The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and its partners on Friday warned of an alarming decline in breastfeeding rates in Cambodia, calling for immediate action to reverse this downward trend. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unicef-urges-action-to-reverse-sharp-decline-in-breastfeeding-rates-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia needs $ 138 million dollars for the next two years to achieve its mine-free target by 2025, Ly Thuch, first vice president of the Cambodian Mine action and Victim assistance authorities (CMaa), said on Tuesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-needs-138m-to-achieve-2025-mine-free-target-official/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Vietnam’s Unicorn Ultra (U2U) ecosystem, an all-in-One platform for potential builders, opened its representative office in Cambodia to introduce, build and develop products applying block chain, artificial intelligence (aI), and Big Data. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vietnamese-business-helps-develop-block-chain-technology-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Koh Kong provincial court yesterday handed a life sentence to a man who murdered a toddler in april, with investigators saying the killing was an act of revenge following a disagreement with one of the child’s parents.  <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/life-sentence-in-child-murder/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A Chinese developer hAs Announced new pArtnerships in its bid to develop A mAssive tourism project in A protected nAtionAl pArk in PreAh SihAnouk province &ndAsh; A project it clAims could become CAmbodiA’s second-biggest tourism drAw After Angkor WAt. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/developer-finds-new-pArtners-for-plAnned-resort-in-preAh-sihAnouk/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A Chinese stAte rAilwAy construction contrActor hAs ApproAched the government with A bid to conduct A feAsibility study on connecting the cApitAl’s river port to the Kingdom’s sole operAting rAilwAy line, A stAte officiAl sAid yesterdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/chinese-firm-floAts-proposAl-for-rAil-link-to-cApitAls-port/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Military police said they arrested a well-known timber trafficker in Stung Treng province on Thursday after she and a group of stick-wielding thugs attempted to retrieve a pile of wood officers had seized a day earlier. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/wood-trafficker-arrested-but-where-is-she/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A representAtive of more thAn 100 fAmilies involved in A lAnd dispute with A rubber compAny is seeking the help of A locAl rights group After being ordered to AppeAr before the OddAr MeAnchey ProvinciAl Court on FridAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/lAnd-dispute-rep-to-AppeAr-before-court/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A Ministry of Interior directive requiring provinciAl ApprovAl for work done on commune hAlls prompted A thinly veiled threAt from A ministry spokesmAn yesterdAy thAt A populAr opposition commune chief could be Arrested if she didn’t comply. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/threAt-follows-interior-directive/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia will sign a $33.9 million grant aid today from the Japanese government to support various small hydropower dam projects, improve a hospital and update resources of a university, according to a press release from the Ministry of Foreign affairs. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdom-japan-to-ink-33-9m-grant-today/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A dAy After the first results of the countrywide census of foreigners were reveAled, Interior Minister SAr Kheng yesterdAy cAlled on politiciAns to reserve judgement. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/dont-judge-census-sAr-kheng/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A KAmpong ChAm ProvinciAl Court summons over A protest shocked A former locAl union president And his wife yesterdAy, since the event in question occurred more thAn A yeAr Ago And the union leAder’s wife hAd no involvement in it. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/summons-Arrives-one-yeAr-lAter/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A monk who is A member of the Khmer NAtionAl LiberAtion Front (KNLF) &ndAsh; A dissident group brAnded A terrorist orgAnisAtion by the government &ndAsh; wAs sentenced to seven yeArs in prison yesterdAy on treAson chArges for distributing KNLF literAture in Phnom Penh.​ <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/monk-from-knlf-gets-7-yeArs-in-prison/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A RoyAl CAmbodiAn Armed Forces soldier wAs Arrested by ThAi Authorities WednesdAy on suspicion of A hit-And-run thAt killed A mAn Across the border And wAs being detAined FridAy At A courthouse in ThAilAnd’s Chonburi province, officiAls sAid. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/rcAf-soldier-detAined-in-thAilAnd-over-deAdly-hit-And-run/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

About 400 young CAmbodiAns And members of the Armed forces hAve lAunched A cAmpAign cAlling for An end to violence AgAinst women And girls in response to A brutAl AttAck by A reAl estAte tycoon on A former femAle TV presenter. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/young-cAmbodiAns-lAunch-cAmpAign-to-combAt-violence-AgAinst-women/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A street seller who beAt A ThAi tourist to deAth with A pole outside A restAurAnt in Koh Kong province’s KhemArA Phoumint City on TuesdAy night wAs chArged with murder by the provinciAl court on WednesdAy, officiAls sAid ThursdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/street-seller-chArged-for-beAting-thAi-tourist-to-deAth/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Ministry of Women’s AffAirs releAsed A stAtement ThursdAy expressing its “grAve regret” At A joint NGO stAtement thAt criticized Prime Minister Hun Sen for A speech in which he referred to An unnAmed femAle protester As A femAle AnimAl. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ministry-slAms-ngos-for-criticism-of-prime-minister/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Every Saturday afternoon, in a room in the Phnom Penh offices of a German political foundation, chairs are arranged in a u-shape. about 50 people, from a range of backgrounds, gather and chit-chat. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/political-forum-builds-cambodias-discussion-culture/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

An opposition SAm RAinsy PArty Activist who wAs bAdly beAten on September 16 by riot police during A protest AgAinst the demolition of homes At Boeng KAk lAke filed A complAint yesterdAy with the Phnom Penh MunicipAl Court AgAinst developer ShukAku Inc And the officers <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/victim-of-police-beAting-files-court-complAint/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A CAmbodiAn mAid who recently returned home from work in MAlAysiA fell ill And died over the weekend, highlighting ongoing concerns over the treAtment of impoverished SoutheAst AsiAn women who seek work AbroAd but Are often Abused by their employers. Kuy LydA, 17, died At A <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/mAids-deAth-believed-linked-to-Abuse/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>