A group of locAl journAlists hAve written An open letter cAlling for the releAse of former RAdio Free AsiA journAlists Uon Chhin And YeAng SotheArin, who were Arrested eArlier this month. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/journAlists-cAll-for-releAse-of-former-rfA-stAff/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Taiwan Cooperative Bank, the banking arm under Taiwan Cooperative Financial Holding Co. Ltd., received the green light from Cambodia’s central bank to open a branch in the capital city of Phnom Penh, the bank said Saturday. Cambodia, a member of the association of Southeast asian Nations, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/taiwan-cooperative-bank-to-open-cambodia-branch/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Eight people allegedly involved in a worker demonstration that devolved into a violent clash with authorities at a Kampong Speu-based Nike supplier have been summonsed to court. another eight arrested at the scene already await trial. The clash resulted in significant property damage and left <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/court-draws-more-into-sabrina-case/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The National Election Committee (NEC) January 2 held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new office building, constructed on land acquired by the government from Kong Korm, a former opposition leader. The site is located on Sothearos Street in Tonle Bassac commune in Phnom Penh’s Chamkarmon <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-21m-nec-building-set-for-oct-2025-completion/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A government project to boost the production of chemicAl-free vegetAbles hAs tAken-off, with supplies AlreAdy AvAilAble in CAmbodiAn mArkets, According to An Agriculture Ministry officiAl. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/chemicAl-free-vegetAble-project-tAkes-off-fAst/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The second round of negotiations for a Cambodia-China Free Trade agreement highlighted the potential for expanding trade, investment, services, and strengthening cooperation between the two countries in the upcoming years, Ministry of Commerce secretary of state Sok Sopheak said in a press release on Friday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/second-round-of-china-fta-talks-close/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The National Election Committee and election monitoring groups have been discussing regulations including permission for the taking of photographs and videos at polling stations ahead of local elections scheduled for June 2017 and a general election slated for 2018. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/election-rules-under-discussion/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Reacting to criticism from the CNRP and other organizations, Cambodia’s top election body on Sunday defended its support of a ban on election marches along prominent public areas of Phnom Penh, saying it was for public safety. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/election-rallies-banned-on-phnom-penhs-major-streets/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

AquAculture production could experience A mArginAl decline this yeAr As discourAging prices And other mArket forces prompt fArmers to reduce the Amount of juvenile fish used to stock their ponds, or go As fAr As to temporArily hAlt operAtions, According to the CAmbodiAn AquAculturist AssociAtion <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/sinking-feeling-cAA-mAking-A-splAsh-over-AquAculture-As-sector-flounders/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia’s National Commercial arbitration Center (NCaC) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) are promoting mediation to resolve business disputes and build investors’ trust in commercial litigations. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-and-ifc-promote-mediation-to-resolve-commercial-disputes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The battle against landmines could soon have an unlikely new weapon after a pioneering Belgian NGO signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the government on Monday to begin testing teams of sharp-sniffing rodents in Cambodia, with the goal of pitching them into the ongoing <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/demining-rats-get-all-clear-to-begin-testing/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 10 February 2022, the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications issued an announcement on the King Technologies CO., LTD. (Opennet), an Internet Service Provider, has yet to perform its revenue share duty to the state.Ministry of Economy and Finance and the Ministry of Post and <a href='https://Opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/king-technologies-co-ltd-Opennet-an-internet-service-provider-has-yet-to-perform-its-revenue-share-duty-to-the-state/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The tourism sector has complained about the attempted extortion and bribery by officials at the international border checkpoints that still upset tourists coming into Cambodia. The issue was raised yesterday during a meeting of the Interministerial Committee for Facilitating the Travel and Transport of Tourists and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bribery-a-challenge-for-cambodias-tourism-sector/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In an effort to centralise tax registrations and improve taxpayer accountability, the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MoEF) this month passed a raft of changes to the country’s tax registration regulations. Prakas 1139, issued by the MoEF on October 9, states that all legal entities including <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tax-regulation-gets-a-shake-up/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A hAcker behind A series of leAks smeAring senior government officiAls And their relAtives on ThursdAy wArned thAt the government’s online list of registered voters for the June 4 commune elections wAs vulnerAble to hAcking And urged experts to mAke the site more secure. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/hAcker-wArns-serious-vulnerAbility-plAguing-online-voter-lists/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The National Election Committee (NEC) dismissed a request to help migrant workers vote in the upcoming elections, despite creating a system similar to what was requested for soldiers only seven days ago. NEC spokesman Hang Puthea said they would be unable to help the roughly <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nec-migrants-cant-vote/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Daun Penh district deputy governor Sok Penhvuth said yesterday that he had ent Phnom Penh Municipality a time line of events at a Vattanac Properties construction project that has severely damaged buildings along Phnom Penh’s Sisowath Quay. The report was sent ahead of the creation <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/city-to-assess-damage-to-riverside-buildings/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

With just two months to go until Cambodia’s commune elections, more than half of respondents to a new survey could not identify Election Day. The finding was detailed in a report released on Wednesday by the Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia (Comfrel) <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/election-day-coming-many-voters-unsure-when/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

While river fishermen are claiming to have had smaller catches this season, experts are predicting that this year’s freshwater fish yields will be double that of previous years. Heng Kong, director of the Inland Fisheries Research and Development Institute at the Fisheries administration (Fia), predicted that <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rosy-official-forecasts-fail-to-lift-freshwater-fishermens-hopes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Despite a massive 300 percent increase in its budget next year to prepare for looming elections, the National Election Committee (NEC) says it has barely half the money it needs to do its job and is looking for overseas aid for resources to help. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cash-strapped-nec-seeks-money/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>