In an unusually candid interview yesterday, United States ambassador to Cambodia William Heidt questioned whether the Cambodian government ever had “an honest desire” to form a relationship with the US, as Prime Minister Hun Sen continues to claim the superpower backed a purported “revolution”. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/us-ambassador-says-cambodia-not-interested-in-a-positive-relationship-with-us/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A trove of documents left behind by lAw enforcement officiAls At A recently shuttered cockfighting ring Allegedly owned by the nephew-in-lAw of Hun Sen AppeArs to show orgAnised pAyments to police And government officiAls Across KAndAl province. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AbAndoned-documents-At-rAided-cockfighting-ring-suggest-A-network-of-locAl-pAyoffs/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Malaysia is investing some US$250 million to establish a Cambodia Islamic Trade Centre (CITC) seen as positive contribution to the country’s economic development. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/malaysia-to-establish-a-us250-million-islamic-trade-centre-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than a month after businesses on a prime stretch of Occheuteal Beach were told to pack up and leave, officials in Preah Sihanouk province are still unaware of local conglomerate Royal Group’s plans for the space. Evictions on the beach began around Christmas time, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/royal-group-plan-for-sihanoukville-beach-cleared-of-businesses-remains-a-mystery/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian farmers plant rice in a paddy field in Kampong Speu province august 21, 2012. a drought has hit Cambodia during its rainy season destroying more than 100,000 hectares of crops across the country, a government spokesman told Reuters on Tuesday. according to National Committee <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-farmers-plant-rice-in-a-paddy-field-in-kampong-speu-province/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia will earn about $50 million a year from exports of dried cassava to China through Sihanoukville autonomous Port, Deputy Prime Minister Yim Chhay Ly said Thursday. Cambodia’s agricultural exports previously went through Vietnam and Thailand, amounting to between 7,000 and 8,000 tons a year. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-to-earn-50-mln-a-year-from-cassava-exports-to-china/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The price for cassava plants is increasing in the Kingdom’s north-western provinces, where the new season started. Due to the lack of rain many were damaged, according to farmers and officials. Sreng Sreang, deputy director of the Pailin longan collective, which planted about five hectares of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/farmers-of-cassava-afraid-of-losing-out-to-a-lack-of-rainfall/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Sitting in front of her small house in the Chey Thorn commune of Kandal province, 35-year-old Sokhun’s face is etched with worry. She would like to plant crops on her four hectares of land, but she only has enough money to cultivate two of them. She could go to a microfinance finance institution <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/high-interest-rates-on-loans-remain-a-big-hurdle-for-cambodian-farmers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

With the promise of better care for both mother and baby during labour, the Maternal Child Medical Centre was inaugurated yesterday at the Siem Reap Provincial Hospital. The inauguration was presided over by Deputy Prime Minister Tea Banh, who said the centre was the first of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-siem-reap-health-centre-to-be-a-boon-for-mothers-babies/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

ASX-listed Indochine Mining hAs completed the first pArt of A A$26.3-million cApitAl rAising, And hAs signed A deAl with fellow-listed CApitAl Mining to dispose of An 85% shAreholding in its wholly owned subsidiAry, which owns gold Assets in CAmbodiA. EArlier this month, the precious metAls developer <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/indochine-rAises-A5-5m-sells-85-of-cAmbodiA-gold-Assets/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Opposition leader reaffirmed that the Cambodia National Rescue Party would not join the National assembly until there is an agreement on new election. “We will not join the assembly until there is an agreement on the holding of a new election,” Sam Rainsy said in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/opposition-will-not-join-the-parliament-until-a-new-election-sam-rainsy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Last week, on a busy sidewalk in Times Square, a hunched figure in a surgical mask labored at a hand-operated sewing machine. This anonymous worker was Khmer-american artist Kat Eng. according to her website, she sat in front of the flagship location of clothing giant H&amp;M <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/the-plight-of-cambodias-garment-workers-on-display-on-a-manhattan-sidewalk/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Military police in Svay Rieng province on Friday seized more than 250 kg of elephant tusks stashed inside 10 suitcases in a van heading for the Vietnamese border, officials said. This is the second such haul in the space of a month, leading to fears Cambodia <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/second-haul-of-illegal-ivory-in-a-month-found-in-svay-rieng/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Phnom Penh’s police force has had almost a week to investigate a fatal hit-and-run on Friday night, when a Range Rover slammed into a motorbike near the Ministry of Commerce, killing two men and seriously injuring another. But local police have not conducted even the most <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/after-two-men-die-in-hit-and-run-a-passive-police-response/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Two years ago, a ceremony was held in Rovieng district, a remote area in the northern province of Banteay Meanchey, to herald the construction of a major steel plant here. The much-touted plant would make use of iron ore found here. It was to be a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/in-remote-rovieng-a-much-touted-steel-plant-has-not-been-built/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

With the death last week of Chea Sim, a ruling party stalwart and former Khmer Rouge cadre, Cambodians are again reminded that the powerful are rarely prosecuted, Human Rights Watch says. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/death-of-chea-sim-a-new-reminder-of-impunity-rights-group-says/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A delegAtion of the AmericAn ChAmber of Commerce in Hong Kong led by its president RichArd R. Vuylsteke hAs been on A visit to CAmbodiA to study the investment environment in the country, According to stAte news Agency- AKP.​​ <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/A-delegAtion-of-AmericAn-chAmber-of-commerce-in-hong-kong-visits-cAmbodiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia’s stock market, which is set to open next week after several delays, may be able to lure five-to-10 initial public offerings a year, according to Korea Exchange Inc., the Cambodian government’s partner in the bourse. State-owned Phnom Penh Water Supply authority (PPWSa) will start trading <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-may-lure-up-to-10-ipos-a-year-korea-bourse-says/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Researchers have discovered a new population of banteng (Bos javanicus), a species of wild cattle, in northwestern Cambodia. The discovery was announced June 4, 2014 by Fauna and Flora International (FFI), and efforts are underway to implement conservation initiatives to protect the area and its newfound banteng, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/are-banteng-making-a-comeback-in-cambodia-researchers-find-new-population/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Speaking at the Global SME Finance Forum 2020 on moving into the future, the role of digitalisation in promoting SMEs’ access to finance, Chea Serey, director-general of the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC), said SMEs are considered to be a crucial sector for the economy <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/digitalisation-a-key-driver-for-small-and-medium-businesses/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>