The government has lashed out at the U.S. and e.U. over their criticism of the detention of five current and former rights workers in Cambodia for more than a year, adopting the language of its critics by calling their statements “politically motivated.” ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-denounces-useu-criticism-of-adhoc-5-detention/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A spokesman for the newly reconstituted National election Committee (NeC) said Friday that Japan and the european Union (e.U.) have agreed to send experts to Cambodia next month to look for ways to improve the country’s flawed voter lists and to better educate voters. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nec-says-japan-eu-to-aid-election-reforms/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

By making information accessible to anyone with an internet connection, ODC facilitates rational, fact‑based dialogue, improved communication, strengthened policy making, and better development planning across all sectors. The ODC website has been featured on Le Petit Journal, an online French newspaper, as a case of ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/odc-resources-at-work-honorable-mentions/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

EnvironmEntal activist AlEx GonzalEz-Davidson, who was dEportEd in FEbruary last yEar, has bEEn grantEd a onE-month tourist visa through thE ForEign Ministry’s onlinE “E-visa” sErvicE, but an immigration official said yEstErday that it was unlikEly hE would bE allowEd to usE it. Ef='https://opEndEvElopmEntcambodia.nEt/nEws/dEportEd-spanish-activist-gEts-tourist-visa-rEturn-uncErtain/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s Phka Romduol rice has been crowned the best rice in the world at the prestigious World Rice Forum. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-rice-crowned-worlds-best/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Rural energy cooperative in Cambodia. Photo by Nomade Moderne, taken on 23 March 2006. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0The electricity distributed in Cambodia is partly generated within the country and partly imported. For many years, local generation was on a relatively small scale, and was ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/electricity-infrastructure/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

“My regret is the lateness of land reform. And solving land disputes. [W]e should have given land titles to the people more speedily, but we delayed for 10 years giving land titles to the people,” he told Lieberman, who conducted the interview for a 2016 ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sens-biggest-regret-land-disputes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Representatives from the e.U., CNRP and civil society organizations put newly delivered election ink to the test on Wednesday, a week after a spokesman for the country’s top election body warned that a sample batch of the ink could be washed off using a hair ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cnrp-observers-put-election-ink-to-test/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

On 26 July 2022, the Council for the Development of Cambodia issued a press release on discovering Cambodia – insight into the business opportunities in Cambodia.The Singapore Business Federation (SBF) and the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC), with support from the embassy of ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/press-release-on-discovering-cambodia-insight-into-the-business-opportunities-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia will receive a concessional loan package of $53.3 million US dollars from Japan to restore the irrigation canal system and another $700,000 dollars grant aid to enhance education materials for minerals resources and topology department of the Institute of Technology of Cambodia (ITC), the ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/japan-loans-over-53-million-to-improve-agriculture-and-education/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

On 24 August 2018, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on the official visit of H.e. Ms. Sushma Swaraj, Minister of external Affairs of the Republic of India to the Kingdom of Cambodia from 28 to 30 August 2018. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/press-release-on-the-official-visit-of-the-minister-of-external-affairs-of-the-republic-of-india-to-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Phnom Penh, on 17th August 2016, The first meeting of Cambodia-Russia joint working group on cooperation in the use of atomic energy for peaceful purpose was organized in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, presided over by H.e. Say SAMAL, Minister of environment and Chair of National Council for ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/the-first-meeting-of-cambodia-russia-joint-working-group-on-cooperation-in-the-use-of-atomic-energy-for-peaceful-purpose/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

On 14 February 2022, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on outcomes of the virtual meeting between His excellency PRAK Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and His excellency Dato Lim Jock Hoi, Secretary-General ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/outcomes-of-the-virtual-meeting-between-his-excellency-prak-sokhonn-deputy-prime-minister-minister-of-foreign-affairs-and-international-cooperation-and-his-excellency-dato-lim-jock-hoi-secretary-g/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

On 28 February 2022, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on outcomes of the official visit of H.e. PRAK Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Kingdom of Cambodia, to the Republic of ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/outcomes-of-the-official-visit-of-h-e-prak-sokhonn-deputy-prime-minister-minister-of-foreign-affairs-and-international-cooperation-of-the-kingdom-of-cambodia-to-the-republic-of-turkey/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

On 28 July 2017, Preah Sihanouk administration, with participation from H.e. Yun Min, Preah Sihanouk Provincial Governor, has made social land concessions to 176 families in Kbal Chhay, which is located in Village 1, Sangkat 1, Sihanoukville. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/preah-sihanouk-administration-provides-social-land-concessions-to-176-families-in-sangkat-1-sihanoukville/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Constitutional Council (CC) Monday  announced that the proposition to amend some new articles of the constitution is legal. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/the-constitutional-council-says-proposed-amendment-to-the-constitution-is-legal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Secretary-General of ASeAN H.e. Kao Kim Hourn has extended congratulations to Neth Pheaktra, newly-appointed Minister of Information of Cambodia. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/asean-secretary-general-congratulates-newly-appointed-cambodian-information-minister/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Six months after the european Parliament adopted a resolution calling on the Cambodian government to scrap a draft NGO law that came into effect in August, the e.U. announced on Monday that it had pledged 8.2 million euros (about $8.9 million) to local and international ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/eu-pledges-nearly-9m-to-eleven-local-ngos/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Under the presiding of H.e. Say Chhum, an Acting President of Senate of the Kingdom of Cambodia, the permanent Senate committee schedules the 5th session Senate of 3rd mandate at 8:00 a.m., Thursday, June 12 to review and comment on the draft laws. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/press-release-on-the%e2%80%8b-result-of-the-standing-senate-committee/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Republic of Korea has assisted Cambodia in providing digital education training on “e-Learning Programme for Cambodian Teachers.” ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/korea-assists-in-digital-education-training-for-cambodian-teachers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...