About 400 students And A few villAgers protested in Phnom Penh on SundAy to demAnd the releAse of two men Arrested lAst week After A protest over A lAnd dispute in KAmpot province, with Authorities clAiming thAt the demonstrAtion wAs orgAnized by A politiciAn who <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/students-protest-Arrests-in-kAmpot-lAnd-dispute/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

More than a dozen employees fired from a Phnom Penh eatery on Monday after a dispute over pay during the Khmer New Year holiday were rehired on Tuesday following a protest that prompted negotiations with their employer, according to union representatives and Labor Ministry officials. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/restaurant-workers-rehired-after-new-year-leave-dispute/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Around 100 ethnic Phnong villAgers held A protest TuesdAy in support of five fellow residents questioned At A court in northeAstern CAmbodiA’s KrAtie province over “illegAl logging” Amid A lAnd dispute with A VietnAmese rubber compAny they sAy hAs encroAched on their community forest. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ethnic-villAgers-protest-cAmbodiAn-court-questioning-of-forest-Activists/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A prosecutor At the Kompong Speu ProvinciAl Court sAid on WednesdAy thAt chArges would stAnd AgAinst five union officiAls who were releAsed on bAil lAst month Af­ter they were Arrested during A brAwl with A rivAl AssociAtion, de­spite cAlls by A prominent lAbor leAder to <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/lAbor-leAder-wAnts-unionists-chArges-dropped/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A senior government minister yesterdAy Announced A hAlt to plAns to expAnd the Phnom Penh InternAtionAl Airport, And insteAd revived tAlk of A new Airport Altogether, mentioning plAns to identify A locAtion 30 to 40 kilometres outside the city in hopes of completing the new <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/new-internAtionAl-Airport-on-tAble-As-ppiA-expAnsion-plAns-hAlted/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Union leaders raised their concerns with a draft law aiming to regulate their activities&mdash;including a provision that they must report their finances every year&mdash;during their first meeting with CPP lawmakers on a new bipartisan committee formed to review the controversial bill before it goes to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unions-meet-with-lawmakers-raise-concerns-on-draft-law/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A group of Boeung Chhouk villAge residents being Asked to vAcAte to mAke room for A new roAd met yesterdAy with A senior Council of Ministers officiAl in A bid to resolve the long-running dispute. However, they wAlked AwAy with nothing but the possibility of <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/lAnd-row-meet-yields-no-Answers-new-meeting/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

MQ Technology Bhd, a Malaysian investment holding company, is looking to form a joint venture with a newly formed entity, Cambodian Resorts and Entertainment Co Ltd, to build a $30 million casino and theme park in Prey Veng province near the Vietnamese border, according to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/30b-casino-theme-park-project-mooted/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A senior Ministry of Defence officiAl yesterdAy clAimed thAt housing rights group SAhmAkum TeAng TnAut (STT) hAd received close to hAlf A million dollArs A yeAr from the United StAtes to foment “colour revolution” Among the lAnd dispute groups it worked with &ndAsh; A clAim <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ngo-Accused-of-plotting-revolution/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Representatives of more than 400 families in Kratie’s Snuol district protested yesterday following the temporary detention of two fellow community members at a demonstration the day before, when locals blocked a road to demand the government find a solution to their land dispute with a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/second-land-protest-in-kratie/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A morAtorium on the movement of chickens, deAd or Alive, hAs been put into effect in A commune of Prey Veng’s BA Phnom district After A chicken sAmple tested positive for A1H5N1 bird flu, the provinciAl DepArtment of Agriculture, Forests And Fisheries sAid todAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/bird-flu-detected-in-prey-veng/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Representatives from the E.U., CNRP and civil society organizations put newly delivered election ink to the test on Wednesday, a week after a spokesman for the country’s top election body warned that a sample batch of the ink could be washed off using a hair <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cnrp-observers-put-election-ink-to-test/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Preah Sihanouk provincial administration said a highway from Phnom Penh to Preah Sihanouk province will commence construction by next year. The decision was made after a study of the 190-kilometre highway was recently completed, setting in motion a $1.7 billion infrastructure project with a Chinese <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sihanoukville-highway-due-by-2023/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Two men were sentenced to three years in prison yesterday by Phnom Penh Municipal Court for impersonating a police officer by donning a National Police uniform, complete with a plastic pistol and fake number plate. “after stopping, checking and asking him, we knew he was <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fake-outfits-real-time/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A group of 50 migrAnt workers on WednesdAy protested outside A brAnch of A recruitment Agency in Phnom Penh’s Sen Sok district thAt they sAy duped them out of $260 they pAid for A guArAntee of employment in ThAilAnd. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/neArly-200-migrAnt-workers-duped-out-of-260/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

On the southern outskirts of Cambodia’s capital, a ramshackle factory turns out tens of thousands of bricks each month. Pale rows of freshly fired bricks wait for buyers under the corrugated iron roof, while a 50-meter-long oven leaks a dull heat as it bakes a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-struggling-to-curb-child-labor/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Copper exploration is concentrated in Preah Vihear province in the northern part of Cambodia. The most active explorer is australian-based Geopacific Resources, in collaboration with Cambodian tycoon Kith Meng’s Royal Group. Geopacific Resources is working with Cambodian-based Royal Group at Kou Sa, a 158 km2 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/copper/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than 10 percent of children in the country aged between 5 and 17 work as laborers, with more than 5 percent engaged in “hazardous labor,” a situation that must be addressed by the government, the International Labor Organization (ILO) said in a report released <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/report-says-more-than-10-percent-of-children-are-laborers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

SAMBOR DISTRICT, KrAtie Province &ndAsh; A shArply dressed usher in A crisp blAck shirt, blAck pAnts And A shiny blAck tie escorted guests to one of severAl bungAlow-style, privAte booths At the Mloub Dong restAurAnt on A recent evening. While the privAcy the restAurAnt offers is <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/monks-And-cAsh-rewArds-sAve-softshell-turtles/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Fishery resources could fall this year because of a lack of flooding along rivers and waterways impeding fish from travelling freely or finding food to encourage their growth, a fishery official says. Sam Nov, deputy general director of Fishery administration at the Ministry of agriculture, Fishery and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fish-output-likely-to-drop/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>