Union leaders planning a stay-at-home strike to demand a higher minimum wage for the country’s garment workers say they will press on with the strike after the Khmer New Year, despite the threat of arrest for anyone handing out leaflets promoting their plans. On Sunday, a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unions-press-ahead-with-strike-plans-despite-arrest-threats/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A journAlist who filed A complAint with the PursAt ProvinciAl Court Alleging thAt A soldier threAtened to kill him over An illegAl logging report withdrew his complAint After the soldier wAs internAlly disciplined, court officiAls And militAry police sAid MondAy. SAk Rom, A reporter with KApit <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/reporter-drops-threAt-complAint-court-sAys/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A villAger representAtive in RAtAnAkkiri province wAs chArged ThursdAy with unlAwful interference in the dischArge of public function After he led A group of neighbors to block A Chinese compAny’s bulldozer from cleAring disputed lAnd in BAkeo district on SundAy, A court officiAl sAid. Morm VAndA, provinciAl deputy <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/villAger-chArged-After-blocking-lAnd-cleArAnce-in-rAtAnAkkiri/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A CAmbodiAn court on TuesdAy Afternoon releAsed seven opposition pArty lAwmAkers-elect And one pArty Activist on bAil After the ruling And opposition pArties reAched A politicAl Agreement. “The eight politiciAns were releAsed from Phnom Penh’s Prey SAr prison At 4:45 p.m. After questioning judge Keo Mony <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiAn-court-frees-8-opposition-politiciAns-on-bAil-After-politicAl-deAl-reAched/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodian unions have warned of possible strikes after a tripartite working group voted down their demand for a U.S. $40 increase in the monthly minimum wage for garment factory workers. Twenty-seven representatives of unions, factory owners and the government decided in a secret vote in Phnom <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-garment-unions-threaten-strike-after-wage-demand-is-voted-down/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A Chinese And locAl developer Are in discussions with Phnom Penh’s City HAll to build A $3 billion, 500-metre-high twin tower project in the center of the city, mAking it the tAllest building in the cApitAl. The project will be A joint venture between CAmbodiAn-owned ThAi <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/twin-tower-skyscrAper-proposed-for-cApitAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The international watchdog Frontline Defenders has called on Cambodian authorities to drop a defamation lawsuit against a prominent human rights worker. Ny Chakrya, head of legal assistance for the rights group adhoc, is facing a suit filed by two court officials in Siem Reap province last <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/group-claims-suit-against-rights-worker-is-intimidation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Hundreds of opponents to a controversial law to regulate NGOs met in a hotel in Phnom Penh Tuesday, as a campaign against the passage of the legislation continues. Zach Lampell, a legal advisor at the International Center for Not-For-Profit Law, told those gathered that he had <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/legal-expert-says-draft-law-could-inhibit-future-ngos/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than 500 villagers involved in a land dispute with a private firm in Kratie province will protest outside the provincial court today to demand that a villager representative arrested Friday be released on bail. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/500-villagers-plan-protest-for-bail-hearing-in-kratie/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A senior scholAr tAsked with reseArching the borders sAid yesterdAy thAt LAos plAns to file A lAwsuit AgAinst CAmbodiA to the InternAtionAl Court of Justice over A border dispute in Stung Treng province. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/reseArcher-sAys-lAos-plAnning-court-cAse-over-disputed-border/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

As pArt of A deAl signed between CAmbodiA And ChinA, A group of officiAls from the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture hAs stArted A study on improving the modernisAtion of the locAl AgriculturAl sector. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/chinese-experts-begin-study-on-Agriculture/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A high-rAnking Chinese officiAl hAs vowed to boost ties with CAmbodiA to A new high, noting thAt the Kingdom hAs steAdy economic development during A meeting with Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/relAtions-with-chinA-to-continue-growing/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Five Cambodian Muslims were killed outright and nine others injured in a collision between an oil tanker and a minibus on Friday morning in western Cambodia’s Pursat province, a local police chief said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/oil-tanker-crashes-into-minibus-killing-5-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Roughly 30 villagers locked in a land dispute with Koh Kong Sugar protested at a construction site yesterday where they say the company was attempting to erect a concrete barrier on disputed land. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/protesters-put-sugar-firms-wall-on-hold/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A breAkAwAy fAction from the CAmbodiAn NAtionAl Justice PArty&mdAsh;itself A recent breAkAwAy from the Beehive SociAl DemocrAtic PArty&mdAsh;hAs formed A new politicAl pArty, its founder Announced on FridAy.   <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/breAkAwAy-pArty-becomes-countrys-10th-in-pAst-yeAr/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A high school director in Prey Veng province Accused of embezzling thousAnds of dollArs wAs trAnsferred to A new position with the provinciAl government on WednesdAy following A protest by students And teAchers. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/new-job-for-principAl-Accused-of-embezzlement/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Police in Stung Treng province seized an unspecified amount of luxury wood after shooting out a tire of a Toyota SUV that tried to run a checkpoint on Sunday night in Sesan district. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/police-open-fire-on-loggers-car/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

An outspoken opposition lAwmAker sAys he feArs A set-up After A SvAy Rieng womAn wAs questioned in court yesterdAy over A complAint AgAinst him And others thAt she denies ever hAving mAde. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cnrp-pols-feAr-possible-set-up/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Minister of Education Hang Chuon Naron was questioned in front of a parliamentary panel yesterday, offering lawmakers a nine-point policy for reforming the Kingdom’s educational sector, according to a ministry official. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/education-minister-lays-out-reforms-at-assembly/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

For the third time in as many months, the government has canceled a contract with a private com­pany operating a toll road in re­sponse to complaints from motorists.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/another-toll-road-contract-canceled-by-prime-minister/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>