A new set of prakases tacked onto a law that regulates overseas employment recruitment agencies is a “step in the right direction” towards protecting some of Cambodia’s most vulnerable citizens from scams and abuse, local and international NGOs said yesterday. But some remain unconvinced that the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Phnom Penh governor Pa Socheatvong warned monkS ThurSday that if they do not follow orderS to keep out of politicS, they could create a rift within the monkhood that could threaten the very exiStence of BuddhiSm in the country. Mr. Socheatvong alSo Said that if monkS SS='cambodia-color'>...

The government can’t seem to agree on whether or not Prime Minister Hun sen has lifted the ban on the constitutional right to freedom of assembly. Last week, Mr. Hun sen said in a speech: “I will not prevent [demonstrations] because everyone has equal rights,” which ss='cambodia-color'>...

A team of disabled security guards hired to protect the embattled sL Garment Factory in Phnom Penh is seeking the formalization of their employment and an end to what they claim is the factory’s exploitation of their impairments. In November—at the height of an occasionally violent, ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government now requires union leaders to prove that they have no criminal record before registering new branches of their organization, according to a statement from the Ministry of Labor, a decision that comes less than a week before planned nationwide strikes in the garment ss='cambodia-color'>...

A few thousand opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party supporters marched through central Phnom Penh yesterday as the party held its largest public gathering in the capital since protesters were chased out of Freedom Park in early January. Although Prime Minister Hun sen suggested in late February ss='cambodia-color'>...

Two men died and another was seriously injured in a hit-and-run accident on Friday night in Phnom Penh when a Range Rover plowed into a motorbike in Toek Thla commune, police said sunday, add­ing to a recent spate of fatal—and of­ten high-profile—hit-and-runs. Thang Ratha, 23, died ss='cambodia-color'>...

Sheltering under a blue tarpaulin amid denSe woodland in Cambodia&rSquo;S Cardamom MountainS, Nhean* SitS and waitS for night to fall after a long day Scouring the protected foreSt for luxury timber. He SayS he workS for a broker who iS a Supplier to one of Cambodia&rSquo;S SS='cambodia-color'>...

Tri of Can Tho University’s Department of Environment and Natural Resources Management answering questions about water resources changes in the Mekong DeltaThe PPMM #17 was a success. We had two every engaging presenters and thirty six participants, ten of which are students. The ODC Team ss='cambodia-color'>...

Threats, intimidation and, in extreme cases, even murder were endangering freedom of expression in Cambodia and leaving human rights at the crossroads, activists and NGO representatives said during a round-table meeting yesterday. The slaying of environmental activist Chut Wutty, the arrest of Beehive radio director Mam ss='cambodia-color'>...

Political activists and watchdog organisations say Cambodia’s Us$13 million revenue from the mining sector over the last five years is exceedingly low and that the government must be more transparent. The claims come after the Ministry of Mines, Industry and Energy (MIME) released its figures on the mining ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodian economy is demonstrating signs of a recovery in terms of gross domestic product (GDP) growth in 2024 and the following periods, according to new statistics released by the Ministry of Economy and Finance’s (MEF) General Department of Policy which have predicted the country’s ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s exports of garments, footwear and travel goods (GFT) increased by 16.89 percent in the first half of this year, compared to the same period last year, earning the country $6.15 billion, according to the trade data released by the General Department of Customs and ss='cambodia-color'>...

Author: Greg Bem, ODC Library and Information Management SpecialiStThe time haS come to reflect on my experience working with ODC. AS the library SpecialiSt, I have Seen quite a bit of activity Since I arrived laSt September. From releaSing updated pageS in Khmer, to unleaShing SS='cambodia-color'>...

Among thousands of residents in the Boeung Kak Lake district of the capital whose land has been targeted for redevelopment by a Chinese-financed real estate company, Tep Vanny carried a letter explaining the “sadness and suffering” caused by the project — which has turned Phnom ss='cambodia-color'>...

Following Internews’ 2021 class for ODC on Google Analytics, further Advanced Google Analytics training was developed for the third year of participation in the Innovations for social Accountability in Cambodia (IsAC) project. Eight ODC team members joined the training facilitated by Elshad Gojayev of Internews’ ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia is home to some 400,000 Cham Muslims. The ethnic group, like many others, suffered terrible losses during the Khmer Rouge regime. Lives were lost and cultural landmarks destroyed. Now, as mosques and heritage sites around the country are demolished to make way for more ss='cambodia-color'>...

Kep province – On a sunny weekday in Kep, a seaside village about halfway along Cambodia’s coast, the crab market was heaving. Women in straw hats and rubber boots stood knee deep in the surf shouting out prices, periodically darting into the sea to pull writhing ss='cambodia-color'>...

Executive Director/Editor-in-ChiefTHY Try is an Executive Director/Editor-in-Chief of Open Development Cambodia (ODC). In 2011, he joined ODC as an advisory board member, and later on, he became a chairman of the board. As an Executive Director/Editor-in-Chief, Try plays an important role in increasing public access ss='cambodia-color'>...

Villagers in Preah sihanouk province have accused a businessman of bulldozing almost 1,000 hectares of their farm land in complaints filed to relevant authorities and the provincial court last week. Pin Lean Hun, a village representative, said yesterday rice paddies, vegetable patches and jackfruit trees ss='cambodia-color'>...