Over 50 illegal vietnamese workers arrested in capital
More than 50 illegal Vietnamese migrant workers were arrested Wednesday while working on the construction site of luxury estates in Phnom Penh’s Sen Sok district, police said. ...
Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/over-50-illegal-vietnamese-workers-arrested-in-capital-90035/
Chinese tourists overtake S Koreans at Angkor
China has overtaken South Korea to become the largest tourist source to at the Angkor world heritage site, state-run Agency Kampuchea Press (AKP) reported yesterday. ...
Agence Kampuchea Press team
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14009/chinese-tourists-overtake-s-koreans-at-angkor/
Compensation paid to families after tragedy
The families of three Cambodian workers killed after a six-storey condominium building collapsed at a construction site just north of Bangkok earlier this week have been paid compensation. ...
Cheang Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/compensation-paid-families-after-tragedy
Funeral payout just ‘sympathy’
The company that paid the funeral costs of two construction workers killed when a fence collapsed on them on Saturday distanced itself yesterday from the accident, saying it doesn’t own the building site. The claim came as Meanchey District Governor Kouch Chamroeun vowed to take action ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/funeral-payout-just-%E2%80%98sympathy%E2%80%99
Future unclear for dormant health center
Nearly three years after it was shut down for supposed renovations, Phnom Penh’s Chamkar Mon Referral Hospital is still not operational and former staff say they have been left out in the cold about what will happen to the site. Commune, district, municipal and national health ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/future-unclear-for-dormant-health-center-59231/
Open Development Cambodia publishes "Blogs" page
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has published its “Blogs” page on site in both Khmer and English. This page will proviDe the users the information of ODC’s activities such as joining workshops, BarCamp, ICT events and especially the events conducted by ODC. => Click here to get ...
Constitution and rights
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia was officially promulgated by Royal Kram on 24 September 1993. Image designed by Open development Cambodia (ODC), 10 September 2021. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.The 1993 Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia is the supreme law of the ...
Children—a new defense against looting?
For years, archaeologists excavating pre-Angkorian sites in Banteay Meanchey province unsuccessfully attempted to stop the looting of the area’s temples and buried treasures. ...
Ministry of tourism website hacked by “Teenageworms”
A Nepalese group of hackers calling themselves “TeenageWorms” hacked into the website of Cambodia’s Ministry of Tourism Thursday, changing the title of the site’s URL in Google search. ...
Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13038/ministry-of-tourism-website-hacked-by----teenageworms---/
The collaboration between Open Development Cambodia (ODC) and the Prek Leap National Institute of Agriculture (PLNIA)
To promote the use of open data, ODC collaborates with several universities in Cambodia to support young researchers with their theses. In 2018, ODC and the East-West Management Institute (EWMI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Preak Leap National Institute of Agriculture to ...
Open Development Cambodia updates a dataset on “Natural protected areas in Cambodia (1993-2023)”
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updates a dataset on “Natural protected areas in Cambodia (1993-2023)”. This dataset contains data on eight types of protected areas in Cambodia (national park, wildlife sanctuary, protected landscape, multiple uses, natural heritage site, Ramsar site, biosphere reserve, and marine national park) ...
Tests confirm Angkor boat made in 1207 AD
A boat unearthed at a construction site in Siem Reap’s Angkor Thom district in April was made in 1207 AD, according to carbon dating results announced on Friday. ...
Erin Handley and Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tests-confirm-angkor-boat-made-1207-ad
Angkor Thom restoration complete
Major restoration works have been completed at the former seat of power of the Angkorian civilisation, Angkor Thom, following damage inflicted to the site by Typhoon Nesat in 2011. ...
Zoe Holman
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/angkor-thom-restoration-complete
Vendors at capital market balk at massive rent hike
A dramatic hike in rent by the landlord of Phnom Penh’s Dey Thmey Boeung Kropeu Market saw 60 vendors turn out in protest at the site yesterday morning. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vendors-capital-market-balk-massive-rent-hike
Authorities probe shooting death of man in Thailand
A Cambodian migrant worker was shot dead by a Thai foreman at the construction site where he was working last week in Thailand’s Chachoengsao province, a border official said Sunday. ...
Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/authorities-probe-shooting-death-of-man-in-thailand-82682/
Preah Vihear temple marks heritage listing
The government on Tuesday celebrated the seventh anniversary of Preah Vihear temple’s listing as a Unesco World Heritage Site, which last week began charging foreign visitors for the first time. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/preah-vihear-temple-marks-heritage-listing-87549/
Ministry plans Xayaburi trip
Cambodia has been asked to send a delegation to the site of the proposed Xayaburi hydro-electric dam in northern Laos, Minister of Water Resources and Meteorology Lim Kean Hor said yesterday. Kean Hor, who is also chairman of Cambodia’s National Mekong Committee, said the equivalent body ...
Memorial to Be Held in Koh Kong for Slain Forestry Activist
An estimated 600 people who say their livelihoods have been affected by illegal logging and deforestation across the country are scheduled to gather in Koh Kong province on Friday at the site where environmental activist Chut Wutty was shot dead on April 26. The group will ...
On Coast, Chinese Development Pushes Thousands From Land
Thousands of villagers in a remote district of the coastal province of Koh Kong have been evicted or are facing eviction in the face of a Chinese resort development project. Some families have moved unwillingly to relocation sites. But others are refusing to leave, setting the ...
Three Charged for Logging Rosewood in Angkor
The Siem Reap Provincial Court charged three men Wednesday with illegally logging luxury rosewood inside the Angkor Archaeological Park, a Unesco world heritage site, officials said. Provincial prosecutor Heng Pheng said the suspects had been identified as Sun Phearak, 20, Phay Sophea, 18, and Phin Ron, ...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/three-charged-for-logging-rosewood-in%E2%80%88angkor-42695/