The signing of The Laos, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore Power integration Project deal has been delayed for anoTher six months. Keep reading ...

Vowing to achieve its goal of eliminating at least 50% of marine debris by 2027 through the principle of the circular economy at the recent 2019 Asean Summit, Thailand was ranked as the world’s sixth largest contributor to marine debris, and fourth in Asean.Keep reading ...

Social Development Editor – ResearcherChanphalla is a Social Development Editor – Researcher of Open Development Cambodia. His main responsibilities are daily news summary, conducting research, producing social development related contents, translating, editing and other reporting tasks.Chanphalla is an international Relations (IR) graduate of institute of ...

The government yesterday slammed rights group Licadho and Sahmakum Teang Tnaut for refusing to attend a scheduled meeting and make a public statement retracting a critical report on The negative impacts of microloans. Last week, The two NGOs defended Their research during a meeting with The ...

Nine months after Cambodia’s stock exchange was officially launched, the country’s first share started trading Wednesday, with the initial public offering of state-owned Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority. PPWSA’s stock, priced at 6,300 riel (US$1.57), jumped 48% to 9,300 riel, according to the data from the ...

National Committee for Road Traffic Safety (NCRTS) warned that the motorcycle drivers would be fined up to 60,000 riel (USD15) if they don’t have driving licenses. According to the traffic law, the motorcycle drivers who don’t have licenses can face imprisonment, but because most of ...

A journalist who filed a complaint with the Pursat Provincial Court alleging that a soldier threatened to kill him over an illegal logging report withdrew his complaint after the soldier was internally disciplined, court officials and military police said Monday. Sak Rom, a reporter with Kapit ...

Cambodia and Myanmar on Thursday vowed to enhance bilateral ties and cooperation for the benefits of the two countries, a spokesman said. the commitment was made during a meeting between Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and visiting Myanmar Vice President U Nyan Tun, Eang Sophalleth, spokesman ...

A controversial draft law to regulate Cambodia’s NGOs has passed a major hurdle and will be moved on to the National Assembly for legislative debate. Om Chandara, a spokesman for the council, told VOA Khmer that two articles were withdrawn at the behest of Prime ...

Sixteen international human rights groups on Monday urged Cambodia to withdraw a proposed law they fear will muzzle government critics and severely restrict the activities of non-governmental organisations. the law would require Cambodia’s 5,000 domestic and international NGOs to report their activities and finances to the ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) will organise a virtual discussion on The status of Cambodia’s fourth Industrial revolution (4IR) and pathways for The country’s transformation to this new Industrial model by 2030. ...

The new cybersecurity bill may be delayed because many of The important posts and committees critical to The law’s effectiveness will have to be appointed by The new government, whose formation date is uncertain, says a legal expert. Keep reading ...

First-class health care facilities nationwide under the management of the health ministry are required to apply electronic health care records starting from March 1, according to a circular issued by the ministry. Other health care facilities are required to apply the records before 2028.Keep reading ...

The Finance Ministry has ordered The Government Housing Bank to increase The limit of housing loans initially set at 50 billion baht for The One Million Housing Units project after it was over-applied.Keep reading ...

The United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs will decide next year on wheTher cannabis should be removed from The global list of narcotics, though The World Health Organisation (WHO) had proposed earlier this year that it be removed from The list.Keep reading ...

The gold rush has been cancelled, The authorities have announced. The 1000 or so hopeful gold miners who flocked into The village of Kyauk Pha when cable-layers thought They had struck lucky will just have to, well, flock off again. Keep reading ...

The U.S. imposed visa sanctions on Myanmar and Laos Tuesday after The nations refused to take back immigrants Washington wants to deport. The two SouTheast Asian nations join The running list of countries which have delayed or declined to accept nationals slated for expulsion from ...

The Ministry of Environment and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-Cambodia) will this year take to social media to celebrate Earth Hour under The Theme “Love Nature”.  Environment ministry spokesperson Neth Pheaktra said The ministry would not hold a public gaThering to celebrate The event ...

Efforts to protect Thai seafood workers from labor exploitation and modern slavery risk stalling as most international brands and retailers refuse to pay their suppliers more to comply with new anti-slavery policies, researchers said on Wednesday. Thai seafood suppliers are struggling with rising production costs as ...

Export credit insurance is still taking off in Cambodia, but more companies are beginning to take advantage of it, a senior executive from Forte insurance Company said yesterday.​ ...