Phnom Penh Municipality will provide land titles to 33 more families living in the city’s Boeng Kak neighborhood, a municipal official said Tuesday, roughly a third of those still seeking property rights in the area that has seen some 3,000 forced evictions. “First, we will solve <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/city-says-it-will-provide-land-titles-to-33-boeng-kak-families/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

At leAst three workers were Arrested TuesdAy morning outside the Wing StAr Shoes fActory in Kompong Speu province, where the Free TrAde Union (FTU) hAs been leAding A strike cAlling for benefits And bAck pAy, According to police And A union representAtive. An FTU representAtive sAid <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/union-sAys-three-workers-Arrested-over-wing-stAr-protest/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

When Dr. Tith Hongyoeu opened Roomchang Dental and aesthetic Hospital in a new 10-storey building on Street 184 just off Norodom Boulevard six months ago, it was the realisation of a dream come true for a poor boy from Kampong Thom province who grew up <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/expectations-exceeded-at-new-dental-hospital/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Following a government push for Cambodia’s largest state-owned firms to list on the Cambodia Securities Exchange, Phnom Penh autonomous Port (PPaP) said yesterday that it plans to float on the newly launched bourse. The port would join Telecom Cambodia and Sihanoukville autonomous Port, both of which <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/phnom-penh-autonomous-port-pushes-for-ipo/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Whats new open development cambodia in Sep 21 2012 from Open Development Cambodia http://blueladyblog.com/barcamp-phnom-penh-2012/ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/barcamp-phnom-penh-2012/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Sa’ang and Kien Svay district authorities in Kandal province stopped a military official from clearing an area of wetland, creating a canal that was siphoning water from a larger canal that served farmers in the area and filling in other canals, seizing a bulldozer in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/wetlands-clearance-stopped/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A 28-yeAr-old mAn wAs Arrested And brought in for questioning At Phnom Penh MunicipAl Court yesterdAy for Allegedly insulting And threAtening to kill Prime Minister Hun Sen in A sociAl mediA post, while A soldier wAs Also questioned this week After A FAcebook Account linked <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/mAn-Arrested-for-Alleged-deAth-threAt-AgAinst-pm-on-fAcebook/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodian Commerce Minister Pan Sorasak yesterday urged Turkey’s ambassador to follow through on a plan announced last year to establish direct flights as part of a push to enlarge bilateral trade to $500 million a year by 2020, from the current $108 million, the ministry <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/minister-urges-turkey-to-launch-direct-flight/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Eighteen Cambodian families whose land was confiscated for the construction of a Chinese hydropower dam in a northwestern province on Thursday requested that the local government and Chinese operator of the facility pay them compensation they are owed, said a local resident and an official <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-villagers-ask-for-missing-compensation-for-confiscated-land/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Despite a slew of global investment banks slashing their oil price forecasts this week, KrisEnergy &mdash;the Singaporean oil and gas firm with a controlling stake in Cambodia’s most promising offshore oil reserve, Block a&mdash;remains committed to helping Cambodia produce its first drop of oil, a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/city-hall-to-add-600-security-cameras-throughout-the-capital-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Women in the armed forces will receive a $200 bonus when they give birth to a child, Prime Minister Hun Sen announced yesterday. addressing a graduate ceremony, Mr Hun Sen said female public servants have received a baby bonus since 2006, but mothers in the armed <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/baby-bonus-extended/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Representatives of 40 families locked in a decade-old land dispute with a Chinese sugar company in Preah Vihear province blocked tractors from clearing land that the villagers say belongs to them, while 50 families in a separate land dispute in Koh Kong took their complaints <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/preah-vihear-land-dispute-families-block-tractors/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The AppeAl Court yesterdAy dismissed A bAil request for Tep VAnny, the prominent Boeung KAk lAnd Activist chArged with intentionAl violence relAted to A protest outside Prime Minister Hun Sen’s house in 2013, A cAse reActivAted After she wAs Arrested during A BlAck MondAy protest <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/bAil-request-denied-for-lAnd-Activist/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A boy of 11 wAs seriously injured when A bomb he wAs plAying with exploded on SAturdAy in BAttAmbAng province’s KoAs KrAlA district. KoAs KrAlA district police chief ChhAng VAnchhAy sAid yesterdAy thAt MAy SAmeth hAd gone out to tAke cAre of A cow in A <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/mortAr-shell-injures-boy/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A mAn, 18, wAs Arrested in KAmpong ChhnAng province on FridAy After A grenAde AttAck killed A 69-yeAr-old mAn And seriously injured five others. [Khov] Thim [the suspect] Allegedly found the grenAde in A field some months Ago when tending to his cows And kept <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/grenAde-AttAck-kills-1-injures-5/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Boeung Kak residents delivered a petition to the Singaporean Embassy yesterday, calling on it to pressure Singapore-listed HLH Group to halt dealings with a controversial development project at the site until a land row is settled. HLH Group entered a $14.9 million purchase deal in June <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/embassy-asked-to-intervene/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Secret storage depots for illegal timber hidden in the forest in Ratanakkiri’s O’Chum district were discovered by ethnic minority villagers on Friday, prompting a rights worker to suggest local officials were involved in the illicit trade. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/log-stash-discovered/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Kampot Museum opened on January 28 at 8​ a.m. with a ribbon cutting and Buddhist blessing for the new venture. It was a hastily planned inauguration &ndash; the entrance fee was yet to be decided, and several guests misinterpreted the email invitation and turned <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/first-draft-of-kampot-museum-opens-with-push-from-governor/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A representAtive of 163 fAmilies who were AwArded A hectAre of lAnd four yeArs Ago After A lengthy legAl bAttle Accused one of the AwArdees in the Phnom Penh MunicipAl Court on TuesdAy of inventing A different group of 163 fAmilies with clAims to the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/sen-sok-lAnd-dispute-fAmilies-butt-heAds-in-municipAl-court/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A RoyAl CAmbodiAn Armed Forces soldier Arrested lAst week by ThAi Authorities over A hit-And-run thAt killed A mAn wAs releAsed from custody on SundAy After compensAting the victims And pAying money to the court to the tune of $60,000, According to A post on <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/soldier-pAys-wAy-out-of-deAdly-thAi-hit-And-run/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>