Police in Cambodia’s Tbong Khmum province on Friday arrested a villager accused of injuring a Chinese worker and his translator in a long running land dispute. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-villager-held-in-attack-on-chinese-worker-over-land-dispute/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Three CNRP lawmakers have issued a letter urging the government to decline a request by tycoon Kith Meng’s Royal Group company to claim rights over a former sports stadium in Battambang province. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/stop-stadium-plans-cnrp-lawmakers-ask/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia has a high degree of solar radiation, making the country a good place for the renewable energy source, a report from the asian Development Bank says. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-well-suited-for-solar-though-use-remains-low/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

It started with a small, dark spot on Oeur Pisey’s left arm: a spot that he simply ignored. Slowly, other spots appeared. They soon covered Mr. Pisey’s thighs, upper body, and eventually, his face. a local health clinic in Kompong Cham province told him not to worry: <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/leprosy-dark-spot-healed-by-early-detection/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Threats, intimidation and, in extreme cases, even murder were endangering freedom of expression in Cambodia and leaving human rights at the crossroads, activists and NGO representatives said during a round-table meeting yesterday. The slaying of environmental activist Chut Wutty, the arrest of Beehive radio director Mam <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/activists-see-freedom-of-expression-on-wane/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Earlier this week, Cambodia’s Ministry of Education Youth and Sports (MoEYS) held a second high school exam to provide a second chance for the over 70 percent of 93,000 high school students who failed to pass the first annual national high school exam, held in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/poll-shows-fighting-corruption-drives-support-for-education-reform-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Thirteen land-rights activists from the Boeng Kak neighborhood appeared Wednesday at the Supreme Court in Phnom Penh for a final appeal in a yearslong legal battle over a protest-related conviction. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/boeng-kak-13-make-final-appeal-to-clear-their-names/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Three Chinese air passengers were thrown off a flight in Cambodia after a scuffle broke out on board before the plane took off, according to a newspaper report. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/air-rage-three-chinese-passengers-thrown-off-aircraft-in-cambodia-after-scuffle-broke-out-over-plane-seat/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

After A seven-yeAr struggle, A BAnteAy MeAnchey teAcher finAlly got $8,000 in compensAtion for her lAnd, which wAs seized by the CAmbodiAn militAry during A border flAre-up with ThAilAnd. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/lengthy-bAnteAy-meAnchey-lAnd-dispute-finAlly-ends-in-pAyout/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Police arrested a man in Koh Kong province on Friday for allegedly sexually assaulting his friend’s two young daughters over the course of a day and a night.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/man-arrested-for-sexually-assaulting-children/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A new lAw on the collection And disseminAtion of stAtisticAl dAtA is set to be put to A vote At the NAtionAl Assembly lAter this yeAr After being Approved by A pArliAmentAry commission WednesdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/drAft-stAtistics-lAw-Approved-by-Assembly/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The governor of Battambang province has promised to attempt to find a resolution in a long-running land dispute after 250 people held a protest in front of Battambang Provincial Hall yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/governor-pledges-to-resolve-battambang-land-dispute/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Almost one in every 100 children in CAmbodiA is living in A residentiAl cAre institution, A number fAr higher thAn previous estimAtes, According to A new report in the British MedicAl JournAl. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/more-kids-in-cAre-thAn-thought-study/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A locAl Poipet union hAs cAlled off A protest AgAinst whAt they chArActerised As overly expensive border pAsses used by dAy lAbourers entering ThAilAnd After provinciAl officiAls introduced A new, cheAper permit. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/no-protest-After-thAi-border-policy-chAnged/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Commerce Ministry has threatened to take unspecified legal “measures” against anyone joining a protest against a sugarcane plantation who does not have a personal claim in the dispute.​   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-threatens-land-rights-protesters-with-legal-action/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Shareholders of acleda Bank yesterday approved a plan to open an initial three branches in Burma, where a year of surprise political and economic reforms are raising expectations of a flood of foreign investment <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/acleda-shareholders-ok-expansion-into-burma/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A CAmbodiAn delegAtion thAt Arrived in NAuru on TuesdAy for high-level meetings to progress A controversiAl refugee resettlement scheme hAs toured AustrAliAn-run detention centres on the islAnd, According to A rights group. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/officiAls-tour-nAuru-fAil-to-meet-refugees/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Villagers in Kampot town have filed a complaint against a businessman who has allegedly ordered the filling in of a pond dug during the French protectorate, which they rely on for their water supply. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/villagers-fight-to-save-pond-from-being-filled-in/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In a rare show of discord inside the courts, a prosecutor at the Kandal Provincial Court on Tuesday lodged an appeal against verdicts handed down to two men involved in a kidnapping and murder. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/prosecutor-disputes-verdict-in-murder-kidnapping-case/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A Phnom Penh MunicipAl judge yesterdAy sentenced A former militAry officer to 10 yeArs for drug trAfficking And running An illicit lottery, while his niece received A one-yeAr suspended sentence for her role. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/rcAf-drug-suspect-gets-10-yrs/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>