On 13 September 2023, the Royal Government of Cambodia issued an announcement regarding the decision to suspend some administrative services of the Municipality, District, Khan​  administration. According to the announcement, the government has decided to suspend administrative services, which require citizens working in the informal economy ...

The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) has scheduled four foreign exchange auctions this September to infuse a total of $50 million into the market. The move comes at a critical time, with experts viewing it as a significant step towards stabilising the Cambodian riel against ...

On 01 November 2022, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on telephone conversation between Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo HUN SEN, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, and His Excellency Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine.at the outset, ...

Cambodia’s total trade volume was valued at $27.2 billion in the first half of 2022, up 20 percent from 22.6 billion dollars over the same period last year, according to an official report released on Tuesday. ...

On 03 February 2023, National Election Committee has posted a press release on the submissions and receipt of applications for registration of political party agents, national and international observers for the 7th National Assembly Election 2023 on their official website.According to the press release, the ...

On 28 April 2023, the Office of the Council of Ministers issued a press release on the outcome of the plenary session of the Council of Ministers at the Peace Palace under the high presidency of Samdech Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of ...

On 29 May 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on telephone conversation between Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo HUN SEN, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, and His Excellency Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine.at the outset, ...

On 31 October 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release: Cambodia, China prepare for people-to-people exchange year in 2024 on their official website.According to the press release, His Excellency Sok Chenda Sophea, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign ...

On 17 June 2024, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release regarding the Samdech Thipadei Prime Minister’s official visit to Singapore on their official website. According to the press, Samdech Moha Borvor Thipadei Hun Manet will lead a high-level delegation to ...

On 24 June 2024, the Textile Apparel Footwear and Travel goods Association in Cambodia (TAFTAC) issued a statement on CENTRAL’s report and Clean Clothes Campaign’s statement on their official social media site. According to the statement, TACTAC is shocked and disappointed at the bias and subjective ...

On 07 July 2017, the Royal Government of Cambodia issued a press release following a meeting between H.E. Ith Sam Heng, Minister of Labor and Vocational Training and Head of Commission for Provision of Lawful Status​ to Cambodian Migrant Workers and H.E. Sirichai Distakul, Thai ...

Since Prime Minister Hun Sen announced an ambitious new plan some 10 months ago to make nearly half a million families official land owners, hardly a week goes by that a rural community does not complain of local officials trying to scam the project. But when ...

A package of documents and DVDs sent from the Ministry of Interior to foreign embassies and NGOs this week uses speeches made by opposition leaders Kem Sokha and Sam Rainsy, criminal acts that have occurred since the election and a letter from an alleged terrorist ...

In mid-August, on day seven of production at the Coco Khmer social enterprise, the team experienced a setback. Temperatures in the fermenting room must remain between 35 and 40 degrees to produce the organization’s virgin coconut oil, but the temperature on that rainy day refused to ...

A huge haul of river sand dredged in Cambodia has been quarantined at the southern Indian port city of Cochin since its arrival in April despite a ban on sand exports instituted by Prime Minister Hun Sen in 2009. India’s Deccan Chronicle news­paper reported on Tuesday ...

Cambodia’s exports of protected rosewood and other high-value timber to China more than tripled last year, according to U.N. figures cited in a new report that blames lax law enforcement across the Mekong region and skyrocketing demand in China for pushing some species to the ...

A company with ties to one of China’s top state-owned firms will look to push Toll Royal Railways and its local partner Royal Group of Companies out of a 30-year railroad concession with pledge to invest nearly US$850 million to revamp existing lines and build an additional ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) is an open data website, the first of its kind in Southeast Asia. The open data movement is based on the simple premise that data collected for public interest should be publicly available without restrictions. Information or data in the public ...

Phy Linna, Royal University of Phnom PenhEditor-Research Intern, July-September 2024Linna is a third-year student majoring in Environmental Sciences at the Royal University of Phnom Penh. Linna joined Open Development Cambodia Organization (ODC) in July as Editor-Researcher intern. Linna is very interested in studying climate change and ...

For the several hundred villagers who have been camping and patrolling in a remote part of the jungle in northern Kompong Thom for several days as part of their campaign to save Prey Long forest, the strain is starting to show. Human rights workers say that ...