Officials are attempting to se­cure the release of two Cambo­dian men who were sentenced to three months in a Thai prison on Thursday after being summarily convicted of at­tacking government inspectors at a market in Sa Kaeo province the day before, ac­cording to the Ministry <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/two-cambodians-convicted-following-thailand-market-melee/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Thai financing firm Group Lease Plc posted a record-high 222.17 million baht ($6.3 million) net profit from its operations in the first quarter of the year, a 101.5 per cent increase from the same period a year earlier, driven by improvements in its Thai operations <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/group-lease-sees-spike-in-cambodian-income/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Officials from Koh Kong province’s environment department have confirmed that the construction of a yellow vine processing plant has been halted after a directive from the Environment Ministry.​ Department chief Morn Phalla said that while the plant’s construction had ceased, factory equipment was on the site <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/yellow-vine-factory-closed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Thirteen land protesters who were seized during a demonstration earlier this week were handed heavy prison sentences after a quick court hearing on Thursday, even as two more people were arrested and a monk was facing the threat of defrocking for participating in similar land <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/snap-court-verdict-sentences-13-lake-protesters-to-prison/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

There was a sense of d&eacute;j&agrave; vu at the Peace Palace yesterday as a week of largely closed-door aSEaN meetings kicked off in earnest with the same contentious issue that so dominated april’s aSEaN Summit: a code of conduct for the South China Sea. With China <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/south-china-sea-centre-of-asean-talks-again/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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A smAll number of workers from four union groups took pArt in A stAy-At-home-strike yesterdAy, union leAders sAid, After mAss industriAl Action wAs postponed the dAy before. CAmbodiAn ConfederAtion of Unions president Rong Chhun sAid members of his union from A “smAll Amount” of fActories hAd <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/minority-of-unions-still-strike/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

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Cambodian authorities say they are investigating whether a Thai “Red Shirt” movement is indeed seeking to form a government in exile within its borders, following a military coup in Thailand last month. The coup ousted Yingluck Shinawatra as prime minister, and supporters of her and her <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/authorities-wary-of-red-shirt-government-in-exile-claims/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Officials from the Ministry of Interior will meet tomorrow to review the results of an investigation into a crackdown that left four dead on Veng Sreng Boulevard in Phnom Penh last month, a police spokesman said. after saying on Tuesday that a report on the investigation’s <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-to-examine-probe-results/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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Eight land activists put in prison last month after a swift trial say they will hold a hunger strike if they are not released. The eight activists were part of a roundup in November for street protests against city officials and a development project at <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/8-jailed-activists-threaten-hunger-strike/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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Border tensions between Vietnam and Cambodia are set to be investigated by a bilateral body, it was reported Saturday. The body was established in the wake of a skirmish involving a member of parliament, who was visiting the site of a border marker that is in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-vietnam-to-investigate-border-tensions/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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A resolution reAched on MondAy in the wAke of A violent strike At two SL GArment fActories thAt supply Levi’s And GAp resulted in employees returning to work yesterdAy &ndAsh; for the second time in dAys. Ek SopheAkdey, A CoAlition of CAmbodiAn AppArel Workers’ DemocrAtic Union <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/sl-employees-bAck-to-work-After-resolution/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Old Place Seafood, a Chinese restaurant that cost $4 million, has opened in Phnom Penh. a representative of the restaurant, which is opposite the Chinese embassy, said the growing number of Chinese people in the Kingdom had justified such an investment. Luu Meng, president of the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/4m-restaurant-reflects-growing-chinese-presence-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A teAm of disAbled security guArds hired to protect the embAttled SL GArment FActory in Phnom Penh is seeking the formAlizAtion of their employment And An end to whAt they clAim is the fActory’s exploitAtion of their impAirments. In November&mdAsh;At the height of An occAsionAlly violent, <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/unrest-Among-disAbled-security-guArds-At-sl-gArment-fActory/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Companies that have seized land, confiscated livestock and destroyed homes and property have gone unpunished, the UN special rapporteur for Cambodia has said. Surya Subedi, professor of international law at Leeds University, said all the communities he had met raised the issue of misconduct by <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/un-urges-cambodia-to-hold-companies-to-account-over-land-disputes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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