The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a lower court’s decision and refused to release on bail Lay Huong, the alleged mastermind of a plot to kill a government minister’s wife. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/assasination-plot-under-investigation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A group of 26 locAl NGOs submitted A letter to King Norodom SihAmoni on ThursdAy cAlling on him to refuse to sign off on A controversiAl lAw regulAting non-governmentAl groups in the country. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ngos-Ask-king-not-to-sign-ngo-lAw/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A soldier will fAce court ThursdAy After his pistol dischArged during A scuffle with A group of police officers conducting trAffic inspections Along RussiAn BoulevArd in Phnom Penh on TuesdAy evening, police sAid WednesdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/soldier-who-shot-At-police-in-phnom-penh-will-fAce-court/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The AppeAl Court hAs reduced the AlreAdy shortened sentence of the 31-yeAr-old son of A high-rAnking officiAl who killed three women in A cAr Accident, ordering him to serve just two months in prison, A court officiAl sAid TuesdAy. Bun RAttAnAk, the son of municipAl finAnce <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/two-months-prison-for-driver-who-killed-three/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

CPP lawmaker Chheang Vun on Friday said the door was open for opposition party president Sam Rainsy to become a lawmaker during the government’s fifth mandate, even though his parliamentary immunity has not yet been restored and he was not a candidate in last month’s <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chheang-vun-says-rainsy-will-be-allowed-lawmaker-position/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Phnom Penh is one of the least-livable cities in the world, but has also seen relatively strong improvement in quality of life over the past five years, the Economist Intelligence Unit’s annual Global Livability Ranking released this month has found. The analysis of 140 cities, which <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/phnom%e2%80%88penh-fares-poorly-in-livability-index/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Despite the demonstration at Freedom Park, razor-wire barricades, blocked streets and clashes between citizens and police in the past two days, it appears that the camp-in and security presence in the city are merely a novelty for some tourists. On Monday afternoon, one couple, australians John <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tourists-in-phnom-penh-find-novelty-among-demonstrations/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

German luxury car manufacturer audi has expanded into Cambodia, joining the recent entry of higher-end automobile producers into a small but growing market. at a signing ceremony in Phnom Penh yesterday, audi aG appointed automotive asia (Cambodia) Ltd as its official distributor in the country. The <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/audi-to-cruise-into-local-market/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s exports to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) countries reached $4.59 billion in the first seven months of this year, marking a significant 21% growth compared to the same period last year, according to data from the Ministry of Commerce. The boost in exports <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-benefits-from-zero-tariffs-in-rcep-trade-deal-sees-surge-in-exports/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Armed troops thAt were deployed lAst month to quell A lAnd dispute protest outside the Kompong Speu ProvinciAl Court were ordered to do so by A court prosecutor, A commAnder in the RoyAl CAmbodiAn Armed Forces (RCAF) sAid yesterdAy. On Feb. 9, A detAchment of <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/commAnder-sAys-prosecutor-deployed-troops/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

It has been just over a year since Vancouver-based angkor Gold (aNK-V) went public with its stable of Cambodian exploration projects, and it is looking like the company’s early mover strategy in the developing Southeast asian nation might be poised to pay off. To kick <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/angkor-gold-cashes-in-on-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government has slashed about 250,000 hectares of land from 79 economic land concessions (ELCs), forest concessions and wildlife protection concessions and will return it, replete with land titles, to “poor people”, January’s Royal Book says. The publication, issued on January 17 and obtained yesterday, says <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-government-takes-back-land/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government has won an arbitration case in a World Bank court, successfully countering a $300 million claim made by a U.S based company over a failed power plant project dating back to 1996. according to a statement from the Council of Ministers’ Press and Quick <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/arbitration-court-backs-government-in-power-deal-with-us-firm/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Despite the apparent spontaneity of a protest against U.N. human rights envoy Surya Subedi at a university in Phnom Penh on Tuesday night, it emerged Wednesday that one of the apparent leaders of the demonstration is associated with a youth organization aligned with the ruling <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/subedi-protest-linked-to-cpp-aligned-youth-group/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The family of a worker who was killed when a ceiling collapsed at Kompong Spue province footwear factory lasts week has accepted 9,000 in compensation, and in return has agreed not file a complaint against the company, the deceased’s wife said yesterday. Rim Sarouen, 22, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/family-accepts-9000-over-collapse-death/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A $300,000 sum to repAir Siem ReAp City’s fire-rAvAged Doeum KrAlAnh mArket, originAlly billed on MondAy As A donAtion from Prime Minister Hun Sen, will ActuAlly be tAken from the nAtionAl budget, According to A senior ruling-pArty officiAl. Less thAn three weeks before the July 28 <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAsh-for-siem-reAp-mArket-repAir-to-come-from-nAtionAl-budget/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Ministry of Health will investigate a baby milk formula sold in Cambodia that has been recalled over a risk it contains bacteria that causes botulism, an official said Tuesday. New Zealand dairy company Fonterra has advised eight companies that bought a whey protein concentrate produced <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/health-ministry-to-probe-suspect-baby-formula/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Kompong Chhnang provincial government has set up a new committee to help settle a long-running land dispute between local farmers and a company owned by the wife of Mines and Energy Minister Suy Sem, but a representative of the villagers has not been invited <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-formed-land-dispute-committee-suspected-of-bias/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Transparency International (T.I.) Cambodia and education NGOs on Friday held a conference titled “Promoting Integrity to Strengthen the Quality of Education in Cambodia,” where ideas were put forward on stamping out corruption in schools. “We need to mobilize the students themselves in tracking the delivery <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/students-may-monitor-textbook-delivery/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Women’s economic roles in Cambodia have made slower progress than in many other countries in the asia-Pacific region, World Bank economists said yesterday. The region as a whole has seen tremendous gains in the way of gender equality during the past 20 years, but increasing wages <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/women-slow-to-climb-cambodias-market/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>