The Ministry of Mines and Energy has granted a mining license to Renaissance Minerals (Cambodia), a subsidiary of australia-based Emerald Resources NL, to extract gold in Mondulkiri province.​ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/%e2%80%8b%e1%9e%80%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%9a%e1%9e%bb%e1%9e%98%e1%9e%a0%e1%9f%8a%e1%9e%bb%e1%9e%93%e2%80%8b%e1%9e%a2%e1%9e%bc%e1%9e%9f%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%8f%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%9a%e1%9e%b6%e1%9e%9b%e1%9e%b8%e2%80%8b/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s election organizers said on Monday they will investigate a complaint against about 30 former opposition party members for calling for a boycott of Sunday’s general election. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-to-probe-election-boycott-call/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A worldwide movement AgAinst “grAnd corruption” cAn help boost CAmbodiA’s own domestic Anti-corruption efforts AgAinst lArge-scAle grAft, A governAnce speciAlist hAs Argued. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/lessons-for-cAmbodiA-from-mAlAysiAs-corruption-scAndAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A boAt uneArthed At A construction site in Siem ReAp’s Angkor Thom district in April wAs mAde in 1207 AD, According to cArbon dAting results Announced on FridAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/tests-confirm-Angkor-boAt-mAde-in-1207-Ad/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

After grAduAting from Setec Institute in Phnom Penh in 2014 with A degree in informAtion technology, Chhit ChAnmony, 23, is confident in her Ability to build A website using vArious scripts. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/progrAm-builds-mobile-App-skills-for-cAmbodiAn-coders/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Two Cambodian maids have been repatriated from Malaysia, and a bride has returned from China following allegations of mistreatment, according to a statement by the Ministry of Foreign affairs. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/maids-bride-return-after-abuse-abroad/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Agriculture signed A memorAndum of understAnding with South KoreA yesterdAy to export CAmbodiAn mAngoes And expAnd its short list of export destinAtions, A ministry officiAl sAid. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiAn-mAngoes-could-soon-roll-to-seoul/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

After A 14-yeAr wAit, scheduled pAssenger trAin services between Phnom Penh And SihAnoukville will resume on April 9, According to A stAtement issued by RoyAl RAilwAys on MondAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/pAssenger-trAin-to-resume-operAtions-on-April-9/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Ministry of Labour is bringing back a beauty pageant for garment workers, which unions and commentators have deemed a “regressive” distraction from deep-seeded inequalities in the sector. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/garment-worker-pageant-troubles-critics/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Foreign construction companies were warned not to violate Cambodia’s building laws during a meeting yesterday to review a number of projects that had been approved by the government. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/more-regulations-for-foreign-construction-projects-ministry/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A visiting US government officiAl urged CAmbodiA to continue with negotiAtions to develop A bilAterAl investment Agreement between the two nAtions thAt could be used for further trAde inclusion. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/us-officiAl-pushes-for-investment-Agreement/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Dai-ichi Life Insurance will become the first Japanese life insurer to establish a presence in Cambodia, setting up a representative’s office in the capital Phnom Penh this month. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/japans-dai-ichi-life-to-open-office-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Labour on Saturday issued a 12-point set of standards for recruitment agencies sending workers abroad, warning operators they have just over a month to comply. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-standards-for-recruitment-agencies/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than 90 people had been hospitalized in Takeo province as of Tuesday evening after eating tainted noodles during a Buddhist ceremony at a pagoda on Monday, officials said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/over-ninety-poisoned-by-noodles-vendor-shut-down/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Conflicting versions of events emerged yesterday after a Battambang man was found dead in a disused gold-mining pit in the province’s Phnom Proek district.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/battambang-man-dies-in-old-gold-mining-pit/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Some 124 logs of luxury timber were discovered on a riverbed on Sunday within Mondulkiri’s Srepok Wildlife Sanctuary some 500 metres from a military base, officials said yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/officials-find-logs-hidden-on-riverbed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A teAm of divers from the CAmbodiAn Mine Action Centre recovered A lArge bomb dropped from US plAnes during the wAr in the 1970s in KAndAl province yesterdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cmAc-divers-remove-us-bomb-in-kAndAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Japan, the Khmer Rouge tribunal’s largest donor to date, has contributed a further $1.12 million to its international component, the tribunal said on Tuesday in a statement. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/japan-donates-1-1-million-to-tribunal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Breaking further from traditional partners, Cambodia has aborted a planned military exercise with australia, a defense official said on Tuesday, tilting the country’s allegiances once again toward China. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/in-further-shift-military-cancels-drill-with-australia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A feAsibility study into the possibility of estAblishing A series of wArehouses And kiln for rice fArmers is exploring how to improve the quAlity of storAge in the industry. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/study-on-how-to-boost-rice-storAge/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>