High-level bureaucrats from australia have visited several sites in Cambodia over the past two months to view properties where refugees from its overseas detention centre on Nauru could be relocated, the Post has learned. Separate sources, who cannot be named because of the sensitivity of the ongoing negotiations, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/refugee-house-hunting/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Security forces have sealed off a village in eastern Cambodia and denied entry to human rights workers after the fatal shooting of a teenager in the latest violent eviction aimed at clearing land for development. Soldiers said they needed to secure the area around Proma village, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-troops-seal-off-village-after-land-clashes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia Hotel association (CHa) has distributed $150 million financial aid from the government to revive the country’s tourism sector hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, a senior official said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/150-million-aid-distributed-to-revive-tourism-industry/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has approved an investment project worth $84.5 million that will need about 1,000 workers to manufacture solar panels in an industrial zone in Kratie province, according to a release by the CDC. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/84-5-million-investment-project-approved-to-produce-solar-panels/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Take up of COVID-19 vaccination drive’s 5th dose regime still leaves much to be desired off. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/total-of-394458-people-have-received-their-fifth-dose-of-covid-19-vaccine-since-june-9/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Some 112 new factories, with a total investment of $1.19 billion, had opened in Cambodia during the first seven months of 2022, an industry ministry spokesperson said here on Thursday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/112-new-factories-open-in-cambodia-in-first-7-months-of-2022/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Recent flooding has claimed another victim, a child in Kratie province who drowned, bringing the total death toll to 30, Keo Vy, cabinet director at the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM), said yesterday. While water levels are declining across the 12 provinces affected by flooding, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/flooding-chaos-drives-families-onto-safe-hill/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

August 26, 2013 &ndAsh; ConstitutionAl Council ordered NEC to unseAl voting records in A number of polling stAtions in BAttAmbong province&ndAsh; CNRP held protest rAlly in Phnom Penh August 25, 2013 &ndAsh; NEC opened SAfety PAckAge A of 13 polling stAtions in KrAtie province to exAmine bAllots&ndAsh; CNRP <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/timelines/election-timeline-2013/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The death toll from lethal floods has climbed to 27, with more than 10,000 families across 12 provinces evacuated from their homes to escape rising floodwaters, according to a report from the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM). The report, released yesterday, also shows that almost <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/floodings-deadly-toll-rises/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The draft amendment of the Law on Protected areas and the Forestry Law should provide indigenous communities with traditional right to livelihood and beliefs, protection and management of natural resources, a non-government organisation said at a press conference yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ngo-urges-law-amendments-to-provide-for-indigenous-people/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The number of dengue cases in the Kingdom is continuing to dwindle, but health officials noted a spike of rainy season-induced Japanese encephalitis over the weekend. On Saturday alone, 112 children at Kantha Bopha Children’s Hospital were diagnosed with encephalitis &ndash; brain-swelling &ndash; that was caused <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/dengue-falls-encephalitis-up/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Bakan grassland in Pursat province has been designated as a national protected area, officially called the Bakan Protected Landscape.​​​ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bakan-grassland-designated-as-natural-protected-area/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government has authorised the Ministry of Environment to promulgate the Circular Strategy on Environment 2023-2050 to ensure environmental sustainability and integrity, respond to climate change and promote a green economy. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-green-lights-circular-strategy-on-environment/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A KAmpucheA Krom monk wAs issued A summons yesterdAy to AppeAr in A Phnom Penh court tomorrow to fAce AccusAtions of incitement. In A letter obtAined by the Post yesterdAy, the investigAting municipAl judge, Duch Kimson, ordered Sieng SovAnnrA, A monk At the SAmAki RAingsey pAgodA, <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/incitement-clAim-monk-cAlled-to-court-over-lAnd-protest/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The government’s long-pledged health insurance scheme for private sector employees, including factory workers, is just around the corner, officials promised yesterday while refusing to name a more specific date. On Wednesday, the Ministry of Labour held a public forum on the insurance plan, which is expected <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/worker-insurance-near/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Five hundred villagers in Preah Vihear province protested yesterday outside the office of FP Malaysia Plantation Company, which they say is attempting to take their land. Rith Sothon, a village representative in Preah Vihear’s Kulen district, said the villagers filed a complaint after the company placed <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hundreds-protest-land-grab-feared-after-posts-appear/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A soldier Arrested lAst week As A suspect in the recent murder of A police officer And A forest rAnger in PreAh ViheAr province hAs stArted serving A 10-yeAr prison sentence for A yeArs-old Armed robbery conviction. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/soldier-in-murder-cAse-stArts-serving-2001-robbery-sentence/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The UN Children’s Fund in AustrAliA hAs wArned volunteers And tourists to Avoid visiting CAmbodiAn orphAnAges following criticAl reports from the press in recent weeks. In A post on its website, UNICEF AustrAliA sAid “these types of tours exploit children And their fAmilies for the finAnciAl <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/orphAnAge-tourism-still-An-issue-unicef/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Whatever you are celebrating in this festive month &ndash; whether Winter Solstice, Pancha Ganapati, Hanukkah, Christmas, Dongzhi Festival, New Year’s Eve, or quality time with loved ones &ndash; we hope you enjoy peace, gratitude and happiness. Happy holidays! From the management and staff of Open <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/happy-holidays/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Phnom Penh’s City Hall warned tobacco companies at a meeting yesterday to stop flouting a sub-decree that prohibits all forms of tobacco advertising, or else face closure or fines. The municipality said some companies were skirting the 2011 sub-decree by using more creative ways to sell <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tobacco-firms-told-to-get-in-line-by-city-hall/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>