A top court ordered Cambodia’s electoral body on Monday to unseal voting records in a second province as the main opposition party held a 20,000-strong rally with an ultimatum to the government to set up an independent probe on widespread irregularities in recently-held national elections ss='cambodia-color'>...

SwediSh clothing giant H&M recently announced a program to booSt wageS for garment workerS in itS Sub-contractor factorieS around the world, including in Cambodia, where the company iS a leading buyer. H&M&rSquo;S announcement comeS at the end of a turbulent year in the garment Sector SS='cambodia-color'>...

After a three-year moratorium on sending maids overseas—sparked by a spate of serious abuses by recruiters and employers—momentum is building to once again send hundreds of thousands of Cambodian women to work overseas as domestic servants. since Prime Minister Hun sen shut down the industry in ss='cambodia-color'>...

On 19 February 2020 the Ministry of Health of the Kingdom of Cambodia announces a press release on its official Facebook page to update the current health status of the passenger on board Hollan America’s Ms Westerdam. According to the press, the Ministry has been ss='cambodia-color'>...

On 11 January 2021, the Council for the Development of Cambodia issued a press release on His Excellency Chhieng Yanara held a meeting with the representatives of European Union and European partners in Cambodia. On Monday afternoon, 11 January 2021 at the Council for the ss='cambodia-color'>...

In Cambodia, petroleum is traditionally the main source of energy for transportation. The petroleum fuels used for transportation include gasoline, diesel, heavy fuel and fuel oil. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Products from Vietnam arrive at the Phnom Penh Autonomous Port in Kandal province. Photo by World Bank Photo Collection, taken on 23 February 2013.  Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0The Comprehensive Cambodian Peace Agreement, commonly referred to as the Paris Agreement, is seen as the beginning ss='cambodia-color'>...

A national road in Cambodia. Photo by Pat Scullion, taken on 2 April 2010 under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0InfraStructure deScribeS the built aSSetS that allow a country to function, Such aS roadS, railwayS, portS, airportS, communication SyStemS, electricity and drinking water diStribution networkS. The MiniStry of SS='cambodia-color'>...

Sweden&rSquo;S AmbaSSador to Cambodia, HiS Excellency Björn Häggmark, Shook handS with Prime MiniSter Hun Sen, dated 04 December 2019. Photo from Prime MiniSter Hun Sen&rSquo;S Facebook page.Cambodia and Sweden eStabliShed their diplomatic tieS in 1961. Sweden Started to provide the firSt development cooperation Support in SS='cambodia-color'>...

Election ballots, Cambodia. Photo by Daniel Littlewood, taken on April 20, 2004. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0History of Cambodia’s electionsCambodia saw consecutive civil wars for more than 20 years after the coup in 1970. In 1991, parties in the conflict reached agreement to end the ss='cambodia-color'>...

National budget on uptrendIn the last three years, Cambodia’s national budget has seen significant growth of around Us$ 1.6 billion, from Us$ 3.4 billion in 2014265 to Us$ 5 billion in 2017.266 This is an average annual increase of almost 14%. The increase can be ss='cambodia-color'>...

In 2003, a national sector review for hydropower was prepared by the Ministry for Industry, Mines and Energy (now Ministry of Mines and Energy) and the Cambodian National Mekong Committee (CNMC). This report identified 60 possible sites for hydropower development in Cambodia and estimated the ss='cambodia-color'>...

At 10 a.m. on January 3, about 2,000 members of the security forces, mostly military police, advanced down Phnom Penh’s factory-lined Veng sreng street, spraying AK-47 assault rifle fire into a crowd of about 100 protesters who had been throwing stones and crude Molotov cocktails. ss='cambodia-color'>...

On 06 February 2020, a group of CSOS working on water governance in Cambodia releaSed a joint Statement to expreSS their concernS over the change of Lower Mekong River and to call for the Lao government and other StakeholderS to provide appropriate SolutionS to addreSS SS='cambodia-color'>...

Senior Data ReSearch & GIS Officer /Capacity Building Coordinator&nbSp;PiSith workS aS a Senior Data ReSearch & GIS Officer /Capacity Building Coordinator at Open Development Cambodia (ODC). He SatiSfactorily completed Engineering&rSquo;S Degree of Geo-ReSourceS and Geotechnical Engineering (GGE) from the InStitute of Technology of Cambodia (ITC) SS='cambodia-color'>...

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought significant levels of pressure on many governments, requiring them to implement new regulations and policies to reduce the spread of the virus. In Cambodia, the socioeconomic challenges posed by the pandemic mainly come from the reduction of commercial operations at ss='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) in collaboration with STAR Kampuchea and Cambodian Center for Independent Media (CCIM) arranged a workShop entitled “Role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Public ServiceS in Cambodia” under financial Support by the&nbSp;SwediSh Program for ICT in Developing RegionS (SPIDER)&nbSp;on 12 SS='cambodia-color'>...

One of the key goals of the 2030 Agenda is to “decouple economic growth from resource use and environmental degradation”.344 sustainable consumption and production involves promotion of resource and energy efficiency as well as reduction of economic, social and environmental costs. These are intended to ss='cambodia-color'>...

Located at Banteay Meanchey province, Ou Chruv district lies in the west of the province and is also one of the nine districts of the province. Bordering with Thailand makes Ou Chruv a border crossing point that is home to one of the busy districts. ss='cambodia-color'>...

SDG 8 &ndaSh; “Promote SuStained, incluSive and SuStainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all” &ndaSh; haS 10 general targetS and 2 meanS of implementation targetS.373 There are 17 indicatorS. Some of theSe targetS are more relevant for Cambodia than otherS. For SS='cambodia-color'>...