News

Welder jailed 5 years for fake money

Som Sitha, a local welder, was sentenced to five years in prison yesterday by the Phnom Penh Court of First Instance yesterday, for passing counterfeit money. ...

Tin Sokhavuth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15208/welder-jailed-5-years-for-fake-money/

Exam scores up this year, graders say

Interviews with dozens of the more than 10,000 teachers who gathered in Phnom Penh this week to grade exams taken by more than 85,000 Grade 12 students last month indicate that the results this year might not be as dismal as last year – when ...

Va Sonyka
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15215//

New border openings

In another push to facilitate bilateral trade, Cambodian and Thai delegates met for two days last week to discuss developments on a handful of new border crossings, a rail line connecting the two countries at Poi Pet, and special economic zones designed for those living ...

Naomi-Collett Ritz
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15201/new-border-openings/

Koh Kong court protesters told to leave or be forced to move

Khemara Phoumint City deputy governor Pen Bunchhouy on Tuesday issued a letter to a group of protesters demanding that they vacate the area in front of the Koh Kong Provincial Court by Wednesday, threatening “action” if they refused. ...

Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/koh-kong-court-protesters-told-to-leave-or-be-forced-to-move-93168/

Veterans struggle to claim their pensions

The families of deceased Cambodian veterans are finding pensions hard to come by, the Cambodian Veteran Association admitted yesterday, as the organisation is scrambling for funds amid what appears to be higher-than-usual death rates among the Kingdom’s former military officers. ...

Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/veterans-struggle-claim-their-pensions

Healthy profit for Acleda in first half

Cambodia’s largest bank, Acleda Bank, announced its half-yearly results on August 26, reporting a 40 per cent increase in net profits as compared to the same period last year, on the back of strong loan and deposits growth. ...

Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/healthy-profit-acleda-first-half

Railway families seek more money for move

Dozens of families living along the railway tracks in Banteay Meanchey province have been told they must be relocated as the authorities prepare to construct roads and renovate the line. ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/railway-families-seek-more-money-move

Australia says deal to send more refugees to Cambodia still on

Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop on Monday denied a refugee deal with Cambodia had collapsed after Cambodian officials said it did not intend to accept any more refugees from a South Pacific  detention center under an  agreement. ...

VOA Khmer News Staff
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/australia-says-deal-to-send-more-refugees-to-cambodia-still-on/2939548.html

Survivors of labor trafficking often fall through the cracks, report says

Men who are trafficked into forced labor can have difficulty reintegrating into their lives once they return. The report, by Hagar International, says assistance for such integration remains underfunded, while many victims of trafficking are forgotten once they find their way home. ...

Socheata Hean
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/survivors-of-labor-trafficking-often-fall-through-the-cracks-report-says/2940874.html

Late King’s adviser says French border demarcation should bee used

Prince Sisowath Thomico, the personal secretary of late King Norodom Sihanouk, has weighed in on Cambodia’s map controversy and the alleged encroachment of Vietnamese infrastructure along the Cambodian border. ...

Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/late-king-adviser-says-french-border-demarcation-should-be-used/2940891.html

Protesters clash with authorities in Koh Kong

A group of protesters demanding the release of three jailed environmental activists in Koh Kong province clashed with authorities on Tuesday, as they attempted to file a petition to the residence of the provincial governor. ...

Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/protesters-clash-with-authorities-in-koh-kong/2940836.html

France to lend maps to Cambodia amid dispute over Vietnam border

Former colonial ruler France has agreed to lend a set of maps to Cambodia following a request from Prime Minister Hun Sen and amid a dispute over the demarcation of the Southeast Asian nation’s border with neighboring Vietnam, officials said Tuesday. ...

RFA Khmer News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/maps-09012015154512.html

Bomb pair in Cambodia, say police

Police believe the two prime bombing suspects in the Erawan and Sathon pier explosions are hiding in Cambodia and have asked Phnom Penh authorities to hunt them down, a Crime Suppression Division (CSD) source said Monday. ...

Bangkok Post News Staff
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/security/675552/bomb-pair-in-cambodia-say-police

Red cross opens luxury hotel in Preah Vihear

Pa Socheatvong, the Phnom Penh governor and head of the Phnom Penh branch of the Cambodian Red Cross (CRC), oversaw the opening of a luxury six-story hotel in Preah Vihear City on Monday, officials said. ...

Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/red-cross-opens-luxury-hotel-in-preah-vihear-93050/

Reporters send complaint over warning letter

More than 30 journalists in Ratanakkiri province have written to the Club of Cambodian Journalists (CCJ) about what they described as a threatening letter sent by the provincial governor last week in which he said journalists should stop extorting money from illegal loggers. ...

Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/rkiri-reporters-send-complaint-over-governors-warning-letter-93044/

Military seeks new recruits

More than 600 cadets will be recruited to become military officers, the Ministry of Defence announced yesterday.Recruits for the 2015-2016 class will be selected from candidates of both sexes, aged 18-25, in good health and with clean criminal records. ...

May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/military-seeks-new-recruits

Four maids return after fleeing bosses in Malaysia

Four male maids will return to Cambodia today after escaping from their employers and seeking assistance from the Cambodian Embassy in Malaysia, where they say they were forced to work overtime and were not paid, an official said Monday. ...

Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/four-maids-return-after-fleeing-bosses-in-malaysia-93042/

Drought batters 13 provinces

Amid what some meteorologists have dubbed a “Godzilla-like El Niño”, drought conditions during Cambodia’s scheduled monsoon season have significantly worsened from what last year were termed historically bad levels, a new report from the Ministry of Agriculture shows. ...

Sen David and Ethan Harfenist
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/drought-batters-13-provinces

Unlicensed clinics prove a tough issue to treat

Operating from a modest tin shack he shares with his wife and children near the Mekong River in Kandal province, 34-year-old Seurn Sokheang treats his neighbors for a wide range of ailments. ...

George Wright and Buth Kimsay
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/unlicensed-clinics-prove-a-tough-issue-to-treat-93040/

Australian ministers deny collapse of refugee deal

Australia’s foreign minister on Monday insisted that a controversial refugee deal with Cambodia was alive and well, dismissing Australian news reports that efforts to resettle more refugees here from Nauru had collapsed. ...

Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/australian-ministers-deny-collapse-of-refugee-deal-93037/

Ministry defends pro-CPP speech at university

The Education Ministry on Monday defended a pro-CPP speech delivered to some 1,500 students at a university in Phnom Penh on Sunday, reasoning that the school did not breach the ministry’s new directive against political activity at academic institutions because classes had finished for the ...

Aun Chhengpor
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-defends-pro-cpp-speech-at-university-93048/

Marketing at ‘The Bay’ eats into Teho’s bottom line

Teho International, developer of the $500 million “The Bay” real estate project in Phnom Penh, reported $5.3 million in losses for the year ending June 2015, in part due to marketing and promotional activities relating to the Cambodian project. ...

Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/marketing-bay-eats-tehos-bottom-line

Civil Society groups turning to crowdfunding

In a bid to raise more money from within the country, civil society organizations are planning to launch a platform in November that will use crowdfunding via mobile phone credit to fund projects ranging from IT development to the arts. ...

Anthony Jensen
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/civil-society-groups-turning-to-crowdfunding-93061/https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/civil-society-groups-turning-to-crowdfunding-93061/

Court denies bail to activists as more protesters head to Koh Kong

The Koh Kong Provincial Court on Monday denied bail to three jailed activists from environmental NGO Mother Nature who were charged last mo nth with threatening to destroy barges operated by a sand dredging company, their lawyer said. ...

Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-denies-bail-to-activists-as-more-protesters-head-to-koh-kong-93046/

Contact us

Contact us

Do you have questions on the content published by Open Development Cambodia (ODC)? We will gladly help you.

Have you found a technical problem or issue on the Open Development Cambodia (ODC) website?

Tell us how we're doing.

Do you have resources that could help expand the Open Development Cambodia (ODC) website? We will review any map data, laws, articles, and documents that we do not yet have and see if we can implement them into our site. Please make sure the resources are in the public domain or fall under a Creative Commons license.

File was deleted
ERROR!

Disclaimer: Open Development Cambodia (ODC) will thoroughly review all submitted resources for integrity and relevancy before the resources are hosted. All hosted resources will be in the public domain, or licensed under Creative Commons. We thank you for your support.

PwEtL
* The idea box couldn't be blank! Something's gone wrong, Please Resubmit the form! Please add the code correctly​ first.

Thank you for taking the time to get in contact!