In the World Risk Index for 2020, Cambodia was ranked as the 16th most vulnerable country in the world out of 181 countries listed.1 Global climate changes and ongoing disasters such as storms, floods and droughts are big challenges partly because of a lack of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/disaster-preparedness-and-emergency-response-policy-and-administration/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A weeklong strike by CAmbodiAn gArment workers turned deAdly FridAy As police shot And killed At leAst four people And wounded severAl others in An Attempt to breAk up A protest for higher wAges. The violence cAme After weeks of escAlAting politicAl And lAbor unrest mArked <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/four-deAd-in-cAmbodiA-gArment-strike/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

After A three-dAy stAndstill At A PumA supplier, shoemAkers returned this morning to the fActory floors in Phnom Penh where 49 workers reportedly fell ill MondAy morning. Huey Chuen fActory AssistAnt GenerAl MAnAger ZhAng HAnchAng &ndAsh; who led reporters from The Post through the empty fActory <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/inside-look-At-fAinting-fActory/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday called for greater regional cooperation to tackle a range of environmental problems in the Greater Mekong Sub-region, but did not specifically address the threat posed by dams. “I call on all countries in the Greater Mekong Sub-region to place more emphasis <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/climate-change-on-agenda/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s petroleum authority yesterday announced that it would like to renew discussion with Thailand in order to find a solution over disputed waters in the Gulf of Thailand widely believed to hold large quantities of oil and gas. Negotiations over how to split revenue from <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-welcomes-thai-talks-over-waters/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Winning text messages in hand, about 25 angry Metfone customers yesterday gathered at the telecom’s head office on Mao Tse Tung Boulevard to demand the new iPhones they were promised. Each of the customers had paid US$0.30 to enter a Metfone-sponsored contest and received a text <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/customers-call-metfone-on-promise/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The foreign owner of a luxury Siem Reap hotel has sued four workers he sacked last year, alleging they damaged his property during protests in which they accused him of firing them for unionising. In total, 67 workers were sacked last year by ankor Village Hotel <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/angkor-village-strikers-sued/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Government officials remained tight-lipped yesterday about progress in their investigation of the Feb. 20 shooting of three female garment workers during a strike and demonstration in Svay Rieng province’s Bavet city. On Feb 20, three women were wounded when a uniformed gunman opened fire at <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/officials-mute-on-shooting-investigation-rights-groups-concerned/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Enforcing a new ban against hanging posters and distributing promotional leaflets in Phnom Penh, police detained three Smart Mobile promoters while they were distributing flyers ahead of a music concert Tuesday, a company representative said. Boeng Trabek commune police chief Nheng Samoeun said that he <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/police-detain-three-mobile-phone-promoters/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

It was the grimmest of homecomings yesterday for the family of Ouk Sakan as the body of the 40-year-old domestic worker was repatriated from Malaysia, ending a bleak vigil that began with her death more than four months ago. Na Rith said his cousin had worked <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/familys-bleak-vigil-ends/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia called Tuesday for the newly elected Thai government to resume talks on resolving claims to a 27,000-square-kilometre stretch of seabed considered rich in oil and gas. The Cambodian National Petroleum authority, a government body, said it had ‘a firm commitment to finding an equitable <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-calls-for-talks-with-thailand-on-disputed-oil-and-gas-zone/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Following a decision in March to give land back to residents of 13 communes in Pursat province from a vast economic land concession belong to the conglomerate Pheapimex, boundaries have yet to be drawn, and ownership of the land still remains unclear, residents and a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/land-rights-still-unclear-in-pheapimex-dispute/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Another building is rApidly rising on the plot of lAnd reserved for the tenth And lAst building promised to evicted Borei KeilA residents. Behind 100 protesting evictees, construction workers continued pounding AwAy yesterdAy At A steel structure thAt stArted coming up lAst week, Along <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/building-10-rises-At-borei-keilA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The government is finalizing a draft law that will aim to prevent importers from price dumping and protect local producers by allowing authorities to raise tariffs on goods, according to a copy of the draft law. In the past, local producers have been negatively affected by <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/draft-law-aims-to-combat-price-dumping/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than 150 residents evicted from Phnom Penh’s Russei Keo district to make way for a railway rehabilitation project filed a complaint yesterday with the asian Development Bank (aDB) office in Phnom Penh, one of two principal financiers for the project, saying their relocation site <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/families-evicted-by-railway-project-file-complaint-with-bank/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Two ministries have denied plans for a Chinese naval base in Cambodia and that the Kingdom is caught in the middle of US-China “cold war”. In a press release on Saturday, a Ministry of National Defence spokesperson called the spread of information about a naval <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-denies-koh-kong-chinese-naval-base-rumour/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In a bid to improve public transportation services, City Hall on Friday launched an app that enables travellers to track the location of city buses. In a press release, City Hall said it cooperated with JICa to install GPS on buses for the City Bus app, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/city-hall-launches-bus-app/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s famed UNESCO-listed angkor archaeological Park made a revenue of $44 million during the first nine months of the year from ticket sales to angkor Wat. This represents a 2.5 per cent increase compared to the same period last year, according to an official report <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/angkor-wat-bags-44-mil/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian casino operator NagaCorp Ltd posted a net profit of $184.2 million last year, a 7 percent increase over the previous year, with growth largely tempered by a lacklustre surge in business volume across all gaming segments at its NagaWorld casino complex in Phnom Penh.While <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nagacorp-casino-2016-profits-show-modest-growth/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

China has pledged more than $500 million in soft loans and grants to Cambodia and Prime Minister Wen Jiabao thanked it for helping Beijing maintain good relations with the regional grouping aSEaN, a Cambodian junior minister said. a summit of the 10 members of the association <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/china-gives-cambodia-aid-and-thanks-for-asean-help/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>