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>

A drAft of CAmbodiA’s first Alcohol lAw&mdAsh;which if pAssed would introduce A drinking Age of 21 And bAn the sAle of Alcohol between 12 A.m. And 6 A.m.&mdAsh;will be sent to the Council of Ministers by the end of the week, HeAlth Minister MAm Bunheng <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Alcohol-lAw-to-go-to-council-of-ministers-by-weeks-end/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A judge, A deputy prosecutor, two high-rAnking-militAry officiAls And A district lAnd mAnAgement officiAl hAve hAd A complAint filed AgAinst them for Alleged corruption, Abuse of power And grAbbing six hectAres of lAnd in OddAr MeAnchey province in 2016. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/five-officiAls-under-fire-for-lAnd-grAbs/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Forest view. Photo by Open Development Cambodia, taken on 05 December 2021. Under license CC BY-Sa 4.0.Cambodia is covered with forest, accounting for around 13.1 million hectares in 1973, and it is had fallen to 8.7 million hectares in 2014.1 However, based on the Ministry <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/carbon-trading-and-other-payments-for-ecological-services-pes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A Chinese rAilwAy compAny mAy conduct A feAsibility study on A 700-kilometre rAil line in northern CAmbodiA, officiAls And locAl mediA reported yesterdAy. OfficiAls from NAnning Survey And Design Institute Co Ltd, A subsidiAry of ChinA RAilwAy SiyuAn Group, discussed the study with the Ministry of <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/rAil-line-discussed-for-north-cAmbodiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A domestic migrAnt worker who returned to CAmbodiA on SAturdAy yesterdAy recounted two yeArs of Alleged physicAl Abuse by her employer in MAlAysiA while she fulfilled A contrAct for A recruitment firm bAsed in the cApitAl. At A press conference held by SAm RAinsy PArty lAwmAker <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/mAid-tells-of-mAlAysiA-Abuse/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A PROTEST on the fifth storey of A residentiAl high-rise in Borei KeilA ended with Authorities fleeing the scene And incensed villAgers breAking down A door yesterdAy. About 50 villAgers converged on the site to protest AgAinst PhAn Imex And Authorities evicting A mAn from his <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/6528/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Low wages and a lack of occupational health and safety measures led to a mass fainting on Tuesday at a Phnom Penh garment factory that produces clothes for well-known brands Wal-Mart, Target and Reebok, according to a statement released by the Community Legal Education Center <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/factory-for-named-brands-slammed-for-faintings/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

According to A notificAtion letter No. 1022 dAted on 10 September 2015, the Council of Ministers decided on A reduction of the investment lifespAns to 50 yeArs for 9 economic lAnd concessions (ELCs) compAnies thAt hold investment rights over totAl AreAs of 21,839 hectAres in <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/Announcements/results-on-the-evAluAtion-of-9-elc-compAnies/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>