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>

Government security forces shot dead a teenage girl in Kratie province yesterday morning in a coordinated operation to arrest protesters locked in a long-running land dispute with a rubber company accused of stealing their land. The provincial governor said the joint forces opened fire to defend <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/teenage-girl-shot-dead-by-security-forces/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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>

UNTAC soldiers from IndiA pAtrolling the streets in Prey Veng province, CAmbodiA, on the second dAy of voting. Photo by United NAtions TrAnsitionAl Authority of CAmbodiA (UNTAC), tAken on MAy 24 1993. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0CAmbodiA inherited legAl And politicAl systems And A stAte <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/topics/system-of-government/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

In 2020, COVID-19 severely impacted both the global and Cambodia economies. The banking system in Cambodia is also affected but at a moderate and manageable level.27 The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC), Cambodia Microfinance association, and other relevant institutions pointed out the rate of the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/major-banks/ ' 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>