The Justice Minister has urged court officials to work independently, responsibly and ethically to strengthen the judicial system and improve public trust of the judiciary. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/minister-seeks-courts-reform/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Eighteen Cambodian migrant workers were repatriated from Malaysia this week after being cheated by brokers to work abroad illegally, the Foreign Affairs Ministry said yesterday. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/workers-repatriated-from-malaysia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

LICADHO calls for immediate family access to all three CNRP youth leaders currently detained in Prey Sar’s CC1 prison. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/cnrp-youth-leaders-denied-right-to-receive-family-visits/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) will open a museum on finance and monetary matters in January 2018, a representative of the central bank has announced. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nbcs-currency-museum-to-launch-in-january/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A senior Australian military official yesterday said he was hopeful that counter-terrorism exercises would resume with Cambodia next year, after they were cancelled this year. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/australia-confident-military-exercises-to-resume/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia and China on Monday signed an agreement toward establishing a Cambodia- China Technology Transfer Center, aiming to utilize science and technology for socio-economic development, officials said. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-china-to-jointly-establish-technology-transfer-center/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

On 02 March 2020, the Ministry of Health has posted an announcement on their official Facebook page about the government’s response, preventive measures and  preparation of the COVID-19 outbreak and other infectious diseases. From the announcement, the ministry has claimed that, as of 02 March href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/announcement-of-the-ministry-of-health-on-the-response-preventive-measure-and-the-preparation-for-the-covid-19-outbreak-and-other-infectious-diseases-in-the-kingdom-of-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new dataset on “Forest cover in Cambodia (2015-2021)”. This dataset gives data focused on Cambodia’s annual forest cover range from 2015 to 2021.=> Please click here to go to “Forest cover in Cambodia (2015-2021)”. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-publishes-a-new-dataset-on-forest-cover-in-cambodia-2015-2021/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Phnom Penh City Hall has set its sights on the many pawn shops in the city, ordering police to check that each shop has proper registration papers. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pawn-shops-face-crackdown/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Hundreds of unexploded landmines and cluster munitions were found in Battambang and Kampong Cham provinces on Monday, according to an official from the Cambodian Mine Action Centre. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/double-trove-of-wartime-explosives-unearthed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The International Labour Organization’s Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) programme today releases its 2nd online transparency report showing how individual garment factories measure up on key working conditions. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/transparency-keeps-driving-improvements-in-working-conditions/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia is vying for a share of the Philippines’ latest rice import tender of 500,000 tons, according to Thon Virak, general-director of state-owned Green Trade Company. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-to-bid-on-philippine-rice-tender/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

National Assembly of Cambodia. Photo by Sorn Seang Heng, taken on 12 June 2010. Licensed under CC-BY 2.0.With a constitution written a little more than 20 years ago, the current rule of law in Cambodia is relatively new, and continues to be shaped by many href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/law-and-judiciary/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s first large-scale solar power project is still in the trial testing stage, but is expected to be fully operational at the end of this month. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/solar-power-set-to-shine-in-bavet/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Labour’s spokesman yesterday said that free medical treatment for garment workers, announced by Prime Minister Hun Sen last week, will start on January 1. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/start-date-set-for-garment-worker-health-checks-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Villagers in Preah Vihear’s Choam Ksan district who found a haul of unexploded ordinances on their farmland on Monday have handed it over to provincial authorities. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unexploded-ordinances-destroyed-in-preah-vihear/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A project to increase the number of wild tigers in the northeastern part of Cambodia was put forward to the Cambodian government by a group of NGOs yesterday. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/more-tigers-means-a-lot-more-tourists-say-ngos/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Vietnam has provided neighbouring Cambodia with USD22 million in credit to support the military modernisation efforts of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF). href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vietnam-extends-credit-for-cambodian-modernisation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia and Laos have so far achieved 86 percent of joint border demarcation and the two neighbors vowed to fully complete it as soon as possible, a spokesman said Tuesday. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-laos-achieve-86-percent-of-border-demarcation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Dozens of independent bungalows at one of Cambodia’s most unspoiled beaches are to be bulldozed with weeks, raising fears that a “soulless” mega-resort will replace them. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/development-fears-at-cambodias-most-beautiful-beach/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...