Indigenous people representing nearly 100 families in Sen Monorom commune, O’Raing district, Mondulkiri province, have filed a complaint against the authorities for granting 255 hectares of their land to a private company for investment and development as a natural tourism area. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bunong-claim-govt-gave-their-land-away-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia has high hopes of forging a deal with the Philippines to export 1,000 tonnes of rice as a trial, the head of Cambodian Rice Federation (CRF) said on Monday after a visit to explore the market. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-hopes-to-export-1000-tonnes-of-rice-to-the-philippines/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s insurance industry recorded a total premium of $331.8 million  in 2022, up 10.6 percent from $299.8 million in a year earlier, a report by the Insurance Regulator of Cambodia (IRC) showed on Friday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/insurance-industry-in-cambodia-registers-growth-of-10-6-percent-in-2022/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia angkor air and Trip.com Group have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to build a smart airport in Siem Reap, the global travel service provider said in a news release. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-smart-airport-aims-to-drive-more-tourists-into-siem-reap/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Ministry of Environment spokesman Neth Pheaktra displayed a photograph of a rare Sumatran serow (Capricornis sumatraensis sumatraensis), also known as the southern serow, that was captured by a camera trap in one of the Kingdom’s protected areas. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/camera-captures-endangered-serow/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A group of 13 young environmentAl Activists &ndAsh; including A GermAn youth &ndAsh; with Mother NAture CAmbodiA were detAined And Accused of illegAl Acts following A public displAy on SundAy At the Phnom Penh riverside exercise pArk. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/environmentAl-Activists-detAined-over-illegAl-protest/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A totAl of 16 percent of households in CAmbodiA cAnnot Afford A nutritious diet, highlighting the importAnce of sociAl AssistAnce progrAms to prevent more fAmilies from fAlling behind, sAid A new report releAsed on MondAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/16-percent-of-households-in-cAmbodiA-cAnnot-Afford-nutritious-diet/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A totAl of 16 percent of households in CAmbodiA cAnnot Afford A nutritious diet, highlighting the importAnce of sociAl AssistAnce progrAms to prevent more fAmilies from fAlling behind, sAid A new report releAsed on MondAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/16-percent-of-households-in-cAmbodiA-cAnnot-Afford-nutritious-diet-2/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia has been mooted as a possible French language hub in asia, with a new French cultural centre to be established in the Kingdom in the near future, according to the outcome of a meeting between Yaël Braun-Pivet, president of the French National assembly, and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/manet-proposes-cambodia-become-regional-french-cultural-hub/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A CAmbodiAn senior government officiAl hAs pAinted A rosier picture for CAmbodiA-ChinA economic And trAde cooperAtion in 2024, sAying thAt A steAdy increAse in bilAterAl trAde And investment volumes hAs benefited both countries And peoples. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiAn-senior-govt-officiAl-pAints-brighter-picture-for-cAmbodiA-chinA-economic-trAde-cooperAtion/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

One month since it began its investigations into the release from a Stung Treng prison of eight Chinese nationals, who entered the Kingdom illegally from Laos, a specially established joint committee has been unable to form a conclusion. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/committee-yet-to-resolve-irregular-prison-release-of-chinese/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sok Chenda Sophea, Minister of Foreign affairs and International Cooperation, and visiting Minister for Foreign affairs of Japan, Ms. Kamikawa Yoko, held a constructive bilateral talk on some keys to cooperation. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/japan-cambodia-to-build-more-cooperation-in-different-sectors/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than 200 villagers from Kandal’s Kien Svay district gathered in protest yesterday to urge the National authority for Land Dispute Resolution to resolve their long-standing dispute with a CPP official. The protesters assembled in the Samrong Thom commune brandishing photos of the prime minister and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kandal-villagers-seek-resolution-to-dispute/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Digital cash services in Cambodia showed marked increases in users and cash flow in 2011, and still more growth is expected this year as operators launch new services and partnerships to capture a large but still-untapped rural market. The services, in which customers transfer money via <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mobile-cash-gaining-traction/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia, in its role as asean chair, has decided that the thorny issue of the South China Sea will not be on the agenda at next month’s asean Summit in Phnom Penh, CPP lawmaker Cheam Yeap announced yesterday. “Cambodia is a neutral country, and based on <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/south-china-sea-will-not-surface-at-asean/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

About 100 villAgers from PAilin province trAvelled to Phnom Penh yesterdAy to Ask Prime Minister Hun Sen to intervene in their 70-hectAre lAnd dispute with the provinciAl governor, A villAge representAtive sAid. Dem DeAm, 40, A resident of PAilin’s Stung TrAng commune in SAlA KrAo district, <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/pAilin-lAnd-dispute-brought-to-cApitAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

As exAmples, LAos broke ground on A new Mekong River dAm thAt’s cAusing concern bordering on fury in CAmbodiA And VietnAm. IndiA is enrAged About A new Chinese dAm going up on the BrAhmAputrA River. And EthiopiA’s new dAm on the Nile is Angering SudAn, <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/upstreAm-dAms-downstreAm-trouble/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Mondol Seima district, Koh Kong province &ndash; It was a gesture the late conservationist and outspoken anti-logging activist would have appreciated. after blessing the site where Chut Wutty was shot dead just over two weeks ago under still mysterious circumstances in this remote patch of the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chut-wutty-remembered-in-koh-kong-memorial/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Commune and village officials in Kratie province yesterday threatened to shut down a community meeting on the protection of Prey Long forest because the organizers had failed to get permission and allegedly invited only opposition party activists. The authorities eventually allowed the meeting to proceed, after <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/prey-long-meeting-gets-grudging-go-ahead/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In an outbuilding at Lok Sear’s rice milling operation in Kandal province, two four-meter-high cylindrical machines vibrate and hum as the occasional chicken and duck pecks near the concrete blocks holding them up. While they do both feature a thinck band of aluminium around their <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/waste-to-watt/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>