In late January, five of the 10 chickens owned by Leng Lal, a subsistence rice farmer in Kratie province, suddenly died. although Mr. Lal, 40, said he knew the dead birds might be dangerous and he should burn and bury the carcasses, he instructed his 8-year-old <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/for-poor-eating-dead-poultry-is-a-calculated-risk/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The genocides in Cambodia and Rwanda were both aided by local media and propaganda, and the role of foreign media covering them is often criticized as insufficient. In interviews with VOa Khmer, media experts said more funding of that sector could help prevent such errors <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/more-funding-of-media-a-good-investment-experts-say/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A teAm of internAtionAl reseArchers hAve discovered A unique species of wolf snAke in South EAst AsiA. Some mAgnificent creAtures still lAy hidden in CAmbodiA’s CArdAmom MountAins, wAiting to be found, AnAlysed And cAtegorised by reseArchers working in the AreA. Since 2000 scientists working for FAunA And <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/A-new-species-of-wolf-snAke-found-in-cAmbodiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

As the internAtionAl community on WednesdAy lAuded the opposition CNRP’s Agreement with the ruling CPP to tAke its seAts in the NAtionAl Assembly, some of the opposition’s most outspoken Allies tAlked of treAchery from A pArty thAt months Ago wAs demAnding A re-election or the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Amid-globAl-ApplAuse-for-pAct-A-sense-of-betrAyAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Riot police and security forces prevented an opposition delegation from meeting with 23 protest detainees in Kampong Cham province on Tuesday, for second day in a row. No violence was reported, as the delegation from the Cambodia National Rescue Party met with more than 100 police <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/opposition-barred-from-meeting-detainees-for-a-second-day/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s opposition has written a formal request to the country’s ruling party, requesting an agreement to reform the national election body before political negotiations resume on Monday. The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party wants a two-thirds majority vote on members of the National Election Committee, which <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/opposition-renews-push-for-a-parliamentary-approved-election-body/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

AlreAdy under AttAck by overfishing, pollution And deforestAtion, Tonle SAp LAke fisheries fAce An even bigger threAt in the form of hydropower dAms, According to experts. LAos’ plAnned Don SAhong Hydropower Project in pArticulAr hAs environmentAlists feAring An emptier, less bio-diverse lAke, And A nAtion pitched <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/tonle-sAp-lAke-fisheries-A-concern-for-dAm-project/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The seizure on Friday of a large haul of african elephant tusks in Svay Rieng province, only one month after police intercepted a large ivory haul in Siem Reap, could indicate that Cambodia is becoming a major transit point for illegal ivory, experts said Monday. The <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/illegal-ivory-a-sign-cambodia-is-new-transit-point/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Three months pregnant at the time, Sam ath doesn’t remember collapsing two months ago at the crowded, muggy garment factory where she works at the southwestern edge of the Cambodian capital. The 30-year-old woke up in a hospital bed, only to be told that she had <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-better-factories-are-getting-a-lot-worse/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Phnom Penh’s first solar-powered building looks for all the world like a cube of colored Lego blocks dropped in a factory lot on the city’s industrial outskirts. Covered in some 1,350 solar panels &mdash; including large panes of multi-colored solar glass &mdash; the three-story building <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-is-perfectly-positioned-to-become-a-solar-powerhouse/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

About 500 gArment workers whose bosses hAve complAined thAt they spend too much of their working dAy tAlking on the phone And listening to music protested outside their KAmpong Speu fActory yesterdAy, demAnding better working conditions. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/strike-for-A-song-employees-wAste-time-on-phones/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

“What law? No one has ever come to speak to me about that,” said 33-year-old Lim Vannak, scanning the large plastic buckets of corrosive acids she had lined up on the pavement of Phnom Penh’s Street 144 on a recent morning. acid in the wrong hands <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/a-year-after-law-acid-easily-available-on-streets/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Sam Rainsy is preparing a letter to Prime Minister Hun Sen to seek negotiation between the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), an opposition official told The Cambodia Herald on Wednesday. The political deadlock in Cambodia has been lasting for <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sam-rainsy-to-write-a-letter-to-hun-sen/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Tuesday that the Royal Government of Cambodia agreed to allow the opposition party to have its own TV channel, which shall be registered as a private company. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-allows-opposition-to-have-a-tv-channel/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As scheduled, Khmer  Krom citizens gAthered MondAy in front of French embAssy in order to present their petition which Asks the VN embAssy’s spokesmAn to Apologize for his comment over Khmer KAmpucheA Krom territory. Some 500 students, monks, And citizens were led by leAders of FederAtion <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Anti-vietnAm-protesters-bring-A-petition-to-foreign-embAssies/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s just-concluded visit to China’s Nanning city for the 11th aSEaN-China Expo is a “success”, contributing to further enhancing Cambodia’s ties with China and aSEaN, a senior official said Tuesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-pms-visit-to-nanning-a-success-senior-official/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Police in Stung Treng province confiscated a truckload of illegally logged wood on Sunday and are investigating a Forestry administration official who tried to take the haul off their hands following the seizure. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/police-confiscate-illegal-wood-say-forestry-official-a-suspect/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Malaysian-backed 5D Pan Cambodian Lottery yesterday announced an official return to operations after a failed start-up in the Kingdom five years earlier. The company, who first announced in 2010 that it would start business in Cambodia, declined to detail yesterday why it did not get off <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/lottery-firm-hopes-that-second-bet-is-a-charm/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In the heart of the areng Valley, on the edges of the rolling Cardamom Mountains, an old Bodhi tree pierces the thick green canopy. at its base, nestled in between its hanging roots, sits a ramshackle altar of tin and timber for the spirit of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hydropower-dam-puts-a-way-of-life-at-risk/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In a bid to ramp up rice exports to 1 million tonnes in 2015, the Phnom Penh autonomous Port announced yesterday that rice stored in its warehouses would not be charge any fees for up to 18 days.​ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/port-gives-rice-exporters-a-cut-in-storage-costs/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>