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>

Exactly one year after the Finance Ministry indefinitely postponed its last top-level meeting with the international aid donors, there is still no sign that the government is ready to set a new date to engage face-to-face with the country’s development partners. The forum is held once <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/a-year-on-no-sign-of-donor-forum-meeting/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Busy juggling jobs, children, and housework, Cambodian women do not have the time, or platforms, to discuss bigger women-related issues like abuse, migration and forced eviction. and that is why a new initiative, called “Gender Cafe,” aims to change that by giving local women a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gender-cafe-offers-women-a-place-to-express-themselves/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

THE ten-member AssociAtion of South-EAst AsiAn NAtions (ASEAN) is used to fending off “interference” by the West in the internAl AffAirs of some of its members. In recent yeArs the humAn-rights record of the regime in MyAnmAr hAs been the tenderest of these sore spots. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiA-drops-A-spot-in-AseAn-As-burmA-reforms/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

It will not be enough for Apple to simply offer A cheAper iPhone for the compAny to gAin shAre in the competitive CAmbodiAn smArtphone mArket, According to industry insiders. They sAy Apple’s operAting system, iOS, mAy Also restrict their potentiAl growth. Bloomberg lAst week reported thAt Apple <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/iphone-struggles-for-A-plAce-in-cAmbodiAn-mArket/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Portraits of the late King Father Norodm Sihanouk covered the floor and dozens of coin-sized badges emblazoned with his image were scattered on the sidewalk in front of the Singha Mean printing house yesterday. Kuo Ransiky, the 41-year-old owner of the printshop on Phnom Penh’s street <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/king-father-mementos-a-big-business-for-citys-vendors/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Phnom Penh Municipality opened a new port for boat operators along the riverside in Daun Penh district yesterday in an effort to regulate operations, keep the river clean, and ensure customer safety. The new port comes three years after City Hall banned boats from docking <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/boat-owners-complain-new-port-a-burden-for-business/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

AdidAs, the sportsweAr compAny, is fAcing An investigAtion over clAims thAt CAmbodiAn workers Are being pAid £10 A week in bAsic wAges to mAke officiAl merchAndise for the London Olympics. It is one of the 2012 GAmes’ lArgest sponsors, believed to hAve invested £100 million, And <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiAn-workers-on-10-A-week-mAking-olympics-fAnweAr/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

People applying for land titles in urban areas are at a huge disadvantage compared to their rural counterparts due to the higher percentage of property disputes with powerful officials and businesspeople in the country’s cities, a new report on land registration has found. To improve <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/urban-dwellers-face-a-battle-for-land-ownership-registration/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Philippe Laurent became secretary-general of Cambodia airports in May 2008. He was one of six senior executives in charge of the country’s international airports in Phnom Penh, Siem Reap and the little-used facility in Sihanoukville. Mr. Laurent is now carrying out a one-man campaign against <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/weathering-the-turbulence-cambodia-airports-comes-under-attack-by-a-former-executive/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>