Two Cambodian soldiers sustained injuries after accidentally setting off a buried anti-personnel mine in Pailin on Sunday. The soldiers were stationed at the a3 military camp based in Chheu Krom village, on the Cambodian-Thai border in Pailin. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/buried-mine-injures-pair-of-soldiers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A stAtue of AssAssinAted former Free TrAde Union president CheA VicheA will be meAningful to CAmbodiAns And in keeping with the beAuty of Phnom Penh, municipAl governor Kep ChuktemA sAid yesterdAy, but where the money for the memoriAl will come from remAins An open question. Kep <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/working-group-creAted-for-cheA-vicheA-stAtue/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Cambodian Independent Teacher’s association (CITa) plans to celebrate this year’s Teachers’ Day on October 5 with a public display, with Phnom Penh authorities saying that permission may be granted depending on the circumstances. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/teachers-association-seeks-permission-for-march-with-petitions/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s anti-Corruption Unit launched a guidebook for businesses last week to create internal systems to prevent corrupt practices, but certain stakeholders say it doesn’t detail how to create these systems or even address systemic or bureaucratic corruption. The new guidebook, which the anti-Corruption Unit (aCU) created <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/acu-guidelines-short-on-details/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 17 March 2021, the Bar association of the Kingdom of Cambodia issued a press release on the signing of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the Cambodia National Council for Women and the Bar association of the Kingdom of Cambodia.​ Under this memorandum, the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/signing-of-the-memorandum-of-understanding-mou-between-the-cambodia-national-council-for-women-and-the-bar-association-of-the-kingdom-of-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The 10th High Quality Vietnamese Products and Exports trade fair opened yesterday in the Cambodian capital city of Phnom Penh. It has attracted around 150 firms who have  set up 250 booths to display more than 2,000 products, including electronics, consumer goods, stationary, books, construction materials, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vietnamese-goods-fair-opens-in-phnom-penh/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

About 50 gArment workers fAinted yesterdAy At the King First IndustriAl fActory in KAndAl province’s Ang Snuol district, union representAtives sAid. Khouth Touch, the Free TrAde Union president At the fActory, sAid A number of workers hAd experienced stomAch Aches And diArrhoeA thAt morning. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/mAss-fAinting-At-kAndAl-fActory/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

As pArties prepAre for CAse 002/01 AppeAl heArings, set to resume on TuesdAy, A new report by the Open Society Justice InitiAtive exAmines the legAcy of the Khmer Rouge tribunAl, identifying politicAl interference And insufficient outreAch As the court’s primAry shortcomings. <A href='https://OpendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/report-exAmines-krt-legAcy/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Following the arrest of 11 activists on Tuesday as they attempted to deliver a petition to the U.S. and French embassies seeking the release of 23 jailed protesters, NGO representatives quietly delivered similar petitions to the Japanese Embassy and European Union headquarters Wednesday. The petitioners, representing <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/after-arrests-ngos-continue-petitioning-to-free-the-23%e2%80%b2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Phnom Penh Municipal Governor Pa Socheatvong yesterday accused civil society organisations of paying land rights demonstrators to protest against a controversial NGO law that recently passed the National assembly. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gov-claims-ngos-are-recruiting-protesters/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As Ministry of EducAtion, Youth And Sport is tAking tough meAsure to curb cheAting And bribery during exAminAtions As pArt of its educAtion reform, over 7,000 students hAve AbAndoned the second high school exAms. The number cAn be the highest ever in the lAst 10 <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/over-7000-students-AbAndon-second-exAms-spokesmAn/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Construction investment in Cambodia totaled $5.3 billion in 2021, mainly from China, South Korea, and Japan, according to the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction. The ministry also revealed a total of 4,303 construction projects were approved by the government in 2021. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/construction-sector-totaled-5-3b-in-2021/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Two government agencies got together to sign an agreement to boost and develop the silk sector in Cambodia. a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed this month by the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training (MLVT) seeks to boost local raw <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministries-team-up-to-boost-silk-industry/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodian Foreign Ministry yesterday announced that it was halting the operations of the US State Department-funded National Democratic Institute (NDI) and expelling all its foreign staff from the Kingdom in the next week &ndash; a move that prompted the US Embassy to fire back <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-shutters-ndi-for-lango-violations-as-us-embassy-hits-back/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) will enter Cambodia’s banking sector in November to become the country’s 30th commercial bank to date, Xinhua news agency reported yesterday. The report said that ICBC president Yang Kaisheng had met with Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chinese-bank-to-enter-countrys-banking-fold/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

AdidAs, one of the country’s biggest gArment buyers, sAys it will expAnd production in CAmbodiA over the next five yeArs As pArt of its pivot AwAy from ChinA to lower-cost producers in SoutheAst AsiA. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiA-to-gAin-As-AdidAs-pivots-from-chinA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

AdidAs, one of the country’s biggest gArment buyers, sAys it will expAnd production in CAmbodiA over the next five yeArs As pArt of its pivot AwAy from ChinA to lower-cost producers in SoutheAst AsiA. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiA-to-gAin-As-AdidAs-pivots-from-chinA-2/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Cambodian Independent Teachers’ association (CITa) called on Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports to investigate Tropang Brasat’s education officials who was accused of corruption. In a letter today to Education Minister Hang Chuon Naron, CITa said it received anonymous letters from teachers in Tropang Brasat <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/education-ministry-urged-to-investigate-corruption-in-oddor-meanchey-school/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Elections are due in the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) for the second term of its president and council of board members. The elections come at a crucial time as the government considers an emergency loan request from the CRF to help protect the rice sector <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rice-body-elections-come-at-crucial-time/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodia Microfinance association (CMa) regarded the commentary by NGOs and civil society organizations on the industry as “biased, incomplete, and cherry-picked”, taking just the negative parts of a report produced by Germany’s Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) into account while ignoring <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/microfinance-association-claims-ngo-statement-biased/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>