villagers locked in a land dispute with the well-connected KDC company have filed a complaint with the Kompong Chhnang Provincial Court after they received death threats. “The anonymous letter was a threat against our lives,” said Reach Seima, one of the representatives, adding <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/villagers-in-land-row-complain-of-death-threat/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The opposition CNRP has sent a letter to municipal authorities informing them that a mass demonstration planned for Wednesday at Freedom Park to coincide with the anniversary of the 1991 signing of the Paris Peace agreement will now be a three-day affair and include marches <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cnrp-to-hold-second-3-day-mass-protest/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Mangrove forests along Cambodia’s coast in Kampot support more than 100,000 families and create a diverse ecosystem that is home to hundreds of unique species. But coastal development projects, coupled with locals’ reliance on the forest for their livelihoods, threaten to decimate more than 1,000 hectares <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/projects-threaten-mangroves/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

District security guards this morning arrested 11 political activists taking part in a protest in front of the U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh against the imprisonment of 23 protesters who were beaten and arrested earlier this month. The protesters, including union leader Rong Chhun and prominent <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/11-activists-arrested-while-petitioning-us-french-embassies/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Representatives for the hundreds of families facing eviction from homes around Phnom Penh International airport have agreed to let the compliance ombudsman of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private investment arm of the World Bank, mediate a solution to the land dispute with the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ifc-ombudsman-to-help-settle-phnom-penh-airport-land-dispute-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Interior Minister Sar Kheng on Friday warned that a union-led public forum scheduled for Freedom Park on Saturday morning would not be allowed to proceed, adding that a fresh wave of union marches next week are also banned. The security minister’s comments came during a talk <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sar-kheng-bans-rally-gives-police-54k%e2%80%88in-bonuses/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday charged a man with committing violence under aggravating circumstances after he was detained by protesters at a demonstration in Phnom Penh on Sunday and handed over to police on suspicion of instigating violence at the rally near Freedom <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/alleged-violent-protest-provocateur-charged/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The bodies of a 39-year-old woman and her 18-month-old nephew were recovered Thursday two days after a riverbank collapse caused their home in Kandal Province’s Khsach Kandal district to plunge into the Mekong River while they slept, but the woman’s 3-year-old son has not yet <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bodies-found-after-mekong-riverbank-collapse/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A 41-yeAr-old prisoner died of A heArt AttAck in Prey SAr prison’s CorrectionAl Center 1 on FebruAry 15, but only After he spent more thAn two hours stuck in his overcrowded cell wAiting for medicAl treAtment, his fellow prisoners Allege. CC1 AdministrAtor Khuth Vuthy, who confirmed <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/inmAte-died-After-hours-without-Aid-prisoners-sAy/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A police officer who hAs been implicAted in A fAtAl hit-And-run hAs been Asked by locAl police in KAndAl province to come to their office And negotiAte A settlement for the victims’ fAmilies, police sAid SundAy. Ek SovAnnArA&mdAsh;the son of Ek Krit, A former KAndAl provinciAl <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/police-invite-hit-And-run-officer-to-solve-problem/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A deputy commune chief in BAttAmbAng City filed A complAint MondAy with the provinciAl election committee (PEC), Accusing the CNRP of fAiling to inform him when they publicly screened A politicAl video in his commune on MAy 6 And 7. “I hAve received this complAint,” sAid <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/bAttAmbAng-officiAl-files-cAmpAign-complAint-AgAinst-cnrp/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Four brokers accused of duping 19 victims out of thousands of dollars for non-existent jobs in South Korea were arrested at Phnom Penh International airport on Saturday. Keo Thea, chief of Phnom Penh’s anti-human trafficking and juvenile protection department, said Por Sen Chey district police arrested <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/brokers-nabbed-at-airport/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Outspoken female MP takes battle to Hun Sen’s ruling party as Cambodia goes to the polls. She is brave, eloquent and defiant in a country where government critics have been detained, imprisoned and sometimes killed for speaking out. Now Mu Sochua, Cambodia‘s leading female opposition MP, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-opposition-power-figure-mu-sochua-relishes-election-fight/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Shapshot of the U.S. Libary of Congress E-mailOn July 24, 2013, the ODC Team received a surprise e-mail from the United States Library of Congress:“The United States Library of Congress has selected your website for inclusion in the Library’s historic collection of Internet materials related <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/inclusion-of-the-odc-website-in-the-library-of-congress-web-archives/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Sweden’s AmbAssAdor to CAmbodiA, His Excellency Björn H&Auml;ggmArk, shook hAnds with Prime Minister Hun Sen, dAted 04 December 2019. Photo from Prime Minister Hun Sen’s FAcebook pAge.CAmbodiA And Sweden estAblished their diplomAtic ties in 1961. Sweden stArted to provide the first development cooperAtion support in <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/topics/swedish-Aid/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Siem Reap’s provincial government apparatus, which in 2010 was relocated to a remote site 16 km outside of the city as part of an extensive and hugely controversial swap of government land and buildings, is moving back to its old home in the tourist city’s <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/after-land-swap-siem-reap-government-moves-again/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Officials, business professionals and political analysts have mixed opinions on the leadership of the single-party Cambodian government and what the future hold for the next five years. Sok Touch, a professor of political science at Khemarak University, said the political deadlock won’t help the nation become <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/what-does-the-future-hold/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>