Cambodian political analysts say a new royalist party would have little hope of success. Prince Norodom Ranariddh, who once led Cambodia’s dominant post-war political party, Funcinpec, told VOa Khmer on Monday he plans to launch a new royalist party for commune elections later this year and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/a-new-royalist-party-would-have-little-hope-analysts-say/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than half a million Cambodians have been affected by land conflicts involving the government since 2000, with more than 2,000 families across the country subjected to largely violent land grabs during the first few months of this year, local rights group Licadho said Tuesday. The <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/half-a-million-cambodians-affected-by-land-grabs-rights-group/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Khmer Krom people fleeing persecution in Vietnam and denied refuge in Thailand are being sent to Cambodia, where the government does not ensure that their rights are protected, the Minority Rights Organization (MIRO) has said in a new report. The report&mdash;“abandoned People Khmer Krom Seeking Refuge <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/khmer-krom-seeking-refuge-remain-in-a-state-of-limbo/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Late last month, Nhem Bunna, a retired government soldier, struck it lucky here like few have since Ieng Sary led his Khmer Rouge rebels to defect to Phnom Penh in 1996. Clutching his index finger below the top joint, his feet still in the silt of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/scraping-out-a-living-in-pailins-spent-gem-mines/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Ten years after his assassination, friends and associates remember Chea Vichea, the founding president of the Free Trade Union, as a quiet man but a charismatic leader, passionate about labor issues and the right for workers to collectively bargain for higher wages and better conditions. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/the-assassination-of-union-leader-chea-vichea-a-decade-on/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Almost every Aspect of stArting or operAting A business in CAmbodiA is becoming more difficult, According to A World BAnk report releAsed WednesdAy. “StArting A business in CAmbodiA requires 11 procedures, tAkes 101.0 dAys, costs 139.5 percent of income per cApitA And requires pAid-in minimum <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/stArting-A-business-in-cAmbodiA-is-getting-hArder-report-sAys/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Phnom Penh police are hunting for another four suspects for being behind the assassination of tycoon Ung Meng Cheu who was gunned down on November 22 in Chamkar Morn district. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/police-hunt-for-more-people-behind-a-tycoons-death/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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Cambodia’s efforts to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger have yielded mixed results, despite the government’s claim it has reduced the poverty rate ahead of a UN deadline. But many people remain near the poverty line, vulnerable to natural disasters, such as flooding, that could put <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/poverty-reduction-a-mixed-success-as-countryside-rates-remain-high/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In this sparsely populated area along the eastern fringe of Bokor National Park in Chhuk district, villagers are scrambling to claim sandy, arid land as an international company surges ahead with its palm oil plantation. as in many of the hundreds of unresolved land disputes playing <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/in-coverage-of-land-dispute-a-publishers-interests-served/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

King Norodom Sihamoni will participate in a tree-planting event in Kampong Thom today, along with government officials and members of the public, as part of a nationwide celebration that aims to draw attention to conversation of Cambodia’s forests. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/king-to-lend-a-hand-on-national-tree-planting-day/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen returned to some familiar themes in his latest verbal assault on opposition leader Sam Rainsy on Wednesday, once again describing him as the “leader of the thieves,” a habitual liar and a stingy hypocrite. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-calls-rainsy-a-liar-over-still-jailed-activists/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

When the National Election Committee (NEC) released its updated preliminary election results this Monday, confirming a narrow win by the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), opposition leader Sam Rainsy posted his reaction to the announcement on his Facebook page.  Rainsy questioned the release of the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-election-proves-facebook-more-than-just-a-social-network/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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TWO activists involved in last month’s Prey Lang forest protest against illegal logging fled their houses yesterday in Sandan district in an attempt to evade local authorities, villagers reported. Roeun Sopheap, village representative in Sandan commune, said he fled his home yesterday after finding several police <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/prey-lang-protesters-on-run-after-police-allegedly-pay-a-visit/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Since its first day of operation in early December, the non-profit kitchen “Buckhunger” has provided nearly 22,00 lunchtime meals to hundreds of needy children and adults for free. There is no record of who comes and goes, and no condition to being fed. If you <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/free-lunch-comes-at-a-cost-for-city-soup-kitchen-founder/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

One of the personalities closely associated with the development of the stock exchange in Cambodia, Morten Kvammen, a director at SBI Royal Securities, says the CSX needs more companies to list in order to be successful. Kvammen, a graduate of the Wharton School of Finance and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/more-companies-must-list-for-the-csx-to-be-a-success/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen said Tuesday that establishing a regional instrument to protect migrant workers in Southeast asia should be a priority for aSEaN this year. “The free flow of skilled workers is a key condition for the aSEaN Economic Community,” he said in an opening <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-says-asean-instrument-for-workers-a-priority-for-2012/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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Sexual harassment in the workplace could have an indirect cost to the garment industry of up to $89 million per year, said Care Cambodia’s acting country director Jan Noorlander. Speaking at a Business of Women at Work forum yesterday, Mr Noorlander said the organisation was very <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sexual-harassment-at-work-costs-garment-industry-89-million-a-year/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>