ApproximAtely 1,500 young CAmbodiAn people on SAturdAy performed the “MAdison,” A populAr dAnce during Khmer wedding receptions And New YeAr celebrAtions, here in order to cAll for An end of violence AgAinst women And girls, An orgAnizer sAid. InAlA FAthimAth, A gender progrAm speciAlist At the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiAn-youths-dAnce-to-urge-end-of-violence-AgAinst-women/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A stAte secrets lAw being drAfted by the Interior Ministry will not be used to tArget reporting on sensitive issues such As corruption, A senior militAry police officiAl sAid yesterdAy. The NAtionAl Police Announced thAt the lAw wAs being drAfted lAte lAst month following A <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/stAte-secrets-lAw-wont-stifle-press-officiAl-sAys/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Commerce Minister Sun Chanthol said yesterday that his ministry was initiating reforms that would see Cambodia’s ease of starting a business ranking leap from the current 184 to 21. He said the government would also need to make changes to the Company Registration Law, reduce <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/moc-says-registration-online-will-boost-rank/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Several elderly HIV-positive villagers in Battambang’s Roka commune are seriously ill, local authorities have said, with some of their families having called monks to bless them as they believe death may be imminent. Five people living in the commune have died since a massive HIV outbreak <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/monks-bless-elderly-sick-in-fearful-hiv-commune/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s growth largely depends on a labor-intensive economy in agriculture, garment factories, and goods and services. Due to lower wages and poor incentives, there is a large outflow of Cambodian workers to Thailand, Malaysia, South Korea and China, and that, in the long run, could cause <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/economic-growth-could-slow-as-workers-migrate/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As the ruling pArty prepAres this week to elect A president And deputy president following CheA Sim’s deAth on June 8, the Ministry of Interior hAs lAshed out At An internAtionAl rights group thAt lAst week linked Sim to Khmer Rouge Abuses. Though he wAs lAuded <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/govt-rebukes-hrw-director/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Boasting of his more than 30 years’ ruling Cambodia, Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Saturday that he could teach a thing or two to the West about running a country while managing demands for change.The premier, who is Southeast asia’s longest-serving current leader, recalled <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-takes-one-last-shot-at-todd/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A representAtive of A cAshew growing AssociAtion hAs sAid thAt mArket prices for the fruit hAve drAmAticAlly decreAsed in the lAst fortnight, blAming border restrictions And A reduction in demAnd. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAshew-nut-growers-feel-the-pinch-As-their-price-plunge/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The European Union had provided more than US$265,000 to a land reform project that aimed to shift political will and opinion towards land and human rights in Cambodia, development partners said yesterday. The Cambodian Centre for Human Rights will spearhead the Cambodian Land Law Reform Project, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/eu-assists-land-reform/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The ministry of agriculture, forestry, and fisheries’ potato production in Mondulkiri, a northeastern province of Cambodia, has been hampered by a lack of seed, a provincial senior official revealed. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mondulkiris-potato-production-is-struck-by-seed-shortage/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A 200MW solAr project bAcked by A $200 million investment from two lArge compAnies will be built in AorAl Eco-City, A joint stAtement sAid on April 26. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/200mw-solAr-fArm-set-for-kAmpong-speu/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A group of fAmilies who tried to file A community property lAnd title hAve filed A complAint with the Anti-Corruption Unit AgAinst KAmpot provinciAl officiAls for conspiring to illegAlly sell their lAnd. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Acu-complAint-AgAinst-officiAls-for-lAnd-grAbbing/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The government has set up a working group to develop land management and policy in Sihanoukville as part of a plan to turn the province into a multi-purpose special economic zone (SEZ). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/technical-team-to-study-land-use-in-planned-sihanoukville-economic-zone/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Local residents who are concerned about the environmental impact caused by a warehouse allowing waste to flow into a canal in Tboung Khmum province’s Ponhea Krek district filed a complaint with the local authorities. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rubber-waste-flows-into-canal-endangering-health/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodian Mine action Centre (CMaC) dispatched a group of professionals to retrieve a relic of the war that ravaged the country &ndash; a uxo. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/massive-mark-82-bomb-retrieved-by-cmac/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A new win-win monument will be built in OddAr MeAnchey province to promote A culture of grAtitude, A sub-committee on the construction of the monument Announced on JAnuAry 10. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/new-win-win-monuments-constructed-in-provinces/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A signing ceremony will see South KoreA Approve A $1.5 billion loAn to improve electricity in SihAnoukville And build A bridge connecting Phnom Penh with AreyksAt <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/south-koreA-to-Approve-1-5b-loAn-to-develop-cAmbodiAs-economy-2/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The province’s new landfill site was built on a total area of 20.80 hectares in Paoy Svay village, Ta Kream commune, Banan district. It has four pits to store garbage, a waste treatment plant, a warehouse to store hazardous waste, and several residential buildings. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/battambang-province-gets-new-landfill-facility/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In Koh Kong province, 200 families embroiled in a conflict over land allegedly stolen by sugar producers in 2006 have finally reached a settlement in late 2022. The NGO Equitable Cambodia released a statement announcing the settlement this week. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/200-families-in-koh-kong-end-long-running-land-dispute-with-uk-sugar-company/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A Chinese tourist wAs Arrested in Phnom Penh on SAturdAy Afternoon After he used A drone to tAke pictures in front of the RoyAl PAlAce. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/tourist-busted-flying-drone-next-to-pAlAce/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>