Patrols have resumed in the area of Preah Vihear protected forests where two forest rangers were fatally shot on November 7th, as police continue their investigation into the murders. The beefed-up patrols are taking new security precautions, and unarmed patrols have not resumed yet because <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/patrols-resume-in-forest-a-month-after-ranger-slayings/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

New government estimates on this year’s rice production and forecasts for next year’s crop may be overly optimistic, industry experts say, factoring in the impact of a drought that damaged crops and is expected to carry over into the next dry season harvest.The Ministry of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rice-harvest-estimates-taken-with-a-grain-of-salt/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Economists say Cambodia is not facing the risk of an aging population, as is happening in richer countries around the region, but it must still plan for a future when its younger generations grow old. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-young-generations-a-demographic-boon-for-now/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Each year, millions of dollars flow into the tourism hub of Siem Reap, the gateway city to angkor Wat. Yet just outside of town, the effects of that economy are hardly felt at all. Out here, people struggle to make a living, and grinding poverty <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/outside-siem-reap-town-poverty-remains-a-daily-reality/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

All bArs, restAurAnts And guesthouses Along O’Tres BeAch neAr SihAnoukville, And some on neighboring O’ChheuteAl BeAch, must close up shop within A month or fAce forced eviction, locAl officiAls confirmed on TuesdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/sihAnoukville-beAch-businesses-given-A-month-to-move-out/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Mong Reththy, known as the king of agriculture in Cambodia for his role running the large Mong Reththy Group, aims to expand the Kingdom’s mango market to Europe. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mangoes-exported-to-europe-in-a-first-for-kingdom/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government has designated eight provinces to start boosting vegetable production from this year in a move to curb the capital flow of an estimated $200 million per year on imports from neighboring countries, mainly Vietnam.Vongsey Vissoth, secretary of state for the Ministry of Economy <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/200-mil-a-year-veggie-imports-to-be-slashed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

When Cambodia National Rescue Party President Kem Sokha stood arm-in-arm with three newly minted deputies earlier this year, the quartet seemed eager and ready to address the party’s next challenge at hand: critical commune elections that could greatly bolster grassroots support. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/amid-strife-the-cnrp-is-a-party-on-pause/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday that the country does not need a labour court to solve disputes because the current trilateral mechanism in place is sufficient. Speaking to garment factory workers in Phnom Penh, Mr Hun Sen explained that the current mechanism, which brings employer <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/no-need-for-a-labour-court-hun-sen-says/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday called on everyone whose work related to children to be conscientious and passionate about their job. He spoke at the opening ceremony of the asia-Pacific Regional Early Childhood Development Conference, which is being held over three days in Siem Reap City. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-makes-a-plea-for-more-child-welfare/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Four were killed by lightning strikes and three were seriously injured when the roof of their house collapsed as storms battered five provinces &ndash; Svay Rieng, Kampong Chhnang, Kandal, Battambang and Oddar Meanchey &ndash; on Tuesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/four-killed-three-hurt-as-a-result-of-storms/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A project to increAse the number of wild tigers in the northeAstern pArt of CAmbodiA wAs put forwArd to the CAmbodiAn government by A group of NGOs yesterdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/more-tigers-meAns-A-lot-more-tourists-sAy-ngos/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Deputy Prime Minister Bin Chhin oversaw a meeting on illegal logging in the northeast region of Cambodia, reportedly branding the Kingdom’s anti-logging crackdown a “success” despite evidence to the contrary. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/crackdown-on-logging-has-been-a-success-bin-chhin/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Kampot is due to have a new governor after just over a year and a half under current Governor Chan Chesda, according to a royal decree signed on Tuesday. The decree appoints Cheav Tay as the new governor, and indicates Chesda is to transfer to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kampot-governor-out-after-a-mere-1-5-years/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A breAched flood protection dyke neAr Prey Ven city thAt, hAd it burst during the disAstrous 2011 flooding, would hAve Added A further 30,000 to the Almost 52,000 households evAcuAted, is one project neAring completion in CAmbodiA’s Flood DAmAge Emergency Reconstruction Project. But the AsiAn Development <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Adb-hAs-A-long-roAd-AheAd-After-big-flood/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

An AmericAn-mAde Army truck thAt wAs Allegedly used to smuggle illegAl timber through SIem ReAp province, And which crAshed And killed A fAmily of three on FridAy, wAs not A U.S. government donAtion, the embAssy confirmed yesterdAy. A spokesmAn for the U.S. EmbAssy sAid An inspection <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/us-sAys-Army-truck-in-crAsh-not-A-donAtion/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Welcome to Cambodia’s lone Silkworm Egg Production Center, and to the techniques that are being used to prevent and monitor diseases that are currently killing off more than 50 percent of all silkworm production in the country. Established by the U.N.’s Food and agriculture Organization (FaO), <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-ancient-silk-industry-hangs-by-a-fine-thread/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Many expats living in Siem Reap have found themselves on the eternal quest for a comfortable sofa. a big, squishy sofa like the one at home, that allows a body to really stretch out on. a Khmer settee &ndash; wooden, bench-like and unforgiving &ndash; just <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sofa-man-a-big-hit-with-local-lounge-lizards/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Government officials are finally letting Ros Sokhet publish his newspaper, and he only had to change the name &ndash; twice. The Khmer Nation, called Revelation-Corruption News in a former life, and anti-Corruption News in the life before that one, is supposed to hit newsstands today in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/third-times-lucky-for-a-new-paper-9/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian Vannak Prum’s destiny changed in a dirt-road town called Malai. It’s a Cambodian outpost on the border with Thailand that is known for its involvement in the trafficking of human beings. Prum arrived in Malai seven years ago searching for work. His wife was pregnant, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/confined-to-a-thai-fishing-boat-for-three-years/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>