The World Bank said yesterday that it is continuing to search for a new country manager following the departure of Quimiao Fann last month for a new role in the former Soviet Union. a Chinese national and economist by training, Mr. Fan has been <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/world-bank-still-searching-for-country-manager/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Amid sAfety feArs in the construction industry, Authorities yesterdAy refused to reveAl the owner of A brAnd-new industriAl building thAt crAshed to the ground in Phnom Penh on SundAy, just dAys before hundreds were to hAve set foot in it. Sen Sok district governor Khoun Sreng <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/buildings-owner-unknown/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has just published a new online resource detailing on 39 Special Economic Zones in Cambodia along with comprehensive references which are accessible and available in bilingual versions, Khmer and English. Together with the website’s map web tool, this profile page aims <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-has-added-one-new-features%e2%80%8b-of-cambodia-sino-metallic-material-sez-on-special-economic-zones-sezs-profile-page/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 06 July 2017, in order to solve the current chaotic situation, the Ministry of Foreign affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on Royal Government’s measures in dealing with current situation of the Cambodian workers:Calling Cambodian workers to remain calm, while the Thai <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/press-release-on-royal-governments-measures-in-dealing-with-current-situation-of-the-cambodian-workers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A lAck of proper regulAtions, unreAlistic mArket dAtA And A constAnt streAm of disputes between CAmbodiA’s mobile operAtors will likely hinder the country’s future telecommunicAtions regulAtor from effectively governing the sector, According to A leAding reseArch firm. Without the enActment of telecommunicAtions lAw, which is currently <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/future-telecommunicAtions-regulAtor-will-fAce-chAllenges/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A high-rAnking Army officiAl, his driver And two others were chArged with drug trAfficking yesterdAy following A series of Arrests over the weekend And A rAid thAt yielded neArly 5kg of methAmphetAmine. Questioning of the four by prosecutors At the Phnom Penh MunicipAl Court finished yesterdAy <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/four-chArged-in-infAntry-generAls-drug-cAse/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Svay Rieng Provincial Court has charged a local police official with causing “unintentional injuries” during a shooting in February that left three garment factory workers injured in Bavet City, court officials said yesterday. Former Bavet City Governor Chhouk Bundith was charged with the same crime <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/police-officer-charged-over-bavet-shooting/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prominent Boeung Kak villager and protester Yorm Bopha was yesterday jailed in Phnom Penh’s Prey Sar prison, after she and her husband &ndash; en route to check for their names on a voting register &ndash; were pounced on by police in plain clothes in what <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/b-kak-woman-arrested/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Sitting at his outpost overlooking the Mekong River, Deab Kuy remembers an incident some years ago when fishermen threatened to attack him if they were stopped from casting their nets around the river’s sandy islets here in Sambok commune. The outpost, little more than a wooden house on <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fight-to-save-mekong-dolphin-makes-enemies/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A lArge North AmericAn union hAs cAlled on US retAil giAnt WAlmArt to tAke immediAte Action AgAinst one of its seAfood suppliers in ThAilAnd Accused of holding CAmbodiAn workers in debt bondAge while bArely providing them with enough money to eAt. The United Food And CommerciAl Workers <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/wAlmArt-intervention-sought-At-thAi-fActory/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Local authorities, including a heavily armed police officer, broke up a training session on land rights in Ratanakkiri province’s Lumphat district on Friday, claiming the two groups had no legal right to hold such a meeting. The move marks the second time in less than a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/police-clamp-down-on-land-rights-meeting/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court handed down a 20-year jail sentence to independent radio station owner Mam Sonando yesterday for his role in fomenting an alleged secessionist movement in a decision drawing condemnation from human rights groups and some of Cambodia’s main foreign donors. The court <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sonando-jailed-for-20-years-sentence-denounced/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP) has submitted a new law to the National assembly for consideration that would institute a minimum monthly wage of $150 for garment workers and $250 for civil servants, the newly formed opposition party announced at a press conference yesterday. The <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cnrp-proposes-minimum-wage-law-for-garment-state-workers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Despite interest in participating in the stock market, confusion as to how and where to invest in the Cambodia Securities Exchange still persists among many Cambodians without close ties to or backgrounds in trading. after the much-anticipated and long-delayed launch of CSX trading last week, Soun Sokret, an <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/stocks-still-an-unknown-for-many-cambodians/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

KOH KONG, Cambodia &ndash; Frustrated by government inaction, Cambodian citizen patrollers are risking their lives to take on the country’s illegal loggers in a bid to save their shrinking forests. The shooting of a prominent environmentalist by a military policeman last month after he refused to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-forest-campaigners-fight-rampant-logging/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Inside a nondescript villa in central Phnom Penh, men and women in white lab coats peer through lenses, carefully studying the magnified objects in front of them. But these aren’t biologists researching cell division or bacteria; these are gem testers concerned with inclusions and refractive indices on rubies, sapphires and other precious stones. They are working <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-gems-and-jewelry-sector-set-to-shine/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A Chinese AcAdemic with close ties to ChinA’s stAte security AppArAtus hAs clAimed thAt Beijing coordinAted with the CAmbodiAn government to influence the outcome of the AseAn meeting in Phnom Penh, According to the FinAnciAl Times. In An interview with the FinAnciAl Times on WednesdAy, Chen <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/beijing-coordinAted-with-cAmbodiA-to-influence-AseAn-meeting/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Disgraced anti-drug czar Moek Dara’s appeal against his life sentence for convictions in 25 separate cases of bribery and masterminding a criminal enterprise began yesterday morning in Phnom Penh. Co-accused, former Ministry of Interior anti-drug police department chief Chea Leng also appeared at the Court of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/former-anti-drug-czars-appeal-begins/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Government of Cambodia on Friday passed a draft law on fire prevention in order to contribute to maintaining security, social safety, public order, and life and property protection, according to a media statement released after the weekly Cabinet meeting. In the meeting, Hun Sen <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-passes-fire-prevention-draft-law/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Luxury jewellery brand Tiffany &amp; Co is building a diamond-polishing factory in Phnom Penh, as the company, which has enjoyed increasing sales, seeks to ensure it can continue supplying the diamonds it needs. Construction began last month on the 1.2-hectare factory, along with a training centre, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tiffany-to-polish-diamonds/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>