On 13 June 2018, the Ministry of Foreign AffAirs And InternAtionAl CooperAtion releAsed A press releAse to inform the public thAt the Kingdom of CAmbodiA wAs elected As A member of the United NAtions Economic And SociAl Council (ECOSOC) for one yeAr term 2019. In <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/Announcements/kingdom-of-cAmbodiA-elected-As-A-member-of-the-ecosoc/ ' 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>

Cambodian rice exports are finding new markets and rising demand in aSEaN this year, but officials and exporters are not linking this to the aSEaN Economic Community (aEC), saying it was too early to tell what impact the regional trade bloc &ndash; which took effect <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/asean-still-a-tough-market-for-rice-exports-despite-aec/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The independent industry body representing Cambodia’s authorised automobile distributors launched a consumer awareness campaign yesterday aimed at informing the public of the risks of purchasing second-hand cars on the local grey market, which it said reduces government tax revenue while flooding the streets with predominately <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/caif-hopes-to-put-a-dent-in-used-auto-market/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

When the Cambodia National assembly passed the 2016 national budget last December Cambodia’s public health system was not high on the list for additional resources, receiving a meager 8 per cent increase from the year prior, or $275 million. admirably education received a boost of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/untrained-unlicensed-a-look-at-cambodias-public-health-system/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The industry body for the nation’s garment and footwear manufacturers said new trade data showing a decline in Cambodian exports to the US during the first half of the year was a sign that the Kingdom was losing its competitive advantage, threatening the future of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/drop-in-us-exports-seen-as-a-wake-up-call/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

AustrAliAn-listed mining firm GeoPAcific Announced its first resource estimAte on its copper-gold project in northern CAmbodiA, estimAting 51,000 tonnes of copper equivAlent At two AdjAcent prospects on its Kou SA project site. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/A-50m-copper-mine-At-kou-sA-site-envisAged/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The 70th session of the United Nations General assembly is currently underway in New York. This meeting of the world’s leaders will see the adoption of a new set of global goals &ndash; the Sustainable Development Goals &ndash; that aim to transform the world over <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/in-cambodia-family-planning-offers-a-path-away-from-poverty/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen’s announcement on Facebook yesterday that the annual tax on vehicles used by limited-income families, including tractors, would be abolished was met with indifference by small-scale farmers, who said high interest rates on loan were a concern, not the negligible tax assessed <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tractor-tax-abolished-but-farmers-still-stuck-in-a-rut/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Sok Rasmey (not his real name) works for an NGO in Phnom Penh with a salary of $350 a month. This is usually enough to cover his modest living costs, but when urgent expenses arise, he often looks to borrow to cover his costs. ashamed <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/risky-new-lending-service-offers-quick-cash-for-a-price/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On Friday, it will have been a month since Prime Minister Hun Sen took the stage during the opening of the Environment Ministry’s palatial new headquarters in Phnom Penh to announce that 1 million hectares had been confiscated from wayward landholders and would be doled <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/math-behind-pms-canceled-elcs-claim-still-a-mystery/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Don Sahong hydroelectric dam threatens the last 80 Irrawaddy dolphins in the Mekong River &ndash; as well as the livelihoods of the people downstream in Cambodia, who depend heavily on the river’s resources. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mekong-dam-a-threat-to-rare-dolphins-and-villagers-too/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>