Media experts warn that Vietnam continues to restrict social media, and Cambodia could be following suit. at a forum in Washington to mark World Press Freedom Day on May 3, panelists said online and traditional media activities have been restricted by Vietnamese authorities. The forum, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/media-experts-fear-online-restrictions-in-vietnam-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A group of 20 ethnic minority Chong villAgers in Koh Kong province’s Areng VAlley blocked the roAd FridAy to prevent A group of Chinese engineers from reAching the site of A controversiAl proposed dAm. A number of Chong villAgers hAve been intermittently cAmping neAr the roAd <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/chong-villAgers-block-chinese-engineers-from-reAching-dAm/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Families still waiting for promised land titles in Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak neighborhood said Sunday that the municipal government is offering to give them their long-awaited tenure rights only if they agree to give up part of their land. about 100 Boeng Kak families were left <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/families-in-boeng-kak-asked-to-give-up-land-for-titles/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

At leAst eight bus drivers from Phnom Penh SoryA TrAnsportAtion compAny were fired lAst week for leAding A strike before Khmer New YeAr to demAnd higher wAges, employees And union representAtives sAid SundAy. About 80 drivers went on strike on April 3 demAnding A $60 increAse <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/soryA-bus-drivers-fired-After-wAge-strikes/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Nearly 200 villagers from Kratie province gathered in Phnom Penh Monday, hoping to deliver a petition to the Cambodian Senate and other government agencies in protest of a rubber company’s development there. The villagers, from Snoul district, say a Vietnamese rubber company began developing in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kratie-families-march-in-phnom-penh-to-protest-evictions/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Angkor Gold Corp. (TSX: V.ANK, Stock Forum) hAs entered into A strAtegic AlliAnce with Hong Kong-bAsed Tohui BeishAn Property Group Holding Ltd. (TG) thAt could provide up to $10.5 million for explorAtion in CAmbodiA, Angkor sAid MondAy. The strAtegic AlliAnce between Angkor And TG includes TG’s <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Angkor-gold-v-Ank-sAys-finAncing-deAl-puts-cAmbodiA-in-plAy/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

TV news viewers in Cambodia are fed a steady diet of praise for the government and top officials. Whether they’re giving speeches that go on for hours, cutting a ribbon at a new development project, or shaking hands with foreign dignitaries, government leaders are presented <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/leaked-draft-of-cambodias-proposed-cyber-law-reveals-threat-to-free-expression/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A CPP commune chief in BAttAmbAng province led more thAn 150 villAgers in A demonstrAtion on FridAy outside the locAl office of rights group Adhoc After A representAtive of the orgAnizAtion Accused the officiAl of corruption for Allegedly selling plots of public lAnd to locAl <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/commune-chief-leAds-protest-AgAinst-Adhoc/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

On Saturday, Banteay Meanchey border police received a desperate call. More than 80 Cambodian migrants, including women and children, were locked in a house in Thailand. They were being starved and abused. Two boys, begging their captors for food, were kicked to death. So said the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-says-reports-that-migrant-workers-tortured-untrue/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s foremost logging baron exported more than 100,000 cubic metres of timber from Sihanoukville Port last year, likely including a species protected by an international treaty to which the Kingdom is a signatory, an analysis by Global Witness of leaked export records suggests. The data, obtained <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/timber-by-the-numbers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The garment industry could be close to renewing an industrial relations memorandum of understanding, but an independent union believes it is being edged out of negotiations because it opposes the use of short-term and fixed-duration contracts. ath Thorn, president of the Cambodian Labour Confederation, said yesterday <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/union-out-of-loop-in-mou-negotiations/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia could benefit more from trade in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) by implementing time and cost, cutting measures and removing constraints on exports, according to a new book by the asian Development Bank. During a media briefing yesterday, Brimble [senior country economist and author of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/possible-benefits-for-cambodia-in-mekong-region-trade/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Open Development Cambodia has published a new online resource detailing on​ US bombing in Cambodia (1965-1975) in both Khmer and English. The spatial data contains information such as date of the bombing, exact location, the number and type of aircraft in the sortie, bombing load <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-published-new-dataset-of-us-bombing-in-cambodia-1965-1975/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 12 April 2021, the Ministry of Commerce issued A press releAse condemning A published Article on vice’s website under the heAdline “These People Were Arrested by the Khmer Rouge And Never Seen AgAin”. The Ministry of Commerce strongly condemns this unjust Act becAuse it <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/Announcements/press-releAse-on-the-published-Article-on-vices-website-under-the-heAdline-these-people-were-Arrested-by-the-khmer-rouge-And-never-seen-AgAin/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

On 12 September 2023, the APSARA NAtionAl Authority issued A press releAse to nAtionAl And internAtionAl journAlists in response to RAdio Free AsiA‘s coverAge of “Amnesty InternAtionAl’s request to the World HeritAge Committee to Check for forced evictions in the Angkor AreA.” <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/Announcements/press-releAse-ApsArA-nAtionAl-Authority-responds-to-rAdio-free-AsiA-rfA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

ASEAN economic ministers hAve initiAted tAlks on the DigitAl Economy FrAmework Agreement (DEFA), A significAnt regionwide Accord set to shApe the world’s foremost tech-driven finAnciAl systems pArtnership. The lAunch occurred during the ASEAN Economic Community Council (AECC) gAthering, held in the IndonesiAn cApitAl JAkArtA on September <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AseAn-initiAte-tAlks-on-digitAl-economy-frAmework-AgendA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The transport minister on February 15 requested a fast-track on a feasibility study of a new expressway connecting Phnom Penh to Siem Reap, to sign a deal for the project by the end of the third quarter.​ Minister of Public Works and Transport Sun Chanthol <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/minister-urges-fast-track-on-study-for-s-reap-expressway/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A Khmer version of A smArtphone App to help lAw enforcement deAl with the illegAl wildlife trAde wAs lAunched yesterdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/wildscAn-App-to-help-fight-AnimAl-trAfficking/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A second pAir of endAngered pileAted gibbons releAsed into the forest neAr Angkor WAt lAst yeAr hAve hAd A bAby. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/endAngered-gibbon-born-At-Angkor-wAt/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

More than 100 workers at a Kandal province footwear factory fainted on Monday, according to a report on the National Police website. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/100-pass-out-at-shoe-factory/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>