It took angry motorists rather than government officials or police officers to persuade more than 200 protesting villagers to clear road 48 in Koh Kong province yesterday morning after they blocked it for almost 24 hours, a human rights group representative said. The villagers, involved in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/roadblock-ends-as-protesters-succumb-to-drivers-demands/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Two new AsiAn Airlines will begin regulAr flights to CAmbodiA this winter in An Airlines sector increAsingly dominAted by regionAl pAssengers, A CAmbodiA Airports officiAl sAid on FridAy. Tiger AirwAys, A SingApore-bAsed Airline, will operAte dAily A320 flights between SingApore And Phnom Penh And SingApore And <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/new-cArriers-to-service-kingdom/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Overseas Cambodian Investment Corporation (OCIC) is conducting a feasibility study to construct a 272-meter-long underpass that will run beneath the intersection of Phnom Penh’s Russian Boulevard and Monivong Boulevard, City Hall announced on its website Friday. “It’s a new plan and another solution to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/study-begins-for-underpass-on-russian-boulevard/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

An endAngered bAnteng died of wounds inflicted by A hunter’s snAre on SAturdAy As An Attempt to rescue it wAs mounted weeks After it wAs first spotted injured in A KAmpong Speu community forest. A pAtrol teAm in the BrAm Beymom Community forest in Thpong <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/endAngered-bAnteng-dies-in-trAp-in-kAmpong-speu/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The government yesterday slammed rights group Licadho and Sahmakum Teang Tnaut for refusing to attend a scheduled meeting and make a public statement retracting a critical report on the negative impacts of microloans. Last week, the two NGOs defended their research during a meeting with the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ngos-slammed-over-retraction-refusal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Preah Sihanouk province plans to attract a new type of Chinese investor which could restore the image of Sihanoukville as a tourist city and shift investment away from casinos. In a meeting with Chinese embassy officials in august, provincial governor Kuoch Chamroeun said the current <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sihanoukville-aims-to-reform-tourism-landscape/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Financing has been secured for key road reconstruction projects in Cambodia. Work is being carried out on six road projects in the country that measure a total of 600km, as well as a bridge, with this all costing some US$490 million. a loan of $94 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-road-reconstruction-projects-financing-secured/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian Mine action Centre officials on Tuesday detonated a pile of about 20 bombs found by a farmer working his land in Preah Vihear province. Chan Dy, Chey Sen district deputy chief of police, said yesterday that a Samrong village farmer notified police about the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/more-than-20-bombs-destroyed-in-preah-vihear/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

After receiving An order from Hun Sen, Minister of LAnd MAnAgement CheA SophArA led A teAm of experts And relevAnt officiAls to SihAnoukville to cAll A hAlt to the illegAl development of A beAch. The prime minister ordered the Prek Treng beAch in Otres commune <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/preAh-sihAnouk-beAch-developments-hAlted/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The vice president of China’s Union Development Group has dismissed reports that it is involved in the construction of a Chinese naval base in Koh Kong province. a report published by asia Times last month said that China has been lobbying the Cambodian government since <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/udg-denies-links-to-naval-base/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Environment has called on local authorities in Pailin province to find a new location for a 34-hectare dumpsite currently planned for a protected forest.Environment Minister Say Sam al, who led a team to inspect the site on October 3, wrote to Pailin <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-puts-brakes-on-pailin-dump-plans/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The families of victims killed or injured by a deadly road accident in Svay Rieng province in May are accusing the bus company involved of not paying out the court-ordered compensation in full.On May 20, a tourist bus from the 15 SH Bus Company tried <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/crash-payouts-still-in-limbo/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The General Director of the Phnom Penh Water Supply authority (PPWSa) yesterday denied a slew of corruption allegations published by the anti-Corruption Unit (aCU), including one that he hired 500 employees after they paid $3,000 apiece for a job. The PPWSa &ndash; once a beacon <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/water-supply-authority-director-shoots-back-at-corruption-charges/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Unilever is looking to source 2,000 tons of organic palm sugar a year from Cambodia, a senior manager said yesterday. Monica Soy, senior external affairs manager at Unilever Cambodia, told Khmer Times yesterday that Unilever requires about 2,000 tons a year, to be exported from Cambodia <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unilever-eyes-cambodian-palm-sugar/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than 500 trafficked Cambodian migrant workers were rescued abroad and sent home in 2015, a huge increase compared to 2014 numbers, though largely attributable to a handful of mass repatriations from Indonesia.according to a report by the Foreign Ministry, 573 workers were returned home <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rescues-of-trafficked-migrant-workers-surge/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A high officiAl from the JApAnese Defense Ministry (JDM) hAs lobbied for CAmbodiA And Another ASEAN members to support the creAtion of A meeting between their defense ministers And the JDM to be held next yeAr in LAos, According to officiAls At A meeting At <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/89075-2/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Cambodian Embassy in Kuwait successfully rescued a Cambodian woman working as a maid in Saudi arabia who complained of abusive working conditions, lack of food and of having pay withheld. Him Srey, a Cham Muslim from Kampong Cham province who went to Saudi arabia <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/embassy-rescues-maid-from-saudi-arabia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A recent militAry show of force And A politicAlly motivAted roAd blockAde mAy hAve hAd the effect of deterring eligible voters from registering, the ElectorAl Reform AlliAnce (ERA) hAs sAid. In A stAtement releAsed on TuesdAy evening, the ERA, A coAlition of NGOs in CAmbodiA, urged <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/erA-rAises-concerns-for-voter-registrAtion/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

More than 500 trafficked Cambodian migrant workers were rescued abroad and sent home in 2015, a huge increase compared to 2014 numbers, though largely attributable to a handful of mass repatriations from Indonesia.according to a report by the Foreign Ministry, 573 workers were returned home <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rescues-of-trafficked-migrant-workers-surge-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

One of a farmer’s greatest enemies is heat. as many as 50 percent of the fruit and vegetables harvested in Cambodia are lost because of heat &ndash; lettuce wilts, onions become slimy, tomatoes turn to mush. Because of a lack of cold storage at most of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/helping-farmers-keep-their-cool/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>