About 100 villagers marched through Koh Kong province’s Sre Ambel district on Saturday, handing out leaflets in an effort to inform the public about their land dispute with Thailand’s Khon Kaen Sugar Industry Limited (KSL). href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/villagers-hand-out-leaflets-in-fight-with-sugar-firm/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Former parliamentary candidate and opposition information chief Meach Sovannara said yesterday that he would not appear in court today for questioning related to charges stemming from a violent opposition protest in July. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cnrp-official-to-skip-court/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Two more Cambodian women who were trafficked to China as brides are being assisted by officials at the Kingdom’s embassy in Beijing and will soon be repatriated, the government said yesterday. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/more-china-brides-aided/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Royal Government of Cambodia yesterday unveiled a comprehensive five-year public debt management strategy for 2024 to 2028 which will reflect in the allocation of resources to various public infrastructure projects. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-unveils-five-year-public-debt-strategy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodian Royal School of Administration and Pudong Executive Leadership Academy of China signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance bilateral cooperation in the education sector. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-china-sign-mou-on-education-cooperation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) was honored to present our profile page on social accountability to clarify its use and function in the National Learning Forum on the Implementation of the Social Accountability Framework (I-SAF) Phase II on 19 and 20 December 2022 in Siem Reap href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/social-accountability-page-presented-at-the-isaf-ii-learning-forum/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha on Saturday brushed off protests from a group of students demanding he respond to claims that he had a series of extramarital affairs, telling CNRP faithful to prepare for next year’s commune elections.   href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kem-sokha-cnrp-must-turn-focus-to-commune-elections/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

 Tuy Sereivathana sits at his desk transfixed by the glow of his computer screen. On the walls of the environmentalist’s modest office are hung pictures of rare species of plants and animals found in the Cardamom Mountains, one of Cambodia’s few remaining wildernesses. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/former-goldman-prize-winner-on-bridging-business-environmentalist-divide/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A Chinese company has donated fire equipment to the Interior Ministry worth about $200,000, an official said yesterday. Neth Vantha, a fire department chief, said that Enterprise Limited of China is set to donate the equipment, including two fire trucks. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/china-donates-200000-in-fire-equipment/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The government has unveiled four strategies to eliminate malnutrition in the country, especially among children. Prime Minister Hun Sen is enlisting state institutes, partners and NGOs to join the fight to eliminate malnutrition as the country holds national nutrition day today. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/plan-to-defeat-hunger/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s telecommunications regulator has called on seven mobile network operators to give an assurance by September 1 that they have registered all their subscribers in accordance with a directive from the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunication and the Ministry of Interior. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/trc-wants-sim-guarantee/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A group of 50 migrant workers on Wednesday protested outside a branch of a recruitment agency in Phnom Penh’s Sen Sok district that they say duped them out of $260 they paid for a guarantee of employment in Thailand. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nearly-200-migrant-workers-duped-out-of-260/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Despite failing in its latest attempt to win the Philippine government’s bid to import rice, Cambodia will once again throw its hat into the ring when the offer is reissued, industry representatives said yesterday. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-set-to-take-second-go-at-rice-bid/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The government’s Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) on Friday arrested two reporters and a construction worker in Kampot City for their alleged role in extorting a deputy provincial governor, officials and a colleague of one of the suspects said Sunday. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/acu-arrests-reporters-and-construction-worker/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

About 1,000 workers from a Phnom Penh footwear factory got an early start on Tuesday on a cross-union campaign for a $177 minimum wage, set to start today, protesting in front of their factory over internal workplace grievances. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/workers-start-wage-battle-a-day-early/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Defense Minister Tea Banh on Saturday said he would add some 700 additional soldiers to the ranks of the military’s Phnom Penh-based Brigade 70 next year so the unit can better help local military police quell protests. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tea-banh-says-more-soldiers-are-headed-for-phnom-penh/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia (Comfrel) and the opposition CNRP on Sunday called on the National Election Committee (NEC) to suspend its annual update of the voter list until the new bipartisan election committee is created. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cnrp-comfrel-call-for-delay-to-new-voter-list/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is pleased to announce the launch of the Innovations in Development Technology Expo, Monday, September 8, 1:15 p.m., at the Development Innovations Lab, #296, St. 271, Tuol Tumpoung, Phnom Penh. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/usaid-highlights-the-role-of-innovation-and-technology/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The opposition CNRP walked out of a meeting of the Phnom Penh City Council in protest on Thursday after their CPP counterparts refused to delay a vote on replacing one of the seven members of the city’s procurement committee. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cnrp%e2%80%88boycotts-vote-on-city-procurement-panel/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Businesses and producers seeking to export their fisheries products internationally are encouraged to submit an application with the FiA for registration and approval to sell their goods globally. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fisheries-urged-to-hook-international-market-access/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...