News

Over 100 protest in support of families cut out of rail deal

More than 100 people protested Thursday outside Poipet City Hall in support of 50 families in Phsar Kandal commune who were passed over when the government offered compensation to residents who ceded land for a railway project that displaced some 4,000 families across the country. ...

Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/over-100-protest-in-support-of-families-cut-out-of-rail-deal-85462/

Teen tried over killing of abbot

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday heard the case of a former teenage monk accused of the murder of one of his superiors, allegedly while he was being reprimanded. ...

Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/teen-tried-over-killing-abbot

Cambodia receives 1.6 mln foreign tourists in first 4 months

Cambodia welcomed some 1.6 million foreign tourists in the first four months of 2015, a 4.5 percent rise compared with the same period last year, Tourism Minister Thong Khon said Friday. ...

Xinhua team
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12227/cambodia-receives-1-6-mln-foreign-tourists-in-first-4-months/

Rainsy lauds late Chea Sim

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy yesterday praised former ruling party president Chea Sim, who died on Monday, calling him a national hero and comparing his patriotic ideals to those of the late King Father Norodom Sihanouk.​ Speaking to reporters after paying his respects at the former Senate ...

Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rainsy-lauds-late-chea-sim

Customs chief names firm in record ivory haul

Thirteen months after Cambodia’s largest ever haul of ivory was seized at the Sihanoukville Autonomous Port, the chief of customs on Wednesday appeared before the provincial court to answer questions about the case for the first time. ...

Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/customs-chief-names-firm-in-record-ivory-haul-85454/

Thirty-six Vietnamese to be deported after shop raids

Immigration police arrested 36 illegal Vietnamese immigrants Thursday morning during coordinated raids of 18 furniture shops in Phnom Penh’s Chamkar Mon district, an immigration official said. ...

Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/thirty-six-vietnamese-to-be-deported-after-shop-raids-85442/

Judge, prosecutor sue human rights advocate for defamation

Officials at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court and Justice Ministry on Thursday confirmed that a prosecutor and judge in Siem Reap are suing human rights advocate Ny Chakrya for defamation over a complaint he filed against them last month. On Thursday, a spokesman for the ...

Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/judge-prosecutor-sue-human-rights-advocate-for-defamation-85438/

Illicit wood seized despite opposition

Nearly 20 cubic metres of timber were seized by local authorities in Stung Treng’s Thala Barivat district yesterday, despite alleged interference by a military police officer from Preah Vihear province, police said. ...

Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/illicit-wood-seized-despite-opposition

Student says he crashed into ambassador’s wall to get help

A university student who was arrested in Phnom Penh on Tuesday over a string of drunken hit-and-runs in his Lexus SUV said Thursday that he decided to end his rampage by crashing into the U.S. ambassador’s residence because he had hoped embassy security guards would ...

Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/student-says-he-crashed-into-ambassadors-wall-to-get-help-85440/

New tourism pacts link ASEAN

The Tourism and Sports Ministry is collaborating with the Cambodian government to link potential tourist destinations in both countries to increase intra-Asean tourism. ...

Chadamas Chinmaneevong
http://bit.ly/1e4ehrb

Former Phnom Penh governor reacts to sand dredging

Former Phnom Penh governor Kep Chutema strongly reacted recently over sand dredging beyond the permitted-area.​ The current parliamentarian in Phnom Penh, Kep Chutema’s reaction has been done after 3 dredged-boats operated near his residence at the river bank of Mekong. ...

The Cambodia Herald​ News Staff
http://bit.ly/1B49rEs

Thai princess to visit Cambodia next year

Thai Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn will pay her visit to Cambodia in February, next year to boost more cooperation on health and education for 5 year ahead. ...

The Cambodia Herald​ News Staff
http://bit.ly/1JLW6lq

Cambodia deports 700 illegal immigrants, nabs Vietnamese spies in border row

Cambodia has deported 700 illegal immigrants in the past six months, the ministry of interior said on Thursday, as the detention of Vietnamese border guards who disguised themselves as local police to spy on a meeting underscored Phnom Penh’s difficulty in controlling its borders. ...

RFA Khmer News Staff
http://bit.ly/1MNwvsl

Recruitment companies for migrant labor poorly regulated, lawmaker says

Cambodian laborers continue to be deceived by dishonest recruitment companies, which are poorly regulated, a lawmaker says. Mu Sochua, a National Assembly legislator for the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, told “Hello VOA” such companies should bear responsibility for their workers, not only in Cambodia but ...

Men Kimseng
http://bit.ly/1MNDMII

Giant rats trained to smell explosives are being used to sniff out landmines in Cambodia

They may make your skin crawl, but these rats are saving lives in Cambodia. The giant rats are being used to sniff out landmines in the war-torn country, where there are as many as three million mines still scattered across the countryside. ...

Imogen Calderwood
http://dailym.ai/1GxRWNc

Cambodia’s slow power transfer begins with death of Chea Sim

Billboards across the country have carried the same picture for more than a decade – side-by-side the three most senior members of the ruling Cambodian Peoples Party (CCP) stand: President of the National Assembly Heng Samrin, Prime Minister Hun Sen, and CPP President Chea Sim. ...

Luke Hunt
http://bit.ly/1L1ieqQ

18 families ordered to leave land, as Chinese development moves in

Eighteen families in a remote region of Koh Kong province have been ordered to move, in order to make way for the development of a Chinese-funded luxury tourist outpost. The families received notice on June 5, ordering them to leave their homes within one month. ...

Hul Reaksmey
http://bit.ly/1L4nJbk

Chea Sim remembered as principled political broker

Chea Sim, the ruling party leader who died earlier this week in Phnom Penh, was a political dealmaker and staunch constitutionalist, officials said this week. He was often put in charge of the country when the late King Norodom Sihanouk was away. His even-handedness will be ...

Sok Khemara
http://bit.ly/1JNSrnl

Three injured in clash between rival Labor Unions

Three members of the Free Trade Union were hospitalized after being beaten by members of a rival union during a protest Wednesday morning at the SH International garment factory in Phnom Penh’s Pur Senchey district, union and police officials said. ...

Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/three-injured-in-clash-between-rival-labor-unions-85350/

NBC, JFSA to extend supervisory support

The National Bank of Cambodia and the Japan Financial Service Agency agreed yesterday to extend their cooperation on sharing experience and expertise in the areas of banking and financial sector supervision in the Kingdom. ...

May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/nbc-jfsa-extend-supervisory-support

Special tax on QIP rolled back

The Ministry of Economy and Finance last week did away with a special tax on imported products that were being used for re-export, after Japanese businesses said that it undermined their status as Qualified Investment Projects. Under the Qualified Investment Projects (QIP) scheme, firms can ...

Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/special-tax-qip-rolled-back

Former Beehive workers protest over severance pay

Nine former employees of Beehive radio station protested in Phnom Penh on Wednesday to demand that owner Mam Sonando respect an Arbitration Council ruling that he pay them severance after firing them earlier this year. ...

Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/former-beehive-workers-protest-over-severance-pay-85372/

One-year sentence cut short for tycoon

Tycoon Sok Rathorn, who was in the midst of a one-year prison sentence on fraud charges, was provisionally released from detention yesterday after a deal was struck in a separate case. ...

Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/one-year-sentence-cut-short-tycoon

Inflation down as global oil prices ease off

Cambodia experienced low inflation of around 1 per cent over the last three months thanks to a decline in oil prices, according to the latest data from the National Institute of Statistics. Inflation went from 0.8 per cent in January to 1.2 per cent in February, ...

May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/inflation-down-global-oil-prices-ease

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.

n6bF7
* 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!