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>

On 2 November 2014, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) launches its annual impunity campaign to mark the United Nations’ first International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists. The campaign aims to generate and relay the public’s call on the Royal Government <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/cchr-launches-campaign-calling-on-cambodians-to-take-a-stance-against-impunity/ ' 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>

The EU handed over a patrol boat to help boost fisheries crimes suppression, as the authorities continue to crackdown on the illegal activities. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/eu-lends-a-hand-in-fight-against-fisheries-crimes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

IPEF is created to encourage regional economies to “decouple” from the Chinese market by leading them to alternative supply chains, a step that Washington believes will help exclude China from the regional trading and supply systems. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/indo-pacific-economic-framework-not-a-blessing-to-asia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Sam Sak stands amidst a landscape of cleared earth, surrounded by cassava stems planted like flags to claim their place inside the Kulen Promtep Wildlife Sanctuary. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/the-cassava-boom-undermining-a-leading-conservation-program/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Kingdom’s coastal Sihanoukville, where Chinese nationals national dominated nearly a half of businesses  before the COVID-19 outbreak, is seeing economic activity gradually rebound after   Middle Kingdom’s investors and workers started to return to the province as pandemic fears ease.​ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sihanoukville-returning-chinese-mark-a-sign-of-a-business-rebound/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than 200 people from Memot and Tambor districts, Tbong Khmum province have filed a petition at Tbong Khmum Provincial Hall and appealed to the Court of appeal to intervene in the years-long land dispute which makes their lives more difficult. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/citizens-from-two-districts-in-tbong-khmum-province-have-submitted-a-petition-to-the-relevant-authorities-to-help-resolve-a-long-running-land-dispute/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen is scheduled to meet with high school students who passed the Grade 12 exam with an “a” grade following the announcement of the results by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport on January 14, indicating a nearly four-fold increase in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/number-of-a-grade-earners-on-diploma-exam-quadruples/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s Industrial Transformation Map for Textile and apparel Industry 2023-2027 (T&amp;a ITM) sees a need for the sector to align its product mix as per global sourcing trends, integrate backwards to reduce dependence on imports and diversify its market mix. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-ta-industry-needs-to-align-product-mix-as-per-global-trends/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

An officiAl of the Ministry of Economy And FinAnce sAid thAt the lAck of skills is A bArrier to CAmbodiA becoming A high middle-income country, According to the vision of the RoyAl Government. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/lAck-of-skills-is-A-bArrier-to-cAmbodiA-becoming-A-high-middle-income-country/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

More than one million vehicles had travelled on Cambodia’s first-ever expressway connecting the capital Phnom Penh and the deep-sea port province of Preah Sihanouk in the first three months since its inauguration on October 1 last year. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/building-a-china-cambodia-community-with-a-shared-future-at-the-start-of-spring/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The executive director at the Financial Institute of Cambodia (FIC) says 726 students have completed courses so far at FIC since it opened in early 2011. Tith Seyla, who earned his bachelor’s degree from the Royal University of Law and Economics followed by a master’s <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/financial-institute-of-cambodia-prepares-people-for-a-career-in-the-stock-exchange/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>