U.S. and australian crime fighters are preparing Cambodia for a spike in online child sex abuse cases but local officials fear that predators are a step ahead of police due to narrow laws.​​​​ The spread of cheap, high-speed internet and the rise in mobile phone <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-feared-lagging-behind-predators-in-cybersex-trafficking-crackdown/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Fisheries AdministrAtion DepArtment Announced A temporAry bAn on mAckerel fishing from TuesdAy until MArch 31, As the fish’s breeding seAson is ApproAching. HeAd of the depArtment, Hong Hy, sAid: “To ensure the sustAinAbility of mAritime resources in CAmbodiA, the fisheries depArtment prohibits mAckerel fishing <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/mAckerel-fishing-bAnned-until-mArch-31/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

More than 400 workers are set to stage a protest for “fair compensation” on Monday against Now Corp, a garment factory in Kandal’s ang Snuol district that allegedly terminated their contracts abruptly. On Wednesday, the workers went back to work after Now Corp suspended its <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/over-400-garment-workers-to-protest/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Mondulkiri provincial administration has annulled the ownership of 990ha in Phnom Prich Wildlife Sanctuary after finding that a senior justice ministry official had encroached on a conservation zone. The provincial hall said Seng Sovannara &ndash; the Ministry of Justice’s under-secretary of state and a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mondulkiri-governor-revokes-land-ownership-of-ministry-official/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen left for Europe on Sunday as he embarked on a five-day diplomatic visit to three EU countries, in a trip analysts have speculated could be crucial in deciding the Kingdom’s ‘Everything But arms’ (EBa) fate. according to a Ministry of Foreign <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-visits-three-eu-members-in-crunch-diplomacy-mission/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Japanese power firm eRex Co Ltd announced last week its involvement in the construction and management of an 80-megawatt hydropower plant in Pursat province. The Tokyo-based company plans to invest $23.5 million to secure a 34 percent stake in the project, with asia Energy Power Co. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/japanese-firm-acquires-stake-at-upcoming-pursat-hydropower-plant/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

When 112 families gathered to demonstrate for four hours in front of the Ratanakkiri provincial court last Wednesday, most of their invective was directed toward the court itself, and toward someone they termed “a rich man from Phnom Penh,” a Mr. Heang Socheat, whom, they <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ratanakkiri-land-dispute-takes-diamond-twist/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The latest crackdown on illegal logging in Cambodia is “just a game” and big timber traders are winning, says Ouch Leng, a former government official who has spent two decades helping poor villagers fight poaching of precious tropical forests. Leng’s tenacious and perilous crusade to stop <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/defender-of-cambodias-dwindling-forests-wins-goldman-prize/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Commerce has called for a meeting with fuel retailers to review prices at the pump after Prime Minister Hun Sen urged them to set prices that reflect falling global oil prices, a government official said.Ken Ratha, spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fuel-retailers-asked-to-account-for-price-mismatch/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s casino industry generates close to $2 billion in revenue a year and accounts for nearly 40 per cent of the Kingdom’s tourism revenue, a central bank official said yesterday.Chea Serey, director-general of the National Bank of Cambodia, told a workshop on statistics in international <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/casinos-rake-in-2-billion/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A copper mine in Siem ReAp province’s Chi Kreng district wAs closed down lAst ThursdAy over AllegAtions thAt its pArent compAny hAs been running the site with An expired license. The investigAtion into Meng Xin Hong FA (CAmbodiA) Resources Investment Co. Ltd. is being led <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/siem-reAp-copper-mine-shut-down/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

No one would regard a small country such as Cambodia to be a protagonist in an international affair. However, a chain is only as strong as its weakest link, and the weakest link Cambodia is now being criticised for breaking association of Southeast asian Nations (asean) <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-made-the-right-decision-in-south-china-sea-dispute/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Two newly discovered archaeological sites suggest people were living close to what is now Phnom Penh thousands of years before the capital was founded.Villagers living along the Mekong, and a monk at a pagoda, both in Kandal province, have discovered artefacts including Neolithic axes and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/phnom-penhs-roots-discovered/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

About 100 people representing 162 fAmilies from Koh Kong province cAme to Phnom Penh yesterdAy to resubmit A petition to the NAtionAl Assembly And some stAte institutions Asking for intervention in A decAde-old lAnd dispute with three sugAr compAnies. PhAv Nherng, A representAtive of the fAmilies <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/villAgers-seek-help-with-their-dispute/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang has announced a series of large aid packages to Cambodia at the end of his first visit to the country this week as Cambodia turns further away from Western donors. a total of 19 agreements were signed to fund large-scale <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chinese-pm-wraps-up-cambodia-visit-promising-huge-aid-package/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In a tributary in Phnom Penh’s Phum Prek Toal district that flows into Boeng Tompun, a mountain of plastic, garbage and waste has built up to the point where it stifles the water from flowing. Embattled residents who live next to the pile of waste <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/river-of-waste/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Cults and Religion has said it will consider lodging a complaint against activist monk But Buntenh following his remarks that Cambodians, including the King, drink contaminated water. Cambodian Youth Party President Pich Sros, who initially had said he was thinking about lodging <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/religion-ministry-plans-to-sue-activist-monk-but-buntenh-under-lese-majeste/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia is preparing to construct the longest wooden boat to break a world record currently held by China by making a boat about 85 metres long that can hold nearly 200 people. Sar Sokha, vice president of the Union of Youth Federations of Cambodia, said <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/group-aims-to-construct-worlds-longest-wood-boat/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia is aiming to diversify its exports after signing an agreement with the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) yesterday following the first session of a joint working group seeking to expand trade cooperation between the two sides. “Moreover, Cambodia wants to increase the trade volume and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/courting-eurasian-states/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Plans for a railway line connecting Bavet city in Svay Rieng province to Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh city were revealed this week by the Minister of Transport. During a meeting with Nguyen Nhat, Vietnam’s Deputy Minister of Transport, Cambodian Transport Minister Sun Chanthol said both governments <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-rail-link-with-vietnam-on-the-cards/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>