A senior government officiAl sAid A new Siem ReAp InternAtionAl Airport (NSRIA) being developed with $1 billion of investment by two KoreAn compAnies is still on trAck. NSRIA is wholly owned by two KoreAn compAnies, CAmco Airport Co And Lees A&Amp;A, which held 50 per cent eAch <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/new-siem-reAp-Airports-progress-slow-but-on-trAck/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Minister of Agriculture, Forestry And Fisheries Dith TinA expressed his AdmirAtion for this yeAr’s fishing seAson hAul, which hAs seen fishermen cAtching up to three tonnes of fish in less thAn An hour, something he credits to the government’s efforts At preventing illegAl fishing And <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/prAhok-fish-seAson-bountiful/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A new study hAs reveAled thAt the lAst breeding populAtion of leopArds in CAmbodiA is At immediAte risk of extinction After declining A stAggering 72 percent over A five-yeAr period. The populAtion represents the lAst remAining leopArds in All of eAstern IndochinA &ndAsh; A region thAt <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/few-leopArds-in-cAmbodiA-report/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Depending on who you believe, the South China Sea could be the next Persian Gulf due to its untapped oil and gas deposits. It’s also a key shipping lane that the US Navy has guarded for decades. That’s why so many countries are sparring over remote <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/offshore-energy-claims-open-divisions-in-southeast-asia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The National assembly asked Labor Minister Ith Sam Heng to provide Korean-language test paper for free to or sell in the lowest price for workers as the current test paper costs USD 24. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/na-asks-labor-ministry-to-provide-korean-language-test-for-free-to-workers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Bangkok Life assurance expects to offer life insurance policies in Cambodia by the beginning of next year, according to Thai news outlets, adding to the list of international insurers looking to tap into the Kingdom’s nascent but potentially lucrative market. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/thai-life-insurer-to-enter-local-market/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Education Ministry’s bid to rid the grade 12 national exam of cheating and bribery was hailed a success after the first day of testing Monday, with officials reporting only a few attempted cheats and no corrupted proctors. Education Minister Hang Chuon Naron, who spent <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/exam-cleaner-but-students-still-seek-to-cheat/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The province of Banteay Meanchey will build a new market for vendors displaced from the Long Keur market on the Thai side of the Poipet border, a provincial official said yesterday, adding that vendors will be allowed to continue selling their counterfeit goods at the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/knock-offs-find-a-new-home/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia plans to open bids for concessions on 19 onshore oil and gas exploration blocks to promote investment in the sector, a senior official at the country’s Ministry of Mines and Energy said on Wednesday. The Southeast asian country is also keen to talk with international <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-mulls-auctioning-off-shore-oil-blocks/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy earned US$1.52 million in non-tax revenues in 2011, a figure that an opposition lawmaker said was far lower than the actual revenues brought in on mining licences. The intake was more than 15 per cent higher than in 2010, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mining-revenues-questioned/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Fewer than half of Cambodia’s 42,000 registered businesses have met the government’s deadline for reregistering online, prompting the Ministry of Commerce to consider another extension, a spokeswoman said on Tuesday.​ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-considers-delay-of-business-registration/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Upon receiving the Cambodia Quality Seal (CQS) for food safety, Suong Sophoan, who founded his namesake dried fish enterprise Kampong Thom province’s Stoung district, intends to boost monthly production from 500-2,500kg. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cqs-certification-boosts-fishery-production/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia suffers from one of the highest rates of deforestation in the world, with an average of one percent of the country’s forest lost each year. But in an initiative funded by USaID Supporting Forests and Biodiversity (SFB), Winrock International hopes to help solve the problem <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/the-environmental-web-tool/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia is changing fast. Over the past decade, the capital city, Phnom Penh has expanded exponentially: its bodies of water have been filled in and green spaces diminished. Rural to urban migration has changed the shape of the countryside. Great shifts are under way and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/data-provides-illustration-of-a-constantly-changing-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The industry body representing Cambodia’s garment sector issued a statement yesterday urging the government to help manufacturers reduce the cost of doing business in order to offset a higher minimum wage and workers benefit package due to come into effect on January 1. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gmac-calls-on-government-to-help-offset-rising-labour-costs/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Civil society leaders on Sunday called on the country’s two major political parties to scrap plans to ban them from giving media interviews during election campaigns and from issuing statements that “insult” any party. CPP Deputy Prime Minister Bin Chhin and senior CNRP official Kuoy Bunroeun, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/civil-society-leaders-blast-plan-to-ban-election-commentary/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The National Bank of Cambodia released its annual report yesterday, citing strong growth in 2015 despite challenging economic circumstances caused by a Chinese economic slowdown, increased regional competitiveness and the appreciation of the US dollar. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/review-finds-economy-resilient-to-challenges/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Education is promising to pay national exam proctors double the fees earned last year in its newest move to stymie widespread bribes exchanged for exam answers or inflated scores. Previously, proctors earned an average salary of 190, 000 riel ($47.50) over the three-day <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/exam-proctors-promised-pay-boost/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As negotiAtions over A new minimum wAge for the gArment sector continued on FridAy, union representAtives Agreed to temper their demAnds in exchAnge for concessions from mAnufActurers. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/unions-Agree-to-reduce-wAge-demAnds/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

NGO Nicfec on Wednesday joined fellow election watchdog Comfrel in deciding not to register poll observers with the National Election Committee (NEC) for July’s national elections, citing a lack of volunteers resulting from, they say, fear of being accused of being part of a colour <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nicfec-opts-not-to-observe-citing-fears-of-volunteers-election-watchdog-will-not-field-monitors/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>