Cambodia association of Travel agents president ang Kim Eang yesterday released a statement denying all allegations of wrongdoing against him by some members of the association’s board who have called for his resignation. Last Wednesday, 11 of CaTa’s 15 board members signed and thumb-printed a petition <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tourism-turmoil-continues/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Chan Sophon, who was found guilty in 2012 of the February 2007 murder of Hy Vuthy, a senior leader of the Free Trade Union (FTU), faced the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday as part of his ongoing effort to have the court reinvestigate the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/court-hears-request-to-reinvestigate-slaying-of-ftu-leader/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia highly appreciated the current development of economic and trade cooperation with China, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister aun Pornmoniroth told Xinhua in an interview on Friday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-dpm-and-finance-minister-say-country-highly-values-economic-trade-cooperation-with-china/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than a dozen international advocacy groups wrote to National assembly President Heng Samrin asking him to withdraw a controversial draft law on NGOs and associations. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/host-of-groups-call-for-scrapping-the-ngo-law/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Child rights groups Action Pour Les EnfAnts And InternAtionAl Justice Mission hAve sAid they cArried out A “detAiled And impArtiAl” investigAtion into clAims of sexuAl Abuse before removing six young boys from their fAmilies AgAinst their pArents’ wishes lAst week.  In A stAtement defending their work <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Aple-defends-work-on-cAse/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

About 500 protesters erected bArricAdes on NAtionAl RoAd 76A in KrAtie province’s Snuol district on SAturdAy to protest the loss of their fArmlAnd And homes to encroAchment by three Agro-industry firms: SovAnn Rithy, SAmnAng Angkor And DAi NAm CAmbodiA, officiAls sAid yesterdAy. The protest, which remAined <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/protesters-block-highwAy-over-Alleged-lAnd-grAbs-by-firms/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia earned a total of $1.2 billion from the exports of raw cashew nuts and dry rubber during the first 10 months of 2023, according to official reports on Wednesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-makes-1-2-bln-from-exports-of-raw-cashew-nuts-rubber-in-10-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

This season’s Kampot pepper production is expected to reach 27 tonnes, up from 21 tonnes last year thanks to a larger area of harvested land. But Nguon Lay, president of the Kampot Pepper association, said on Sunday that despite the increase, adverse weather conditions meant the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/yield-of-gi-pepper-up-but-lower-than-hoped/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A month After Prime Minister Hun Sen issued A directive ordering government bodies to put A hAlt on new hires&mdAsh;except to fill vAcAted positions&mdAsh;the Ministry of Public Function hAs Authorized stAte institutions to hire 5,001 civil servAnts to replAce those who hAd recently retired, quit <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/govt-Announces-5001-new-hires-Authorized-for-2015/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Laos will begin its chairmanship of asean in January, the year when economic integration across the region begins.Officials say the land-locked country can serve as a model for connectivity, helping the region focus on the development gap between the rich and poor countries of asean. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/laos-could-act-as-land-link-in-integrated-asean/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A lArge number of cAttle rAisers hAve complAined thAt cow prices hAve fAllen And not mAny trAders hAve been buying cows for more thAn A month. A locAl livestock rAising AssociAtion hAs suggested thAt fAlling prices mAy be due to An increAse in meAt imports <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAttle-fArmers-concerned-by-fAlling-prices-illegAl-imports/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Security guards from Derm Kor market in Phnom Penh’s Tuol Kork district destroyed produce from nearly 100 vegetable vendors yesterday morning after ordering sellers to vacate the premises for parking. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/food-fight-vendors-and-security-feud-over-parking/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Singapore-listed oil and gas firm KrisEnergy Ltd is moving closer to finalising its deal with the Cambodian government that will pave the way for extraction from the Block a offshore oil field once negotiations over a technical strategy and fiscal regime have been finalised. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/oil-firm-ready-to-push-ahead-with-offshore-drilling/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A senior government officiAl hAs Accused Authorities involved in the construction And repAir of the nAtion’s roAds of embezzling A significAnt portion of the money budgeted to them. Nhim VAndA, the first vice president of the NAtionAl Committee for DisAster MAnAgement, on WednesdAy Added his voice <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cpp-officiAl-Alleges-embezzlement-of-roAds-budgets/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A new study on wind energy And its potentiAl to diversify CAmbodiA’s energy sector is now being conducted, with results expected for mid next yeAr, According to A representAtive of the Ministry of Mines And Energy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/testing-the-winds-in-cAmbodiAs-energy-sector/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Free Trade Union has vowed to stage a mass strike in the garment and footwear industries if its demands for an extra US$30 per month of bonuses for workers are not met, union president Chea Mony said yesterday. The union sent a letter to Minister <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/massive-strike-nearing-union/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A group of over 50 protesters gAthered in front of TAkeo ProvinciAl Court on MondAy demAnding government intervention After Allegedly being scAmmed out of $160,000 by A provinciAl sAvings AssociAtion, 30 of whom were summoned to provinciAl court yesterdAy in response to their cAse being <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/provinciAl-court-summons-AssociAtion-directors-for-Alleged-scAm/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia ranked 112 out of 113 countries surveyed globally and dead last in the East asia and Pacific region when it comes to the perceived rule of law, a new report released today states. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-worst-in-region-for-rule-of-law-report/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia advance Communications Ltd, operating under the brand qb, is in talks to either merge with or acquire Thai majority-owned Mfone, a senior government official said yesterday. The talks come amid recent speculation that operators in Cambodia’s oversaturated telecommunications market would have to consolidate in order <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/consolidation-on-horizon-as-mobile-operators-enter-talks/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

 Just months ahead of local elections, the Cambodian government has ordered the microfinance industry to cap interest rates on new and refinanced loans at 18 percent a year starting april 1. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/interest-cap-poses-body-blow-for-cambodian-microfinance/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>