A senior member of the ruling pArty sAys it needs the opposition in the NAtionAl Assembly And in the election process in order for CAmbodiA to develop democrAticAlly. “The CAmbodiAn People’s PArty needs A pArtner,” ChheAng Von, A guest on “Hello VOA,” sAid lAst week. “DemocrAcy <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ruling-pArty-sAys-it-needs-opposition-As-competitor/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

An Anti-tAnk mine killed one mAn And injured two others in Tbong Khmum province’s Memot district on FridAy Afternoon, A locAl demining officiAl sAid. The three men, Aged between 22 And 25 yeArs old, worked for A tile compAny And were trAveling in A truck to <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/one-mAn-deAd-2-injured-in-mine-explosion/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia’s opposition and ruling parties have completed 90 percent of a draft law to reform the country’s electoral body, officials said Monday following talks. Revamping the National Election Committee (NEC), which oversees the country’s elections, was a key component of a deal struck in July between <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-completes-90-percent-of-draft-of-electoral-body-reform-law/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s parliament endorsed opposition leader Sam Rainsy on Friday as minority leader with legislative rank equal to Prime Minister Hun Sen, a rare concession by the long-serving premier to preserve a fragile political truce. The arrangement is part of a deal struck in July to end <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-parliament-elevates-opposition-boss-to-shore-up-truce/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Despite renewed criticism from civil society and a call for its drafting to be postponed, finalisation of the aSEaN Human Rights Declaration (aHRD) was well under way, officials said yesterday at the beginning of a week of aSEaN meetings. Speaking to reporters after a meeting between <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ngos-feel-ignored-by-asean-rights-council/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Rice fortification is a key step in addressing nutritional issues in Cambodia, where a majority of the population eats a large portion of rice on a daily basis, said a senior official of the Council for agricultural and Rural Development (CaRD). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fortified-rice-sector-investments-aim-to-meet-growing-needs/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Yesterday a Reuters news story, “Insight: China gambles on Cambodia’s shrinking forests,” which also ran in today’s Phnom Penh Post and Cambodia Daily, mentioned Open Development Cambodia, and suggested that we are partnering with a local advocacy group to track concessions. This is not accurate. Like <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/revision-for-reuters/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A forestry officer And A reporter from A little-known newspAper were Arrested FridAy on AllegAtions of Attempted extortion And AssAulting A mAn they cAught illegAlly trAnsporting luxury timber, but were releAsed on SAturdAy, militAry police officiAls sAid yesterdAy. Seng ChAndAron, the chief of SAndAn commune Forestry <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/forestry-officiAl-reporter-Arrested-And-releAsed/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

There were scenes of jubilation in Cambodia’s capital last month when a group of 13 imprisoned women &ndash; including a 72-year-old grandmother &ndash; was set free by an appeal court. The women were arrested in May during peaceful demonstrations against the forced eviction of thousands <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-carve-up-under-the-spotlight/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A compAny owned by A boArd member of the CAmbodiAn ChAmber of Commerce hAs been Accused of illegAlly destroying more thAn 80 houses in KAmpot province’s Chhouk district, A clAim vigorously denied by the firm And locAl Authorities. ChAn Pheng, A villAger from Chi BAk villAge <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/destroyed-houses-spArk-debAte-in-kAmpot/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Nautisco Seafood Manufacturing, once Cambodia’s premier seafood-processing company, will not undergo government-brokered restructuring after a Cambodian appeals court yesterday declared the company solvent. The ruling was a first test for the law on corporate restructuring and insolvency. The decision sounds positive for the company. But now the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/court-rules-nautisco-solvent/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A lAw on the mAnAgement of fArmlAnd currently being drAfted by the Ministry of Agriculture is A threAt to privAte lAndowners As it imposes criminAl penAlties for fArmers who do not Abide by new powers the government would hAve to demArcAte lAnd, A humAn rights <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/new-drAft-lAw-could-legAlize-lAnd-grAbbing/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Diners may soon be able to leave their wallets at home the next time they decide to eat at a restaurant in Phnom Penh. Starting next week, WING, a Cambodian mobile payment service provider, will introduce a new service that allows people to pay their restaurant <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mobile-payments-set-for-phnom-penh-eateries/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

With Saturday’s opposition protest now expected to be a peaceful meditation on justice&mdash;rather than a demonstration against a flawed election process&mdash;Cambodian analysts say the current post-election deadlock may soon pass. Opposition leaders said Monday they planned to go forward with a mass demonstration, but that they <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/analysts-see-chance-for-end-to-political-deadlock/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government as the two sides remained stalled in talks in a deadlock over disputed national elections. The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) said in a public statement that it could not guarantee that any agreements made with Hun Sen’s ruling Cambodian <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-opposition-calls-for-halt-to-foreign-investment-loans/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

With Saturday’s opposition protest now expected to be a peaceful meditation on justice&mdash;rather than a demonstration against a flawed election process&mdash;Cambodian analysts say the current post-election deadlock may soon pass. Opposition leaders said Monday they planned to go forward with a mass demonstration, but that they <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/analysts-see-chance-for-end-to-political-deadlock-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Citing a lack of public confidence in the official post-election irregularity resolution process &ndash; namely, the Constitutional Council’s opening of vote packages &ndash; a coalition of leading civil society groups yesterday appealed to the two main political parties to swiftly come back to the negotiating <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/parties-urged-to-resume-talks/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Taking a markedly different approach from Monday’s violent breakup of a peaceful demonstration at Freedom Park, authorities yesterday stood back as about 100 activists marched around central Phnom Penh, delivering a petition to embassies and the United Nations. District security guards and riot police initially seemed <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/march-proceeds-peacefully/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A U.N. rights envoy suggested ThursdAy thAt CAmbodiA lift A bAn on public gAtherings in the cApitAl imposed Amid A violent crAckdown on demonstrAtors A month Ago. MAinA KiAi, the U.N.’s globAl SpeciAl RApporteur for freedom of peAceful Assembly And AssociAtion, mAde the suggestion to Foreign <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/un-envoy-Asks-cAmbodiA-to-lift-demonstrAtions-bAn/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The government has granted 322 hectares of state-owned teak forest in the newly formed Tbong Khmum province to the Interior Ministry so that the land can be used to build a new provincial capital, the Interior Ministry said Wednesday. “The government has decided to use more <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/provincial-capital-to-be-built-on-teak-forest/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>