For the first time after the end of World War II, Japan took the spotlight on the international stage as a mediator by hosting talks for a third country in 1990. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/all-out-effort-led-to-cambodia-peace-conference-in-tokyo-in-1990-a-look-back-at-history/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The National Committee for Forest Crime Prevention has touted its tougher measures to suppress illegal logging across the country as a success despite small-scale ones are still occurring. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/measures-against-illegal-logging-a-success-says-committee/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The ink which will be used in the coming commune council elections is of good quality, announced the National Election Committee (NEC), following testing by 17 representatives from civil society organisations and political parties on May 13. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/election-ink-trial-a-success/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

When investing in stocks, investors can expect some of their assets to generate a dividend payment, a sum of money paid by a company to its shareholders out of its profits. Dividends are typically paid annually, but they can also be paid quarterly or monthly. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/is-a-higher-dividend-payment-always-the-better-stock-option/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Those living near the river, which flows from Kampong Speu through Kandal province, say that they have long avoided using its water for drinking, cooking or cleaning as the area has become increasingly polluted over the last decade. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/prek-tnaut-pollution-hits-a-new-low-as-water-declared-hazardous/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The number of monkeys living in Angkor resort AreA hAs increAsed And Are becoming A risk to tourists. According to APSARA NAtionAl Authority, the monkeys no longer enter the forest in seArch of food but insteAd wAit for food from humAns And sometimes snAtch food <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/monkeys-in-Angkor-posing-A-risk-to-tourists/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Less-than-ideal rainfall patterns in January and early February have kept salt production in Kampot province at a pretty low level this season, or below two kilotonnes by some approximations, whereas an estimated 70-100 kilotonnes per annum are required to meet domestic consumption demand. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/salt-off-to-a-shaky-start-as-weather-disappoints/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Nearly 80 people representing 56 families in Daun Ov community, Sangkat Cheung Ek, Khan Dangkor, who are worried about eviction, have urged the Phnom Penh authorities to expedite the issuance of land titles. and on-site development. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/daun-ov-community-in-dangkor-district-has-submitted-a-petition-to-the-city-hall-to-resolve-the-land-issue/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

There are almost half a million undocumented Cambodian migrant workers worldwide seeking better pay, as of 2022, according to an estimate by a local NGO. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/almost-half-a-million-undocumented-cambodian-workers-worldwide/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s economic success depends on having skilled technicians to meet investors’ demands and labor market needs &ndash; and a shortage of human resources could impede the country’s ability to attract the investment it needs. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vocational-training-a-key-component-to-cambodias-development/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Social analysts and workers unions have voiced their support for a campaign on “an Enterprise is a Peaceful Community”, which will be launched in 2024. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/campaign-on-an-enterprise-is-a-peaceful-community-supported/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government’s policy to boost productivity performance in the agricultural sector has lit a fire under the Kingdom’s exports, with shipments of fresh chilli flaring up 27.08 per cent from 55,513 tonnes in 2019 to 70,546 tonnes in a spicy 2020, according to Minister of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chilli-exports-ratchet-up-a-red-hot-27-in-spicy-2020/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

With authorities tightening security to prevent community transmission in Phnom Penh and Kandal province’s Takhmao town, e-commerce activity, cashless payments and delivery services have logged a notable rise, swiftly becoming new features of the digital world in Cambodia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/lockdown-opens-a-window-for-e-commerce/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Khmer Enterprise (KE) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) have formed a strategic partnership to give a boost to the operational development of the Kingdom’s e-commerce sector and small and medium-sized enterprises (SME), according to a May 11 joint press release. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ke-undp-to-provide-smes-a-digital-boost/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A mAjor globAl tAx overhAul thAt will set A tAx floor of 15 percent hAs the Ability to level the plAying field when AttrActing internAtionAl investments from technology compAnies And increAse the Kingdom’s coffers. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/kingdom-will-hAve-A-sAy-in-the-globAl-tAx-reform-process/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Prime Minister Hun Sen has highlighted the importance of digital technology for the development of the aSEaN region. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/digital-technology-to-the-fore-for-a-developing-asean/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia exported more than $96.3 million worth of milled and paddy rice in the first month of this year, providing positive signs for the industry on the whole, according to the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rice-exports-close-january-with-a-bang/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Communicable Disease Control Department (CDC) under the Ministry of Health said they had discovered a case of influenza a/H9, or bird flu, in a one-year-old girl through its pneumonia surveillance system. The child displayed several symptoms &ndash; including a high fever, coughing, and breathing <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/siem-reap-girl-infected-with-bird-flu/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia netted more than $516 million from the export of paddy and milled rice in the first four months of 2022, despite uncertainty brought upon by Covid-19 outbreaks in key markets. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/jan-apr-rice-exports-exceed-half-a-billion-dollars/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>