Cambodia is changing fast. Over the past decade, the capital city, Phnom Penh has expanded exponentially: its bodies of water have been filled in and green spaces diminished. Rural to urban migration has changed the shape of the countryside. Great shifts are under way and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/data-provides-illustration-of-a-constantly-changing-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Since its emergence in the region more than a decade ago, the governments of Southeast asia have been fighting to contain the human avian influenza virus through surveillance programs, rigorous inspections and widespread culling of infected birds. In Cambodia last year, 13 people died of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/compensation-for-culled-poultry-is-a-catch-22/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In the past, Chhoeurng Rachana had a boyfriend, but now she loves a woman instead. The 27-year-old says she just realized who she really loved, after trying to figure out her own feelings toward men four years ago. “Back in 2010, I tried having a boyfriend <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/for-gay-and-transgender-a-struggle-for-equality/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

By the age of 17, Chan Chonreasmey was yet to have a conversation with another person&mdash;not with her mother, not with her father, and certainly not with any other children. Two years ago, Ms. Chonreasmey was enrolled in the Maryknoll Deaf Development Program’s (DDP) education <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/creating-a-common-language-for-nations-deaf/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Oil-importing nations such as Cambodia should be first in line to benefit from the oil-price decline provided they swiftly enact reforms to reinvest savings into strengthening fiscal policy and human capital, according to the World Bank. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/oil-plunge-a-boon-for-developing-nations-wb/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Some say City Hall’s scheme to improve public transport with a bus line is failing. One architect has a new plan, tried and tested throughout the developing world With the capital growing and incomes on the rise, rush hour in Phnom Penh is only getting worse <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/a-solution-to-the-capitals-transit-woes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

About forty public bus drivers who protested over wAges At the weekend were told yesterdAy to work or resign. The bus drivers clAim Phnom Penh City HAll promised them sAlAries of between $300 And $350 per month beginning in September, but were still pAying them only <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/drivers-told-to-work-or-tAke-A-hike/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Boeung Kak community activists yesterday accused Phnom Penh Municipal Hall administrative director Mean Chanyada of rudely cutting short a meeting with their group, a charge the official denied. Boeung Kak representative Chan Puthisak characterised Chanyada’s allegedly storming out of the meeting as evidence of the city’s <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/a-short-fuse-at-city-hall-activists-say/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s central bank will use its upcoming Second Macroeconomic Conference to discuss how best to promote the use of the riel and hasten de-dollarisation in the economy, according to an official release yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/central-bank-seeks-to-give-riel-a-boost-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The new director-general of the international environmental group WWF, Marco Lambertini, met Tuesday with Environment Minister Say Sam al to raise concerns over development projects that could have harmful environmental impacts, and one in particular that could derail plans to reintroduce tigers to Cambodia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-wwf%e2%80%88chief-says-cambodian-tigers-a-priority/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank, and the Global agriculture and Food Security Program (GaFSP) announced Thursday that they will provide acleda Bank with a $110 million loan to finance rural and micro-businesses, especially agricultural enterprises. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ifc-gives-acleda-a-110m-loan-boost/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A spokesmAn for the government on ThursdAy releAsed A 20-minute video monologue Accusing deputy opposition leAder Kem SokhA of secretly hArboring A “communist” tendency, only dAys After Mr. SokhA used the sAme word to describe the ruling CPP. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/government-spokesmAn-sAys-kem-sokhA-is-A-communist/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Mam Sonando, director of Beehive radio will re-establish his Beehive Democratic Society party for the 6th legislature mandate in 2018. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mam-sonando-to-re-establish-a-political-party/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The labor minister said Tuesday there were so few underage workers in the garment industry that “we can count them on our fingers,” but a unionist and an NGO countered that child labor was still rife in the country’s smaller garment factories. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/child-garment-workers-not-a-problem-minister-says/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian-american businessman Richer San, one of four men accused of defrauding a Phnom Penh dentist of $1 million, sat alone at the stand in the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday as lawyers delivered their closing arguments. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/agriculture-firm-fraud-case-draws-to-a-close/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy said Thursday that he will be more able to fight the recent imprisonment of CNRP activists from abroad, while a prominent member of the opposition said the jailings could be a sign of worse things to come before the next elections. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/france-a-better-place-to-fight-convictions-rainsy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Alcohol consumption in CAmbodiA is high enough thAt Authorities Are now drAfting legislAtion for A drinking Age. But As the country And its economy develop, mAny here sAy it hAs become An essentiAl pArt of their sociAl&mdAsh;And professionAl&mdAsh;lives. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/for-mAny-Alcohol-hAs-become-A-communicAtion-tool/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Sok Ren lives in a tiny room in a rented house in Phnom Penh. She has not been home in two years, having decided to leave a child behind and find work in the city’s garment sector.  Unions say workers need at least $177 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/factory-wages-remain-a-potential-flashpoint-for-workers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

China’s tumbling stock market may impact tourism to Cambodia, but it is not likely to reduce Chinese investment in the Kingdom, analysts and executives say. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chinas-woes-a-mixed-bag-for-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Dr. Thearith helps thousands of women in Kampong Chhnang province care for their babies. He provides them with advice about how to breastfeed, how to keep their infants from contracting malaria, and how to avoid infections. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mobile-voice-messages-a-hit-with-new-moms/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>