A group of 13 VietnAmese nAtionAls were Apprehended by CAmbodiAn fishermen on SundAy night while illegAlly fishing off the coAst of KAmpot province And Are being held for repAtriAtion, According to A villAge representAtive And the provinciAl governor. NeAk Sen, A representAtive of A fishing community <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/illegAl-vietnAmese-fishermen-cAught-in-nighttime-operAtion/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A wAterfAll hAs been blAsted less thAn two kilometres from the CAmbodiAn-LAo border, beginning work on Another unApproved hydroelectric dAm on the Mekong river, environmentAl group InternAtionAl Rivers clAimed yesterdAy. PiAnporn Deetes, the ThAilAnd cAmpAign coordinAtor for InternAtionAl Rivers, sAid she hAd leArned of the excAvAtion work, neAr <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/lAo-dAm-breAks-ground/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Lack of trust from investors has so far limited the growth potential of the growing number of Cambodian technology startups. Five-year old Khmerload, a Cambodian entertainment news website modeled after the american media giant Buzzfeed, has become one of the country’s first local tech startups <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/investors-start-to-see-potential-returns-in-cambodian-startups/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The setting is familiar &ndash; a garment factory in Kandal province that supplies Levi’s and Gap &ndash; and so is the number of people involved, but a strike that has raged at Yung Wah Industrial II factory since Monday has a twist: it’s worker versus worker and union versus <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unions-skirmish-using-factory-as-battleground/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Police and a human rights group said they rescued a 15-year-old girl from the training center of an overseas job recruitment agency in Kompong Chhnang province on Saturday. a rights worker said two more underage girls had been saved from being sent abroad to work <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/teenager-rescued-from-tp-training-center/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government has ordered all state institutions to start compiling a list of prices for all fee-based services so that individuals and companies can avoid informal payments, which were made illegal under the penal code last year, spokesman for the Council of Ministers Phay Siphan <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-bodies-ordered-to-publish-prices-for-all-state-services/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A weekend meeting between Chinese President Hu JintAo And Prime Minister Hun Sen concluded with millions in loAns And Aid Agreed to And A cleAr messAge: neither nAtion is in A rush to deAl with the prickly South ChinA SeA dispute. At the SAturdAy one on <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/hu-pledges-millions-in-Aid/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Almost 100 members of the sAles And service stAff of mobile phone provider Hellopoint Are AwAiting A meeting with the Ministry of LAbour After submitting A complAint lAst month clAiming thAt A policy introduced in July Amounted to A breAch of their employment contrActs. According to <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/hello-stAff-contrActs-breAched/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Every day they come in the thousands and crowd under a blazing sun for hours, awaiting a moment that costs them more than two full months’ salary &ndash; a passport. and where are they going? “Thailand,” 21-year-old Sem Pheaktra said, squinting under a harsh mid-morning sun. He, and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/thai-jobs-serve-as-siren-song/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The owner of a site in Phnom Penh where a 19th century French colonial building was demolished last week said yesterday she does not have enough money to follow through on plans to build a replica in its place. Kang Gheck Nai said it had always <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/after-demolition-colonial-building-site-to-lie-dormant/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian garment workers at a factory in Malaysia that supplies major international brands were on strike for a third day in a row yesterday, refusing an agreement on accommodation and demanding higher salaries. Representatives of the workers at the Honsin apparel Sdn Bhd factory in Jahor <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/malaysia-workers-reject-wage-deal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Svay Rieng Provincial Court has wrapped up an investigation of February’s triple shooting of female garment workers in Bavet City, a case in which the city’s former governor, Chhouk Bundith, is still the only suspect, a court official said yesterday. The court has charged <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/court-completes-investigation-of-svay-rieng-triple-shooting/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The “one community, one destiny” motto Cambodia adopted when it took over the rotating chairmanship of asean this year could not have sounded more hollow as it did Friday when the 10-member bloc failed to produce a joint closing statement for the first time in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-criticized-for-asean-meeting-failure/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

About 250 lAborers working At A newly opened $90-million sugAr fActory complex in KrAtie province-hAiled by the government As A boon to CAmbodiA’s economy-stAged A protest lAst SAturdAy morning demAnding to be reimbursed for two weeks worth of unpAid wAges. District governor Heng SohA Acted <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/sugAr-firm-stAff-protest-over-unpAid-wAges/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Council of Ministers has approved a draft law aimed at protecting the patent rights of traditional Cambodian products, which if violated could be met with a fine of up to $5,000 and a five-year jail term. The law on geographical indication (G.I.), a status given <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/law-aimed-at-protecting-local-products-approved/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

OZ Minerals has emerged with 16 per cent of Cambodia-focused Renaissance Minerals after agreeing to push back a deal that could have forced the gold explorer to stump up a $10 million payment on its Okvau deposit in the South-East asian nation. Renaissance’s purchase of the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/oz-takes-renaissance-scrip-for-cash/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A militAry court mAy pursue legAl Action AgAinst A CAmbodiA NAtionAl Rescue PArty lAwmAker-elect And newspAper publisher After the Council of Ministers yesterdAy filed A complAint AgAinst him. DAm Sith, editor-in-chief of the pro-CNRP MoneAksekAr Khmer newspAper, published the text of A speech given by CNRP <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/govt-forwArds-publishing-complAint-to-militAry-court/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia’s ruling and opposition parties agreed Tuesday to form a joint committee for an electoral reform towards free and fair elections in the future, a joint statement said. “Both sides agreed to establish a joint committee, which will comprise the equal number of members from the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-ruling-opposition-parties-agree-to-form-joint-committee-for-electoral-reform/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

About 200 fAmilies from Mondulkiri’s Keo SeimA district filed A complAint on SundAy AgAinst A VietnAmese-owned compAny Alleged to hAve rAzed more thAn 3,500 hectAres of community forest since 2010, villAgers And A rights group sAid yesterdAy. A rubber concessionAire identified As SovAn ReAchsey hAs been <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/forest-Almost-gone-Adhoc/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Chinese-owned Global (Cambodia) Trade Development company takes over today as Phnom Penh’s new municipal bus operator, although City Hall said Tuesday that the company did not have to go through a bidding process to get the contract. The creation of a permanent public bus system <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chinese-firm-takes-over-bus-service-no-bid-needed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>