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>

Continuing its efforts to quell an increasing number of strikes in the Kingdom’s lucrative garment sector, the government this week issued a directive aimed at giving provincial and municipal governors powers to resolve issues at factories without calling on ministries in Phnom Penh. “To ensure further <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/municipal-officials-given-a-larger-hand-in-labour-disputes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

WASHINGTON &mdAsh; LocAl FM rAdio stAtion operAtors sAy they Are uncertAin whether they will drop progrAmming from the Voice of AmericA And other foreign-produced mediA, following the issue of A government bAn on broAdcAsting leAding up to Election DAy. A June 21 directive from the Ministry <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/locAl-stAtions-in-A-quAndAry-over-election-broAdcAsting-bAn/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

DAMBE DISTRICT, Kompong ChAm Province &ndAsh; Lying on mAkeshift stretchers, seAted in cheAp wheelchAirs, blind people weAring dArk glAsses, children with twisted limbs And slAck jAws&mdAsh;All sAt on the dirt clAsping smoking sticks of incense And muttering quiet prAyers TuesdAy, hoping to be heAled. Among <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/desperAte-for-A-cure-thousAnds-flock-to-child-heAler/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

PHNOM PENH, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) &mdash; The World Health Organization ( WHO) said Friday that rabies was still a public health hazard in Cambodia and called for broad vaccinations for dogs to prevent the disease. “Rabies is highly endemic and a noticeable disease in Cambodia, ” <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rabies-still-a-public-health-hazard-in-cambodia-who/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The momentum toward large-scale dams on the Mekong River may be unstoppable, but governments must work fast to mitigate their effects on fisheries and biodiversity or risk long-term food insecurity for millions of people whose lives depend on the river and its tributaries, leading academics <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mekong-dams-a-long-term%e2%80%88risk-to-food-security/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Monks and their supporters marching to Phnom Penh on a 10-day “Peace Walk,” as part of International Human Rights Day, said Wednesday that pagodas along the way have repeatedly tried to shut them out, and they have scuffled with police on at least one occasion. about <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/a-hard-road-to-phnom-penh-for-marching-monks/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In mid-August, on dAy seven of production At the Coco Khmer sociAl enterprise, the teAm experienced A setbAck. TemperAtures in the fermenting room must remAin between 35 And 40 degrees to produce the orgAnizAtion’s virgin coconut oil, but the temperAture on thAt rAiny dAy refused to <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/stArtup-promises-A-future-for-former-boeng-kAk-residents/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The past two days have seen some of the most conspicuous displays of government control of the capital in years, with military and riot police being deployed to ensure the safety of ruling CPP lawmakers and leaders being sworn in to parliament in the absence <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/heavy-security-amid-a-loss-of-legitimacy-for-cpp/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

TBONG KHUM DISTRICT, Kompong Cham province &ndash; From November to May, the Mekong River is quiet. So is life for the hundreds of thousands of people who live along its banks, which in Cambodia forms a 155,000 square km basin covering six provinces and Phnom <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/floods-a-yearly-trial-for-those-living-along-mekong/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In an epic, six-hour address in September, Prime Minister Hun Sen apologized for the government’s many “problems” and promised a more reformist government over the next five years of his rule. Targeting corruption, deforestation and the lack of transparency across government sectors, the prime minister made <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/after-reform-promise-a-return-to-statecraft-as-usual/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Crippling revenue and poor gamer numbers have prompted Entertainment Gaming asia (EGa) to consider walking away from its Dreamworld Casino in Pailin province, according to a filing on the NaSDaQ exchange on January 21. EGa, owned by Melco International Development, runs Dreamworld Casinos in Pailin and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gamble-on-casino-in-pailin-looks-like-a-loser/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>