Environmentalists and NGOs are threatening to sue developers of a controversial hydropower dam, claiming the project would cause irreversible damage to the Mekong River. The Don Sahong dam, a 260-megawatt project proposed on a site less than two kilometres north of the Cambodian-Lao border, is expected <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ngos-threaten-to-sue-over-don-sahong-dam/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Many groups, including the ruling party, would benefit from a proposed access to information law &ndash; which would provide transparency when it comes to the government’s development plans and spending &ndash; a Council of Ministers official said yesterday. Tuot Lux, a legal expert who has been <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/official-pushes-for-an-information-access-act/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The National Bank of Cambodia yesterday granted Industrial and Commercial Bank of China a financial business licence, according to a report on aastocks, a Chinese stocks news service <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdom-okays-icbc/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Justice Minister Ang Vong VAthAnA hAs never interfered in A judiciAl decision, he sAid during A speech in front of A hAlf-vAcAnt NAtionAl Assembly yesterdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/minister-hAnds-off-judiciAry/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Election watchdog Comfrel criticised National assembly President Heng Samrin for a lack of commitment to creating a quota for female parliamentarians in a report presented yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/not-enough-women-in-na-report/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A fArmer in OddAr MeAnchey province discovered A cAche of unexploded bombs on SAturdAy while excAvAting pArt of his lAnd to creAte A pond for irrigAtion. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/fArmer-uneArths-28-bombs/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Management of an English-owned garment factory yesterday refused a request by union officials to meet to negotiate a possible end of a strike that started on Thursday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/dewhirst-management-intimidated-workers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The owner of an independent radio station engulfed in a bitter dispute with a number of his employees blamed the conflict on a prominent union leader on Friday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mam-sonando-blames-union-for-protests-at-beehive/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A United NAtions development Agency will open A new office in Phnom Penh following A meeting yesterdAy with Minister of Foreign AffAirs Hor NAmhong, An officiAl hAs sAid. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/un-Agency-plAns-office-in-cApitAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Thousands of Boeung Kak lake residents who have been fighting a protracted battle with Phnom Penh and a development company have seen their fortunes reversed and have been granted a small plot of land on which to resettle. Prime Minister Hun Sen signed a subdecree <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/lake-residents-granted-bloc-of-development-land/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Two-and-a-half weeks after excavators belonging to a CPP senator’s real estate firm demolished the homes of eight families fighting eviction from Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak lake community, those families and the government officials charged with evicting them have taken their battle to court. a pair of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/boeng-kak-families-sue-and-sued-by-government-officials/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Officials at the Cambodian Securities Exchange (CSX) may increase the number of daily stock trading sessions from two to seven, giving traders more flexibility to buy and sell, an official at the bourse said yesterday. Currently, trading on the CSX occurs in just two sessions, starting <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bourse-may-have-7-trading-sessions-daily/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Srey ambel district, Koh Kong province &ndash; a roadblock by locals in a long-running land dispute with CPP Senator Ly Yong Phat petered out after several hours in the dying rain on Saturday without the protesters winning any concessions from either the senator’s firm or <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/protesters-end-roadblock-empty-handed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Working out of the back of her home in Russei Keo district, Sothearith Neou and a half dozen of her friends and family roast, caramelize and add herbs to gourmet peanuts from 7 a.m. until late at night&mdash;trying to fill a seemingly endless number of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gourmet-peanut-producer-brings-local-foods-into-the-spotlight/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than 2,00 female workers from a factory in Phnom Penh that makes clothes for the U.S. brand Gap protested yesterday for a third straight day demanding that the firm sack a manager at the factory for allegedly abusing workers. Lining Russian Boulevard near the Ocean <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/garment-workers-rally-for-third-day-to-sack-factory-manager/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A mining outfit in BAttAmbAng province will begin copper And silver extrAction within two yeArs, the compAny’s chief executive sAid yesterdAy. Wild Bull Resources, An AustrAliAn firm pArtnering with locAl miner Angkor Thumopich Resources (ATR), would join A smAll group of compAnies clAiming A quick turnAround <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/mining-firm-expects-quick-silver-exploits/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

When London-based real estate investor Sanjay Dhir heard about Cambodia from his Indian partner Manoj Varma, he took a trip here in October 2010 and stopped by the roadside to meet the operators of a portable rice mill. He knew then that Cambodia was ready for <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/20-million-rice-mill-for-oddong/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Motorbikes, vegetables, iPhones, artwork, or even land on which to build a house &ndash; a quick browse through website 7Makara.com gives the impression of a Cambodian eBay or amazon. The difference, however, is that you can’t complete the transaction from the convenience of your bedroom. In <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/moving-towards-e-commerce/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A cAmerAmAn from the stAte-run Television KAmpucheA (TVK) wAs AssAulted At Freedom PArk on TuesdAy As he tried to film CNRP leAders At A rAlly to mArk InternAtionAl HumAn Rights DAy, the victim And InformAtion Minister Khieu KAnhArith sAid. Seng ChAn, 34, sAid he wAs slApped <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/tvk-cAmerAmAn-AttAcked-At-cnrp-humAn-rights-rAlly/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

While New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra is working overtime to restore its damaged brand in the wake of a contaminated baby milk scare that triggered a global recall, local distributors whose products included the suspect ingredient are defending their own reputations. Local supplier Dumex Cambodia <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/damage-control-for-dumex/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>