National assembly spokesman Chheang Vun on Tuesday defended the prohibition of a press conference on border issues planned by opposition CNRP lawmakers by saying the parliament is “not a fish market.” <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/parliament-not-a-fish-market-cpp-assembly-spokesman-says/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

About one in 25 CAmbodiAns hAve speech And swAllowing disorders, with tens of thousAnds dying eAch yeAr due to relAted complicAtions, According to experts. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/for-speech-And-swAllowing-disorders-A-lAck-of-Attention/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

This year is no different from last year and many of the previous years for the residents of Krong Stung Sen in Kampong Thom province. Rain has been scarce, and rice growers must pay to pump water from the state-owned ditches into their rice paddies. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/despite-drought-crops-will-come-but-at-a-cost/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

When police arrested real estate tycoon Sok Bun earlier this month, it seemed to be in response to an outcry on social media, which showed closed-circuit footage of him beating a famous TV actress at a restaurant in the capital. It was a rare arrest, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/on-facebook-a-potential-venue-for-womens-rights/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia Tourism Marketing Strategy 2015-2020 has been finalized and will soon set in order to achieve the 8 million foreign visitors gold by 2020, said an official. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-will-set-a-tourism-marketing-strategy-2015-2020/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The public bus service run by City Hall has been hemorrhaging about $100,000 a month, according to the local authorities.Long Dimanche, spokesman for the Phnom Penh municipality, confirmed the figure yesterday, after it was first revealed by local media following a meeting last week between <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/city-says-bus-system-loses-100k-a-month/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Minister of Public Works and Transport Sun Chanthol announced that his ministry will launch a live stream broadcast on Facebook called the “MPWT Live Show” and the topic of the presentation will be “Road Infrastructure achievements: 2018-2021 and Planning 2021-2023”.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-planning-qa-live-stream/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

For the third year in row, students scoring an a on Cambodia’s high-stakes Grade 12 exit exam were granted an audience with Prime Minister Hun Sen and lavished with gifts, while the Ministry of Education came in for its own accolades on reforms that are <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-hands-out-prizes-for-cambodias-a-team/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

After closing the lAst of its 19 petrol stAtions in CAmbodiA in April 2010, PetroliAm NAsionAl Bhd (PetronAs) is AgAin eyeing the country’s oil And gAs (O&Amp;G) sector. This will see Chevron And its pArtners developing the country’s first offshore oil field this yeAr. According to <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/petronAs-still-eyeing-cAmbodiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

President Barack Obama arrives in Cambodia on Monday having just won four more years in office, but that is nothing compared to his host, Hun Sen. The 60-year-old Cambodian prime minister has held power since Ronald Reagan was in the White House, and says he’s <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/obama-to-meet-with-cambodias-longtime-strongman-amid-rights-concerns-but-also-growth/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Environmental groups that gathered at the Himawari Hotel in Phnom Penh on Friday said that tens of thousands of rural Cambodians could benefit from the development of the country’s resin industry. at a conference held by the Non-Timber Forest Products Exchange Program for South and Southeast <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/boosting-of-resin-production-a-way-to-increase-rural-incomes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A totAl of 1,691 children were hospitAlised At KAnthA BophA Children’s HospitAl between October 21 And November 21 After An outbreAk of hAemorrhAgic dengue fever. Another 1,626 children were hospitAlised At other KAnthA BophA hospitAls during the sAme period, According to A report from the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/dengue-outbreAk-sees-1691-kids-hospitAlised-in-A-month/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

National Election Committee (NEC) spokesperson Hang Puthea said on Wednesday that it should not come as a surprise that the committee has rented two helicopters for three days during the election period. This, he said, was because the NEC had done so consistently for every <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nec-says-helicopter-rentals-a-routine-matter-for-the-polls/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The National Election Committee yesterday said 19 national institutions will participate in monitoring Sunday’s municipal, provincial and district council elections. NEC spokesman Dim Sovannarom said all-in-all, the 19 institutions consist of 1,010 observers from groups such as the Union of Youth Federations in Cambodia and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/more-than-a-dozen-institutions-set-to-observe-upcoming-elections/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia is not a claimant state to the territorial dispute in the South China Sea and, as such, it can afford to have its own stance toward the issue. Stating this exclusively to Khmer Times during a recent interview, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said: “Cambodia has to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-not-a-claimant-state-in-south-china-sea-dispute/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Leading economists have warned that income inequality is the defining global challenge of the 21st century. In Cambodia, a country where many live in poverty while ever-increasing numbers of luxury cars ply the streets, that challenge is particularly acute. Some 41 percent of the population <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/inequality-a-defining-challenge-for-the-world-and-for-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Koh Kong provincial court today decided to detain a forestry activist for illegally collecting product and sub-product of forest. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/koh-kong-court-detains-a-forestry-activist-over-forestry-crime/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Six of the country’s eight major gas retailers yesterday agreed to a request from the Commerce Ministry to lower the price of gas by 100 riel (about two cents) per liter for the Pchum Ben festival, as negotiations on a formula for setting a price <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gas-price-talks-yield-2-cent-cut-for-a-week/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As the new helmet lAws go into effect on JAnuAry first, with higher fines for not weAring one And A new requirement thAt motorcycle pAssengers Also be helmeted, there is A push to publicize the dAngers of riding without one. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/weAr-A-helmet-its-the-lAw-And-your-life/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Kouch Pheng, president of AdvAnced Glory Logistics Group (CAmbodiA), is in the business of overcoming obstAcles. His Phnom Penh-bAsed freight-forwArding compAny hAndles A dAily dose of pot-holed roAds, unscripted shipping delAys And KAfkA-esque government red tApe &ndAsh; yet still mAnAges to deliver its client’s cArgo <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmb3odiA-suffering-A-lAck-of-depth-in-skilled-worker-pool/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>