A blood-testing lAb in Siem Riep wAs closed down yesterdAy morning After it wAs discovered to be operAting without A licence. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/unlicensed-blood-test-clinic-shuttered-in-sr/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

One decade ago, villagers celebrated when a 10,000 hectare Economic Land Concession here was awarded to a prominent Phnom Penh tycoon. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/elc-plantation-land-use-it-or-lose-it/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

After exposure in the press And A brush with militAry police, A protest leAder hAs fled rurAl KAmpot for Siem ReAp province. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/protest-leAder-flees/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Between 2010 and 2018, 73 people have been victims of extra-judicial violence, more commonly referred to as “mob justice” or “mob killings” and these acts of violence resulted in 57 deaths and 16 wounded.1 Those figures are considered by experts to be largely underestimated due <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/addressing-the-issue-of-popular-justice-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Maina Kiai speaking with journalists outside the Ministry of Foreign affairs in Phnom Penh. Photo by Maina Kiai, taken on 6 February 2014. Licensed under CC BY 2.0The first humanitarian international non-governmental organizations arrived in 1989. after the 1993 election, more and more internal organizations <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/private-non-profit-development-assistance/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 20 February 2018, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) and The asia Foundation (TaF) have organized a joint workshop on “SERVIR and climate services support activity in Cambodia” at Himawari Hotel, Phnom Penh, funded by the Chemonics International. The purpose of this workshop is to share <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/joint-workshop-on-servir-and-climate-services-support-activity-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Election ballots, Cambodia. Photo by Daniel Littlewood, taken on april 20, 2004. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0History of Cambodia’s electionsCambodia saw consecutive civil wars for more than 20 years after the coup in 1970. In 1991, parties in the conflict reached agreement to end the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/elections/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Participating in discussions and learning about current issues boosts indigenous youth’s confidence.“Because I participated in various activities and training, I now feel more confident in expressing myself and my community.”Mr. Mong Samut is a 22-year-old Brao indigenous youth. He was born in a remote area <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/indigenous-youth-become-confident-in-expressing-himself/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Seven Cambodian loggers have been released from a Thai prison a year after they were caught crossing the border in search of rosewood. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/one-year-later-loggers-set-free-from-thai-prison/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Press freedom groups have condemned a violent attack on two reporters by security guards at a rally in Phnom Penh yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/press-clubs-denounce-attack-on-journalists/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

For the ethnic Bunong people in this northeastern province, animals are an integral part of the local economy. Pigs, chickens and water buffaloes offer a variety of sustenance and labour. But it’s the elephants that bring foreigners &ndash; and foreigners bring cash. “When I get tours, the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/elephants-at-centre-of-tourism-tiff/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

At 10 A.m. on JAnuAry 3, About 2,000 members of the security forces, mostly militAry police, AdvAnced down Phnom Penh’s fActory-lined Veng Sreng Street, sprAying AK-47 AssAult rifle fire into A crowd of About 100 protesters who hAd been throwing stones And crude Molotov cocktAils. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/no-results-in-protest-shooting-investigAtions/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

On 13 February 2023, U.S. Embassy in Cambodia issues a statement on Voice of Democracy.The U.S Embassy in Cambodia are deeply troubled by the abrupt decision to revoke Voice of Democracy’s (VOD) media license. a free and independent press plays a critical role in a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/statement-by-u-s-embassy-phnom-penh-on-voice-of-democracy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A Chinese AnimAl feed mill officiAlly opened At the Phnom Penh SpeciAl Economic Zone (PPSEZ) on Aug 28. It is the first AnimAl feed mill from ChinA And the fifth AnimAl feed fActory to operAte in CAmbodiA CAmbodiA hAs strongly depended on the imports for AnimAl <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/chinese-AnimAl-feel-mill-opens-in-cAmbodiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Investors in Cambodia, tied with Yemen as the world’s 164th-cleanest country for doing business, face risks in a planned stock market because of ineffective financial and legal systems, the country’s exiled opposition leader said. “among the little dragons of Southeast asia, Cambodia is the least encouraging,” <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/asias-newest-stock-market-is-risk-to-investors-sam-rainsy-says/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government has postponed a top-level meeting with its foreign donors scheduled for November, a move that comes just over a week after a displeased World Bank revealed its decision to freeze all future loans to Cambodia. In an aug 17 letter to World Bank <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/donor-forum-put-on-hold-by-goverment/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The long awaited first security listing on the Cambodian Securities Exchange became a reality on February 23 with the Security Exchange Commission of Cambodia’s “in principle” approval of Phnom Penh Water Supply authority’s (PPWSa) “disclosure document for public issuance of equity securities”. This is effectively a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/7498/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Less than a week after Prime Minister Hun Sen called for land to be returned to villagers embroiled in land disputes, a Pursat province villager has been summonsed by the court in a scenario many see as all too common in these disputes. Kuch Veng, a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fear-accompanies-summons-over-land-disputes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Peering out over the Tonle Sap River in Phnom Penh from a sixteenth-storey private balcony at the new Bellevue apartments, one could watch for hours as cranes swing back in forth over all the new developments on the west side of the water. “Phnom <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/capital-ideas-for-developers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A CAmbodiAn migrAnt worker hAs Alleged thAt he And dozens of fellow migrAnts were Arrested, beAten, stripped nAked And shAved bAld by ThAi police, who then extorted money from them just becAuse they did not hAve the correct locAtion on their working visAs. The AllegAtion is <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiAn-worker-Alleges-thAi-police-of-humiliAting-treAtment-Abuse/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>