Mekong dam a threat to rare dolphins - and villagers too
The Don Sahong hydroelectric dam threatens the last 80 Irrawaddy dolphins in the Mekong River – 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>
Pratch Rujivanarom
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Mekong-dam-a-threat-to-rare-dolphins--and-villager-30286974.html
Aeon Mall a no-go zone for real estate events
After A surge in property-relAted events by vArious reAl estAte developers At Aeon MAll’s DAylight PlAzA, the centre’s mAnAgement teAm is now holding off on requests from developers. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Aeon-mAll-A-no-go-zone-for-reAl-estAte-events/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Catherine Harry
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-property/aeon-mall-no-go-zone-real-estate-events
CPP touts populist policies at party congress, promises a win
At its 40th pArty congress over the weekend, the ruling CPP predicted Another victory in commune elections next yeAr And nAtionAl elections the yeAr After on the bAck of recent populist policies including cheAper electricity And more lAnd for the poor. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cpp-touts-populist-policies-At-pArty%e2%80%88congress-promises-A-win/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cpp-touts-populist-policies-party-congress-promises-win-122159/
BRED bank to carve out a niche in the market
Bred Banque Populaire – part of the second-largest banking group in France – officially launched operations in Cambodia yesterday after a ribbon-cutting ceremony at its headquarters, marking the first venture of a European bank in the Kingdom since the late 1990s. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bred-bank-to-carve-out-a-niche-in-the-market/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/bred-bank-carve-out-niche-market
Bodyguard unit marks founding with a show of strength, threats
Prime Minister Hun Sen’s personal bodyguard unit celebrated its eighth anniversary yesterday, with the unit’s leaders praising Hun Sen to a heavily armed audience flanked by tanks, while also warning the opposition not to underestimate it. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bodyguard-unit-marks-founding-with-a-show-of-strength-threats/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bodyguard-unit-marks-founding-show-strength-threats
Open Development Cambodia publishes a new topic page on Animals
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on “animals” under Environment and natural resources in both Khmer and English.=>Please click here to get into animals topic page. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-publishes-a-new-topic-page-on-animals/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Analysis: Cambodia signing up for Chinese billions – at a price
Arriving in Phnom Penh in the midst of A politicAl crAckdown on dissent, Chinese Premier Li KeqiAng showed no quAlms About signing 19 mAjor development deAls yesterdAy with CAmbodiAn Prime Minister Hun Sen, mAking it cleAr thAt Chinese Aid to the Kingdom remAins unAffected by <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AnAlysis-cAmbodiA-signing-up-for-chinese-billions-At-A-price/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/analysis-cambodia-signing-chinese-billions-price
A new military aid boost for China-Cambodia defense ties?
On January 28, Cambodian Defense Minister Tea Banh reportedly confirmed that China would provide Cambodia with a new round of military aid. The report comes as the two countries are looking to boost their defense ties in 2018 as they commemorate 60 years of their <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/a-new-military-aid-boost-for-china-cambodia-defense-ties/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Prashanth Parameswaran
https://thediplomat.com/2018/02/a-new-military-aid-boost-for-china-cambodia-defense-ties/
Open Development Cambodia publishes a new topic page on "Salt"
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on “Salt” under agriculture and fishing in both Khmer and English.=>Please click here to get into Salt topic page. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-publishes-a-new-topic-page-on-salt/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
After 40 years, broadcaster brings cambodian story to a close
Greg Barron, an award-winning radio producer, was 32 when he reported the despair of Cambodian refugees fleeing across the Thai border to escape the Khmer Rouge genocide in late 1979. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/after-40-years-broadcaster-brings-cambodian-story-to-a-close/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Ten Soksreinith
http://www.voacambodia.com/a/after-forty-years-broadcaster-brings-cambodian-story-close/3808414.html
Open Development Cambodia publishes a new page on Civil Society
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new page on “Civil Society” under Social development in both Khmer and English.=>Please click here to get into Civil Society page. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-publishes-a-new-page-on-civil-society/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Maternal Care - Percentage of babies delivered in a health facility
![Maternal Care - Percentage of babies delivered in a health facility](https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/09.-Maternal-Care-Percentage-of-babies-delivered-in-a-health-facility-150x150.jpg)
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Maternal Care - percentage of babies delivered by a skilled provider
![Maternal Care - Percentage of babies delivered by a skilled provider](https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/15.-Maternal-Care-Percentage-of-babies-delivered-by-a-skilled-provider-150x150.jpg)
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Hacks a ‘wakeup call’ to telecom security weaknesses: gov’t
Telecommunications officials have raised the possibility that a series of hacks against government officials and ministries could have been so-called SS7 attacks, a recently discovered hacking method that involves taking over a person’s cellphone number. at a meeting with local cell companies on Tuesday, officials <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hacks-a-wakeup-call-to-telecom-security-weaknesses-govt/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Hor Kimsay and Daphne Chen
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hacks-wakeup-call-telecom-security-weaknesses-govt
Open Development Cambodia publishes a new page on Civil status
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new page on “Civil status” under access to public services in both Khmer and English including: Birth record and certificate, Marriage record and certificate, and Death record and certificate. =>Please click here to get in to Civil status page. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-publishes-a-new-profile-page-on-civil-status/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Meet women making it work in a male-dominated world
As CAmbodiA goes through rApid development And economic growth, chAnges Are being felt in the workplAce As women look to mAke their mArk in professions trAditionAlly seen As mAle preserves. According to the CAmbodiA Inter-CensAl PopulAtion Survey 2013, women Are predominAntly employed in Agriculture And the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/meet-women-mAking-it-work-in-A-mAle-dominAted-world/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Hang Sokunthea
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/meet-women-making-it-work-in-a-male-dominated-world-128116/
Cambodian-Americans say election results a ‘positive sign for democracy’
Cambodian-american community activists and analysts have said that the recent local elections that saw the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party win a large share of the vote was a positive development for Cambodian democracy. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-americans-say-election-results-a-positive-sign-for-democracy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Men Kimseng
https://www.voacambodia.com/a/cambodian-americans-say-election-results-a-positive-sign-for-democracy/3906564.html
Speed Pay has plans for cash in a digital age
Speed Pay Plc, a newly licensed electronic payments service provider (PSP), is gearing up to join the ranks of mobile platforms tapping into Cambodia’s nascent digital payment sector. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/speed-pay-has-plans-for-cash-in-a-digital-age/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/speed-pay-has-plans-cash-digital-age
A year of ‘hell’ in Prey Sar for Tep Vanny
Tep Vanny stood beside four effigies on a dusky evening last august, marshalling other Boeung Kak residents to light incense sticks, hold lotus stems and throw rice at the four life-size dummies while shouting curses. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/a-year-of-hell-in-prey-sar-for-tep-vanny/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Ananth Baliga and Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/year-hell-prey-sar-tep-vanny
Hun Sen takes a dig at US for Vegas shooting
Even as he expressed condolences for the mass shooting in Las Vegas on Sunday that left 59 people dead, Prime Minister Hun Sen appeared yesterday to suggest that the incident was a kind of cosmic rebuke following american warnings to its citizens about safety in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/%e1%9e%9b%e1%9f%84%e1%9e%80%e2%80%8b-%e1%9e%a0%e1%9f%8a%e1%9e%bb%e1%9e%93-%e1%9e%9f%e1%9f%82%e1%9e%93-%e2%80%8b%e1%9e%a2%e1%9f%86%e1%9e%96%e1%9e%b6%e1%9e%9c%e1%9e%93%e1%9e%b6%e1%9e%9c%e2%80%8b/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Ben Sokhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-takes-dig-us-vegas-shooting