More than 200 students and opposition supporters marched Sunday around Phnom Penh’s Wat Phnom with flowers in hand, urging parties to refrain from violence during Saturday’s protest against last month’s contested national election results and for recent incitement charges against two students to be dropped. The <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/students-urge-all-sides-to-keep-election-protests-peaceful/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prominent activist monk But Buntenh, head of the Independent Monk Network for Social Justice, was arrested in Preah Vihear province on Thursday, along with another monk and three NGO staffers who had traveled to the province to support a group of ethnic Kuoy villagers protesting <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/activist-monks-ngo-workers-held-after-preah-vihear-protest/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Beer, whisky and strong, home-brewed moonshine have long been Cambodians’ favorite tipples, but with an ever-growing middle class, tastes are changing and if you’re part of the new elite, it is increasingly important to know your Pinot Gris from your Pinot Noir. To help enhance one’s <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-sommeliers-head-to-singapore-for-regional-contest/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Following a high-level meeting yesterday, Cambodia National Rescue Party leader Sam Rainsy said that his party would seek to restart negotiations with the ruling party and possibly join the government. The move marks an apparent about-turn from a party press conference held on Wednesday when Rainsy <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cnrp-ready-to-talk/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Every morning, right about 8am, Vuthy* starts to feel out of sorts. On the way from his home in Meanchey district to the Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital, where he receives treatment, he breaks into a sweat. Vuthy is one of about 140 former heroin addicts who <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/addicts-lifeline-to-go/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia lacks the skilled labor force necessary to advance the economy and the government must find ways to create more valuable work as it faces fierce regional and international competition, according to a new report released Thursday by the World Bank. The report, “East asia Pacific <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/report-shows-workforce-still-lacks-skills/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than half of Cambodians living in rural areas still do not have access to treated water, about 200 people heard yesterday at a forum at the Phnom Penh Hotel. The event was sponsored by WaterSHED, an NGO funded by USaID’s Regional Development Mission-asia and the Stone Family Foundation. according <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/looking-to-increase-water-access/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The morning before the verdict was handed down at the appeals Court on March 12, the mood among those working on the defence team for Heng Chheang and his wife Tep Kolap was almost optimistic. They, along with relatives of the couple and academics from Phnom <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/the-rector-versus-the-tycoon/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Unable to effectively police the Cardamoms alone, the Cambodian government partners itself with several international NGOs. The forests directly north of Highway 48 arc patrolled with the help of Wildlife alliance. Beginning in 2002 with two ranger stations, Wildlife alliance now operates six outposts in the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hunters-and-hunted/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Five Southeast asian countries, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam, are targeting a double-digit growth rate of international visitors annually by 2015 under the theme “Five Countries &ndash; One Destination”, according to Hoang Tuan anh, Viet Nam’s Minister of Culture, Sport and Tourism. In a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mekong-basin-countries-target-double-digit-tourism-growth/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Four trade unions on Tuesday demanded that Cambodia’s garment and footwear manufacturers raise the minimum wage of their workers and provide them with additional benefits, threatening a nationwide strike and demonstrations if they do not comply. In a joint letter to the Van Sou Ieng, president <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-unions-call-for-doubling-of-minimum-wage-for-factory-workers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The opposition CNRP has called on its supporters to gather in Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park on Monday for a large rally, though party leaders insisted that the event would be peaceful and not considered to be a demonstration against contested national election results. In a statement <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cnrp-calls-for-large-rally-in-phnom-penh/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A group of CAmbodiAn NGOs threAtened on MondAy to expose more cAses of forestry crime involving businessmen And the police, sAying they were unshAken by A defAmAtion suit filed by top tycoon Accused of illegAl logging And lAnd-grAbbing. RepresentAtives of the five orgAnizAtions told reporters MondAy <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiAn-ngos-threAten-to-expose-more-illegAl-logging/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia’s strongman Prime Minister Hun Sen has confirmed his impoverished country will accept refugees from australia in a controversial agreement condemned by human rights and refugee advocates. In his first public comments on the agreement, Mr Hun Sen said Cambodia will be “heart-felt and generous towards <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-pm-hun-sen-confirms-controversial-agreement-to-resettle-refugees-from-australia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The number of farmers growing cassava in Cambodia has increased with the land dedicated to its cultivation having been doubled this year. Floods in Thailand resulted in a drop in availability increasing demand and as a result prices. 294,359 hectares of cassava have been planted <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/farmers-look-to-cassava-for-its-high-prices/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government has announced the approval of a feasibility study to be conducted in Koh Kong province, signalling to demonstrators who have been rallying in front of the Land Management Ministry office in Phnom Penh that their land dispute may come to a close. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/feasibility-study-to-begin-in-koh-kong/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than one million cubic metres of illegal timber has flowed unhindered from protected areas in Cambodia’s northeast provinces to Vietnam as the latter continues its role as a serial illegal timber trade offender, according to a report issued by the Environmental Investigation agency. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/illegal-timber-still-flowing-eia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

People who filled in more than a hectare of mangroves in Preah Sihanouk province to plant coconut trees have been given a month to restore the area to its former state or face legal action, Stung Hav district governor told The Post on Tuesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/restoration-or-legal-action-district-governor-warns/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Tycoon Soeng Sam Ol, the owner of the Master K Sun company, two supervisors and a driver were arrested on Tuesday for illegal logging in a crackdown in Mondulkiri province which was led by Commander Sao Sokha, the chief of the National Military Police. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/oknha-sam-ol-arrested-over-mondulkiri-illegal-logging/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen used a speech inaugurating a Chinese-funded university in Kratie on Wednesday to defend Chinese investment in Cambodia, which has come under fire in recent months both for its adverse economic side effects and its perceived potential for political influence. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-comes-to-chinas-defence-praises-investment-and-development-aid/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>