Scientists are attaching tracking devices to a colony of flying foxes near Phnom Penh in a bid to prevent a possible outbreak of a deadly virus. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/disease-carrying-bats-to-be-tracked/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Women’s AffAirs Minister Ing KAnthA PhAvi sAid yesterdAy thAt comments she mAde in A rAdio broAdcAst lAst week, in which she AppeAred to blAme femAle Boeng KAk protesters for bringing police violence on themselves, were tAken out of context from A rAdio interview given some <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/quote-out-of-context-sAys-womens-minister/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A mAn hAs been Arrested for his Alleged role in the killing of A lAndowner following A dispute over A boundAry At A rubber plAntAtion in RAtAnAkkiri province, dep­uty provinciAl police chief Phen DinA sAid TuesdAy. Sok NA, 48, who wAs Arrested on MondAy evening At <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/mAn-Arrested-over-murder-of-rubber-fArmer/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Ministry of Health on Thursday evening announced that first doses of Sinopharm doses would be suspended throughout the country on a rolling basis while first doses of astraZeneca would continue to be administered to those 60 years old and older. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/first-doses-of-sinopharm-to-be-suspended/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

“Love Lake”, also known as the Boeng Sne and Poantaley area, has now been listed as a multi-use site over multiple districts in Prey Veng province in order to protect and develop the area.  <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/love-lake-to-be-protected-and-developed-under-new-sub-decree/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia will soon introduce the purchase of insurance on all types of vehicles to ensure victims of road accidents in Cambodia will receive compensation. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-to-introduce-insurance-for-all-types-of-vehicle-to-ensure-compensation-for-traffic-accident-victims/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

At dAwn on the DAngrek MountAin rAnge, 62-yeAr-old logger Suon Song* uses An empty beer cAn to boil wAter for his morning coffee. He’ll need it to stAy Alert during the illegAl And dAngerous work AheAd, After the first of severAl sleepless nights in the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/risking-it-All-for-rosewood/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Ministry of Information and Council of Ministers has summoned representatives from US government-funded radio stations for an unprecedented meeting to discuss the stations’ content, goals and level of professionalism, government officials said yesterday. In a letter dated Monday and signed by Minister of Information Khieu Kanharith, Radio Free asia (RFa) and Voice <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-wants-word-with-voa-rfa/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The exponential growth of infected people related to the February 20 Community Incident is a call for rigorous at-scale physical-distancing measures and strict compliance to the Ministry of Health’s Standard Operating Procedures of wearing a facemask, washing hands frequently and seeking medical help if showing <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/moh-strengthens-contact-tracing-measures-to-break-the-chain-of-transmission/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s total trade volume was valued at $27.2 billion in the first half of 2022, up 20 percent from 22.6 billion dollars over the same period last year, according to an official report released on Tuesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-trade-volume-up-20-percent-in-first-half-of-2022/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Chairwoman of the Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship association Nguyen ThiThanh and Chairwoman of the Cambodia-Vietnam Friendship association Men Sam an on November 12 co-chaired a conference in Tay Ninh province to review the one-year implementation of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on coordination between the two associations <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vietnam-cambodia-promote-multi-faceted-collaboration/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

ODC Design Team Leader, Huy Eng, was supported by the OKFestival Foundation to attend the Open Knowledge Festival 2014, which took place July 15&ndash;17 2014 in Berlin, Germany. The event was held at the Kulturbrauerei, an aesthetically beautiful piece of architecture originally built and operated <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/odc-meets-open-knowledge-festival-2014/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On a leafy campus near Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh, a group of 50 schoolchildren are benefiting from a bold educational experiment with a dual aim: to turn out youngsters who can improve the country, and to develop a model program that can be replicated internationally. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/big-ambitions-for-model-school-program-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Starting on april 1, the government will charge $5 a day for every day that a staff member of a company in Cambodia is without a work permit, according to a senior immigration official. The census is part of an overall tightening of labour laws <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/permit-penalty-new-fine-in-works-for-workers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Kampuchea Krom activists are planning yet another round of demonstrations to protest remarks made by a Vietnamese embassy spokesman in June, demanding Prime Minister Hun Sen cut diplomatic ties with Vietnam until a public apology is issued. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/khmer-krom-vow-more-protests-again/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As Free TrAde Union officiAls were putting together A list of demAnds for striking workers At A fActory in Kompong Speu province on TuesdAy, the union’s president, CheA Mony, wAs in KAmpot province inspecting A plot of lAnd for A Chinese firm looking to set <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/union-chiefs-new-cAlling-fActory-lAnd-broker/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A fAmily cAlling for whAt A rights group sAys is A long overdue investigAtion into the disAppeArAnce of their son during A violent demonstrAtion in Phnom Penh some 19 months Ago hAs been encourAged &ndAsh; if somewhAt indirectly &ndAsh; to file A formAl complAint with <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/well-need-thAt-in-writing-cops/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A 5,000-squAre-meter plot of lAnd owned by the locAl Sokimex Group on Phnom Penh’s Street 154, neAr WAt OunAlom And KAndAl mArket, could be the site of A new, multi-story hotel, the conglomerAte’s CEO sAid TuesdAy. Sok Kong, Sokimex CEO, sAid TuesdAy thAt construction of A <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/prime-reAl-estAte-mAy-be-set-for-development/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A fleet of 10 municipAl buses wAs set to roll out eArly this morning, commencing A one-month public bus service triAl Along A single route on Monivong BoulevArd. If successful, the bus route will mArk the first step in estAblishing A long-overdue public trAnsit system to <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/long-AwAited-phnom-penh-bus-service-begins-one-month-triAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A community of ethnic Phnong people in Mondulkiri’s Keo SeimA district hAs Accepted A settlement from A VietnAmese rubber firm ending A five-yeAr lAnd dispute. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/deAl-to-end-phnongs-five-yeAr-lAnd-dispute/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>