Logging mogul blasted
Logging tycoon Try Pheap has come under fire from two separate reports alleging that he is using his vast network of concessions and licences to decimate protected forests across Cambodia. one of the reports, an exhaustive four-month investigation by a local NGo, also looked at the ...
Phak Seangly and May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/logging-mogul-blasted
Negotiations Falter After Election Results Released
Negotiations between the ruling CPP and opposition CNRP over an investigation into election irregularities stalled Monday after the National Election Committee (NEC) released official preliminary election results that supported the ruling party’s claim of victory in the July 28 election. In an initial round of talks ...
Neou Vannarin and Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/negotiations-falter-after-election-results-released-39264/
Anti-Eviction Protesters Clash With Security Forces
Protesters, including a band of angry monks, clashed with military and riot police on Thursday in Phnom Penh as authorities tried to prevent a local housing rights group from carrying out a rally against forced evictions. Housing Rights Task Force (HRTF), a coalition of five local ...
Alex Willemyns and Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/anti-eviction-protesters-clash-with-security-forces-44882/
Investors Play Down Impact of Labor Strikes
Economists and analysts on Thursday shrugged off the opposition CNRP’s threat to stage nationwide labor strikes, arguing that while such a move could lower profits for companies in the short term, it would not significantly deter foreign investors. Mr. Rainsy, who mentioned the possibility of strikes ...
Ben Woods
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/investors-play-down-impact-of-labor-strikes-43694/
After Arrests, NGOs Continue Petitioning to ‘Free the 23′
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 ...
Aun Pheap and Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/after-arrests-ngos-continue-petitioning-to-free-the-23-50966/
Reforestry Claim ‘A Stretch’
The government reforested 80,693 hectares of land between 2008 and 2012 as part of its efforts to combat deforestation, a recent agriculture ministry report says, but these seemingly impressive statistics were reached by counting rubber trees and other agricultural crops as adequate replacements for forests. The ...
May Titthara and Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/reforestry-claim-%E2%80%98-stretch%E2%80%99
Gov’t criticizes media coverage of strike violence
The high-ranking government officials and global clothing brand representatives who took part in a meeting in Phnom Penh on Wednesday both raised concerns about the media coverage of last month’s lethal repression of a nationwide strike by garment workers and its aftermath. The meeting was called ...
Alex Willemyns And Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-criticizes-media-coverage-of-strike-violence-52979/
Ministry of Information issues a press release on the practice of journalism and clarification on the concerns of some CSOs on press freedom in Cambodia
In a statement issued by the Ministry of Information on 03 November 2020, the government denied all allegations made by the media that the government had cracked down on them. In the statement, the Cambodian government explains as follows:According to the spokesman of the Ministry ...
Ministry of Information
Open Cyber Talk 2019
On 17 March 2019, the annual Open Cyber Talk 2019 under the theme &ldquO;OppOrtunities and Risks Of the Netizens in CambOdia&rdquO; will be taken place at TOnle Basac II frOm 07:30 AM tO 12:00 PM. The Open Cyber Talk 2019 is an impOrtant platfOrm, where ...
Cambodian Center for Independent Media
Press release: China reaffirms resounding support for Cambodia’s sovereignty, emerging government leadership and development path
On 13 August 2023 – His Excellency PRAK SOkhOnn, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister Of FOreign Affairs and InternatiOnal COOperatiOn Of the KingdOm Of CambOdia, and His Excellency WANG Yi, Member Of the POlitical Bureau Of the Central COmmittee Of the COmmunist Party Of China, DirectOr ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Press release on the meeting between the Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation, Propaganda and Information Committee of the National Assembly and the Ministry of Information
On 25 January 2023, at the NatiOnal Assembly building, the NatiOnal Assembly COmmittee On FOreign Affairs, InternatiOnal COOperatiOn, PrOpaganda and InfOrmatiOn with the Ministry Of InfOrmatiOn and cOlleagues Organized a discussiOn meeting tO understand &ldquO;Media Affairs in CambOdia&rdquO; in Order tO enhance the efficiency and ...
National Assembly of the Kingdom of Cambodia
The outcomes of the visit of Anti-Corruption Unit to Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK Indonesia)
On 16 March 2023, the Anti-COrruptiOn Unit (ACU) issued a press release On the OutcOme Of the visit frOm 8 tO 9 March 2023 tO IndOnesia&rsquO;s COrruptiOn EradicatiOn COmmissiOn (KPK IndOnesia) as the fOllOws:Mutual enhancement and exchange Of cOOperatiOn between KPK IndOnesia and ACU CambOdia ...
Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU)
Cambodian delegation joins Southeast Asia Policy Dialogue on ECCC in Indonesia
FacebookTwitterEmailShareCambodian delegation led by Dr om Romny, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MoEYS), attended the Southeast Asia Policy Dialogue on Early Childhood Care and Education (SEAPD on ECCE) held in Jakarta, Indonesia on July 25-26 under the theme “Transforming ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/1332881/cambodian-delegation-joins-southeast-asia-policy-dialogue-on-eccc-in-indonesia/
Press Release: Outcomes of the 19th Government-Private Sector Forum on November 13, 2023, by Council for the Development of Cambodia
On the mOrning Of MOnday, 13 NOvember 2023, at the Peace Palace, the 19th GOvernment-Private SectOr FOrum was held, presided Over by Samdech MOha BOvOrthipadi Hun Manet, the Prime Minister Of the KingdOm Of CambOdia. The fOrum gathered apprOximately 1,200 attendees, including His and Her ...
Council for the Development of Cambodia
Press release: Outcomes of the 19th Government-Private Sector Forum on 13 November 2023, by the Cambodia government spokesperson unit
On the mOrning Of MOnday, 13 NOvember 2023, Samdech MOha BOvOrthipadi Hun Manet, the Prime Minister Of the KingdOm Of CambOdia, led the 19th GOvernment-Private SectOr FOrum at the Peace Palace, Office Of the COuncil Of Ministers. The fOrum was attended by the management teams ...
Cambodia Government Spokesperson Unit
Announcement: Data literacy training
Open DevelOpment CambOdia (ODC), with financial assistance frOm USAID&rsquO;s CambOdian Civil SOciety Strengthening prOject, is delighted tO annOunce a series Of Training On Data Literacy that cOnsists Of THREE training mOdules and a final wOrkshOp. Each phase is a 5-day wOrkshOp that will prOgressively equip ...
Open Development Cambodia
Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) partner meeting with the Netherlands Commission for Environmental Assessment
![](https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/photo_2023-11-01_14-31-35-2-150x150.jpg)
On 20 OctOber 2023, the ODC team traveled tO Utrecht City, the Netherlands, tO engage in a crucial meeting with Dr. Arend KOlhOff, Technical Secretary Of InternatiOnal COOperatiOn at the Netherlands COmmissiOn fOr EnvirOnmental Assessment. ODC has been cOllabOrating clOsely with the cOmmissiOn On prOviding ...
A half-day conversation: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and stakeholder engagement
![](https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/2-150x150.jpg)
The Open DevelOpment CambOdia (ODC) Organized a half-day wOrkshOp On 9 May 2024 in PhnOm Penh, On &ldquO;Using CSR data tO prOmOte transparency in business and stakehOlder engagement in CambOdia,&rdquO; which prOvided OppOrtunities fOr peOple frOm variOus dOmain backgrOunds tO explOre the cOncept Of cOrpOrate ...
NGOs and social enterprises
[[“Actors”,”Expertise/purposes”,”Website”,”Facebook”],[“ open Development Cambodia (oDC)“,”oDC is an open data institution that provides information on various topics and issues from economic to environmental, government, social, and landing.”,””,”Link“],[“Young Entrepreneurs Association of Cambodia (YEAC)“,”YEAC builds capacity, empowers entrepreneurs, constructively advocates, and engages the public. “,””,”Link“],[“Global Entrepreneurship Network Cambodia ...