The government has reversed course on a controversial decision to downsize the proposed boundaries of a long-awaited protected area for the beleaguered Prey Lang Forest, the largest lowland evergreen forest left in Southeast asia.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-expands-sanctuary-in-prey-lang-adds-preah-vihear/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A report from the CAmbodiA Agriculture ReseArch And Development Institute (CARDI), A semi-Autonomous orgAnisAtion, showed thAt 83 per cent of fArmers surveyed in KAmpong Speu, KAmpot And KAmpong ChAm provinces hAd noticed the effects of climAte chAnge. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cArdi-rAises-climAte-chAnge-concerns-in-report/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

After more thAn 10 months in pretriAl detention, A trio of Activists from environmentAl group Mother NAture yesterdAy fAced court for Allegedly threAtening to destroy dredging equipment during A protest AgAinst sAnd mining in Koh Kong province lAst yeAr. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/koh-kong-sAnd-dredging-opponents-on-triAl-over-Alleged-threAts/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The National assembly will petition asean officials to remove a reference to the South China Sea maritime dispute from an upcoming joint statement, officials confirmed on Tuesday, a move some analysts and diplomats say will again threaten regional cohesion. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/dont-mention-south-china-sea-government-tells-asean/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Phnom Penh SEZ posted a 42.5 percent decline in consolidated revenue for 2016, which led to a sharp 65 percent decrease in net profit, according to its annual report released on the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/listed-industrial-park-struggles-to-sell-plots/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

US ambassador to Cambodia William a. Heidt says he wants the Cambodian government to sit down and talk about a multi-million-dollar debt owed to america from the days before the Khmer Rouge regime.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/lets-talks-about-debt-us-envoy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

AcledA BAnk on TuesdAy lAunched A smArt phone App in An effort to reAch low-income eArners who do not use bAnks.​ Unity ToAnChet, A Fin-Tech ApplicAtion, lets customers cArry out trAnsActions Anywhere And At Any time. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AcledA-lAunches-smArt-phone-App/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation (OCIC) aims to begin construction work on a sidewalk at the Neang Kong Hing roundabout near the Olympic Stadium in the third quarter of 2017, in a move it says could cut traffic accidents. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/problematic-roundabout-to-get-1-million-accompaniment-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation (OCIC) aims to begin construction work on a sidewalk at the Neang Kong Hing roundabout near the Olympic Stadium in the third quarter of 2017, in a move it says could cut traffic accidents. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/problematic-roundabout-to-get-1-million-accompaniment/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Half of the residents of Mondulkiri’s Norng Buor village fell ill during a mass flu outbreak this weekend, prompting a rapid mobilisation of the province’s health authorities, who ascribed the flu’s rapid spread to poor hygiene. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/flu-outbreak-afflicts-mondulkiri-village/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Petrol giant Chevron claims former Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy and his lawyers have attempted to “besmirch” the company with a “burdensome” request seeking information about the murder of Kem Ley, according to a recent California court document. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/no-info-on-murder-chevron/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A study published in the MAlAriA JournAl lAst week suggests thAt to combAt mAlAriA, the outmoded ApproAch of mAss Anti-mAlAriAl drug AdministrAtion mAy be effective, but only if locAl community leAders plAy A prominent role. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/new-methods-needed-for-mAlAriA-treAtment-study/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Ministry of Commerce and other relevant ministries will meet later this month to review progress on the country’s first consumer protection law and formulate a plan to complete the draft legislation, a ministry official said yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/consumer-protection-law-still-in-draft-stage/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Interior has launched an investigation into the opposition CNRP’s funding sources after the government-aligned Fresh News website posted a leaked document purporting to show that the party received funds from a foreign organisation. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cnrp-funding-investigation-launched/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Former opposition leader Sam Rainsy announced yesterday that he plans to create a France-based NGO called the association for Democracy in Cambodia, though he declined to give a detailed account of the structure and goals of the organisation. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rainsy-announces-plan-to-create-overseas-ngo/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A student group wAs suspended by the Ministry of Interior yesterdAy for A series of violAtions of the LAw on AssociAtions And Non-governmentAl OrgAnisAtions (LAngo), including the highly controversiAl Article 24, which requires orgAnisAtions to remAin “politicAlly neutrAl”. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/student-group-suspended-for-violAting-lAw-on-ngos/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Farmers and agricultural NGOs slammed the seventh and final draft of a controversial agricultural law at a workshop in Phnom Penh yesterday, claiming that the law would benefit large corporations at the expense of small farmers if passed. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/small-scale-farmers-will-suffer-under-draft-agricultural-law-advocates/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A KAmpong Thom provinciAl militAry police officer is being forced to issue A public Apology to KAmpong Thom High School teAchers After he cursed At them for instructing his dAughter to chAnge her clothes to mAtch the school uniform. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/militAry-officer-forced-to-give-public-Apology/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A new shelter for the indigent elderly &ndAsh; plus hundreds of new community-bAsed AssociAtions for older people &ndAsh; is in the works under A nAtionAl plAn on Ageing lAunched by Prime Minister Hun Sen At the PeAce PAlAce yesterdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/pm-lAys-out-nAtionAl-plAn-for-the-elderly/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Ministry of Mines and Energy has accused a Kandal province businessman of defamation and operating an illegal digging site, a few weeks after he allegedly shot into the ground to scare off officials trying to inspect his land. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mines-ministry-alleges-slander/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>