Police in the capital yesterday arrested the alleged leader of a “secessionist plot”, Beehive Radio station director Mam Sonando, who had already been abroad for two months when hundreds of security personnel stormed a Kratie province village in May. Khieu Sopheak, a spokesman for the Ministry href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/alleged-kratie-secessionist-arrested/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Seven million young lobsters had been released into Cambodia’s rivers and Tonle Sap Lake this year in an effort to build the nation’s fish and shellfish stocks, officials said yesterday. Nao Thouk, general director of the Fisheries Administration at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said, about href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/wild-lobster-stocks-replenished/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Developing Asia will maintain its strong economic growth in 2015 and 2016 supported by soft commodity prices and recovery in the major industrial economies, says a new Asian Development Bank (ADB) report. ADB’s flagship annual economic publication, Asian Development Outlook 2015 (ADO), released today, forecasts developing href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/adb-sees-strong-growth-for-developing-asia-in-2015-and-2016/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A day before Prime Minister Hun Sen publicly called for the arrest of Mam Sonando, the Beehive Radio station director hosted a fiery broadcast from The Hague, where lawyers were trying to launch a case against the premier in the International Criminal Court. Just under three href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sonando-broadcast-targeted-pm/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

 A Millennium Development Goal Acceleration Framework action plan presented yesterday by the Ministry of Women’s Affairs and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) seeks to address Panha’s and other women’s lagging economic opportunities in Cambodia. The plan will help Cambodia achieve targeted Millenium Development Goals by 2015. Though no date of href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/skills-key-to-gender-goals/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia yesterday signed deals for about US$430 million in loans from China, the latest in a number of high-profile borrowing deals with its northern neighbour. The bulk of the loans, from Export-Import Bank of China, would go towards two national road projects and a multipurpose dam href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-takes-430m-china-loan/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia collected $633 million in taxes over the first 10 months of this year, a 31 per cent rise from $483 million over the same period last year, according to the General Department of Taxation. However, an opposition watchdog claimed the amount is still far href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tax-revenue-up-from-2011/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The amount of money spent on construction in Cambodia soared by 72 per cent in 2012 compared to 2011, according to data from the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction. The ministry said it had issued 1,694 construction patents covering 6.5 million square metres href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/value-of-construction-in-cambodia-skyrockets/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian and Chinese senior military officials on Monday vowed to deepen bilateral ties and cooperation for mutual benefits. The commitment was made during a meeting between Gen. Pol Saroeun, commander-in-chief of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces ( RCAF), and Sun Jianguo, deputy chief of general staff href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-chinese-senior-military-officials-pledge-to-advance-ties/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Justice on Monday announced the launch of its new website www.moj.gov.kh in addition to its already existing Facebook page and Telegram service. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-of-justice-site-online/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Thousands of garment workers went on strike yesterday demanding higher wages, fees for transportation and housing, and in one case, the elimination of smelly odours caused by a fish farm near their factory. Workers burned tyres and one union leader was allegedly assaulted with an electric href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/union-leader-hurt-in-strike/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Government officials have joined forces with Japanese experts to formulate a new plan for economic diversity in Cambodia. Foreign direct investment in Cambodian industry has largely gone to garment manufacturing during the past 10 years, putting the country at risk of economic shock in the event href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-japan-team-up-to-diversify-economy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Improvements to Cambodia’s banking and finance sector are expected to come about as a result of the 2013 national budget, a Council of Ministers spokesman said. “We will dedicate resources to ensuring macro-economic stability,” spokesman for the Council of Ministers, Phay Siphan said. These measures, in conjunction href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/improvements-for-banks-after-budget/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia ranked 157th in the world and last in Southeast Asia, according to the report, released on Tuesday by NGO Open Data Watch, dropping four points since last year to a total score of 22 out of 100.​​ href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-scores-157th-in-world-for-open-data/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia will no doubt look to partners other than the US and the European Union to bolster its economic growth as those key export markets continue to struggle, a senior International Monetary Fund official says. One way in which Cambodia would forge new and growing relationships with higher-income href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-must-seek-new-trade-partners/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Nine out of 10 LGBT students have experienced bullying in Cambodia’s schools, which hurts their future educational attainment and makes their lives harder, according to a report released yesterday by the Cambodian Center for Human Rights. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/lgbt-bullying-endemic-report-finds/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

An overwhelming majority of transgender women on Cambodia’s city streets are subject to “shocking” harassment and abuse, according to a new report from the Cambodian Centre for Human Rights (CCHR). The report, released yesterday, also shines a light on a disturbing new practice that has allegedly href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/abuses-prevalent-for-cambodias-transgender-women-study/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia will receive a grant of US$3.3 million from the World Trade Organisation to support rice milling, silk production and development of the Department of International Cooperation, according to Heng Sovannarith, communication officer for Trade Wide Sector Approach. Sovannarith said the Ministry of Commerce would receive the grant from href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-receives-3m-grant/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Share prices on the Cambodia Securities Exchange yesterday fell for the first time since trading began a week ago, as technical problems reportedly caused a 90 per cent drop in the amount of shares traded. Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority shares dropped 4.9 per cent to 9,700 riel (US$2.44). The href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/stock-trading-sees-first-glitches/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Threats, intimidation and, in extreme cases, even murder were endangering freedom of expression in Cambodia and leaving human rights at the crossroads, activists and NGO representatives said during a round-table meeting yesterday. The slaying of environmental activist Chut Wutty, the arrest of Beehive radio director Mam href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/activists-see-freedom-of-expression-on-wane/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...