All mining concessions
This dataset contains data for mining concessions in Cambodia’s from 1995 to 2014. The data was collected from many sources by ODC’s mappers such as government, news, company profiles, reports and NGO agency in both pdf and shapefile format. Geographic data is encoded in the ...
Chinese Ambassador Designate looks to boost bilateral relations
Wang Wenbin, the newly appointed Chinese Ambassador Designate to Cambodia, has pledged to enhance cooperation between China and Cambodia, aiming to achieve greater accomplishments and benefits for the people of both nations. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501519091/chinese-ambassador-designate-looks-to-boost-bilateral-relations/
Data literacy training for social accountability
From 10 to 13 May 2022, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) conducted a four-day data literacy training focused on local members of the press at the Polou Wai hotel, focused on the topic of Data Literacy for Social Accountability. It was the first press-specific data literacy ...
Swedish aid
Sweden’s Ambassador to Cambodia, His Excellency Björn Häggmark, shook hands with Prime Minister Hun Sen, dated 04 December 2019. Photo from Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Facebook page.Cambodia and Sweden established their diplomatic ties in 1961. Sweden started to provide the first development cooperation support in ...
Ministry plans ‘Waste Sorting’ campaign for 2025 clean-up goal
The Ministry of Environment is set to launch its third nationwide campaign to encourage proper “Waste Sorting” to make the environment cleaner. ...
Nop Sreymao
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501521396/ministry-plans-waste-sorting-campaign-for-2025-clean-up-goal/
ODC Participated in BarCamp Kampong Cham
ODC Research & Volunteer Coordinator and ODC Design Team Leader at WorkFrom 24 to 25 August 2013, Research and Volunteer Coordinator Chan Penhleak and Design Team Leader Heng Huy Eng participated in the BarCamp event, a tech and entrepreneurship Conference, which was held in Kampong ...
After rights review, groups press gov’t to act
Nearly a month after Cambodia’s second universal periodic review (UPR) of its human rights situation at the U.N. in Geneva, rights groups met in Phnom Penh on Thursday to discuss how they can work with the government to ensure that the 163 recommendations it accepted ...
Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/after-rights-review-groups-press-govt-to-act-64438/
India to aid in temple restoration
A senior official of the Sambor Prei Kuk National Authority (SPKNA) said they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indian government on a restoration project for Prison Temple – or Asram Moha Russei. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/india-aid-temple-restoration
Economic Census Sheds Light on Businesses
The Ministry of Planning yesterday released the preliminary results of the 2011 economic census, which found that Cambodia has a total of 503,008 businesses nationwide, of which nearly 20 percent are based in Phnom Penh. The census, which began on March 1 and was financed ...
Ministry of Labour informed the employers to allow the workers and employees to have 3 days off joining the election of members of the national assembly in the 6th legislature
On 13 June 2018, the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training released an announcement referencing to letter No.961 N.E.C singed on 12 June 2018 by the National Election Committee (NEC) to inform all owners, and employers of factory, manufacturing and all institutions to facilitate the ...
Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training
World Heritage status, tourists threaten Angkor preservation
The global recognition given to the Angkor temple complex in Siem Reap—and other sites around the world that receive U.N. world heritage status—does as much to damage as it does to preserve the historical gem, according to a new research paper that was published in the ...
Matt Surrusco
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/world-heritage-status-tourists-threaten-angkor-preservation-127067/
Opposition Supporters Stage Mass US Protests
Thousands of Cambodians and Cambodian-Americans staged coordinated mass demonstrations in cities across the U.S. on Monday in support of opposition claims that Cambodia’s closely contested July election was rigged in favor of Prime Minister Hun Sen and his long-ruling CPP. In Long Beach and San ...
Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/opposition-supporters-stage-mass-us-protests-40391/
UN Envoy Optimistic Despite NEC’s Refusal to Reform
Despite a stubborn refusal by the government to act upon his electoral reform recommendations over the past two years, U.N. human rights envoy Surya Subedi walked away from his meeting with National Election Committee chairman Im Suosdey on Tuesday espousing optimism. “The process of reform is ...
Lauren Crothers and Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/un-envoy-optimistic-despite-necs-refusal-to-reform-61705/
Funcinpec continues to receive Chinese Communist Party support
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is providing financial and material support to the beleaguered Funcinpec Party to cover its rent, electricity, transportation and general administration expenses, as well as offering political training to its younger members, senior leaders of the royalist party said Wednesday. Funcinpec was ...
Alex Willemyns and Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/funcinpec-continues-to-receive-chinese-communist-party-support-54553/
Ranariddh to re-enter politics with new party
Prince Norodom Ranariddh, who became first prime minister of Cambodia after the 1993 U.N.-sponsored elections, will form a new party and re-enter the political arena, according to his cabinet chief. “The prince has a plan to create a new party,” said Naranarith Anandayath, chief of Prince ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ranariddh-to-re-enter-politics-with-new-party-53156/
$10m fund to buy rice from struggling farmers
The Ministry of Economy and Finance has pledged to provide another $10 million in addition to a $83 million fund to purchase rice from farmers at a reasonable cost amid low prices to avoid selling to crooked dealers. ...
Meas Molika
https://kiripost.com/stories/10m-fund-to-buy-rice-from-struggling-farmers
Pandemic pushes public mistrust in the media
The pandemic has thrown additional hurdles to the media landscape as there is a quiet resignation of consuming news in the region, the head of a research centre said on Thursday, claiming people find news troublesome, problematic, and biased. ...
Prak Chan Thul
https://kiripost.com/stories/pandemic-pushes-public-mistrust-in-the-media
Strategic plan launched to address cooling
Cambodia has launched its first strategic plan on cooling, seen as one of the largest contributors to global warming, to steer the nation towards a greener and cleaner future. ...
Marissa Carruthers
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-strategic-plan-launched-to-address-cooling
Australia deepens economic ties with ASEAN
Australia’s special envoy for Southeast Asia, Nicholas Moore, said that his nation will deepen economic ties with Cambodia and other regional countries in ASEAN as part of engagement with the bloc. ...
Seng Mengheng
https://kiripost.com/stories/australia-deepens-economic-ties-with-asean