Human rights groups in Cambodia fear a new south-east asian declaration of human rights could conversely offer the government in Phnom Penh a figleaf to clamp down on dissent. Cambodia signed the association of Southeast asian Nations (asean) human rights declaration on Sunday, two days <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/asean-declaration-allows-cambodia-to-flout-human-rights-warn-campaigners/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Phnom Penh municipal officials yesterday agreed to mark out a plot of land promised to Boeng Kak lake villagers by Prime Minister Hun Sen in order to put a stop to a string of recent protests <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/city-hall-officials-vow-lake-residents-will-get-land/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s higher education sector &ndash; which education officials last month said lacks a clear vision &ndash; will undergo improvements under a six-year project financed by a $90 million no-interest loan from the World Bank. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/higher-education-reform-gets-90m/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Ten agricultural communities in three provinces will now produce organic cassava that will be sold at a higher value than the market price, giving hundreds of farmers a chance to earn a better living. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hundreds-of-farmers-join-cassava-contract-farming-scheme/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A former inmAte At KAmpong Speu And TrApAing Phlong prisons clAimed yesterdAy he witnessed rAmpAnt drug deAling At both fAcilities And plAns to file A complAint with the support of NWRPO, A locAl NGO. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ex-inmAte-Alleges-drug-deAling-At-two-prisons/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev concluded a three-day state visit to Cambodia on Tuesday, a trip that culminated with the signing of a number of agreements between the two countries and their respective ruling parties. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/medvedev-concludes-state-visit-cold-war-debt-discussed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Police in Banteay Meanchey province are searching for a military officer who illegally bought a centuries-old statue head of the Hindu deity Shiva from a farmer who unearthed it, officials said on Thursday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/police-searching-for-military-officer-who-trafficked-statue/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A tAsk force mAde up of police And investigAtors from A child protection orgAnizAtion ThursdAy begAn seArching in Siem ReAp province for wAnted Dutch pedophile Pieter Ceulen, According to A member of the teAm. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/police-ngo-seArch-for-pedophile-in-siem-reAp/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Bassaka air will return the $240 fee it charged a wheelchair user who had to be mechanically lifted onto a flight in Siem Reap in September, the airline said in a statement on Monday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bassaka-air-to-refund-disabled-passenger-following-incident/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Fifty-five garment workers from three factories were injured in a traffic accident on Thursday eve­ning when a truck carrying them home from work ran off a highway in Kompong Chhnang prov­ince, officials said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/55-garment-workers-injured-in-truck-crash/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Agriculture published A circulAr on ThursdAy Accusing the slAughterhouse industry of running A “conspirAcy” And “cArtel” to fix prices And monopolise the mArket Amid A “lAck of enforcement” from locAl Authorities. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Agriculture-ministry-cAlls-out-AbAttoir-monopoly/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Ministry of Economy and Finance held a workshop yesterday to finalise a draft on a sub-decree managing non-tax revenue sources, part of the government’s attempt to improve its revenue collection. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-lays-out-plan-for-non-tax-revenue/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A Wildlife ConservAtion Society officiAl yesterdAy expressed concern About the potentiAl impAct on birds, livestock And humAns After A poisoned pond wAs found in A conservAtion AreA in PreAh ViheAr province’s Chheb district. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AnimAls-dying-from-poisoned-pond-rAises-heAlth-concerns/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Kolao Group, a South Korean-owned automaker and distributor, plans to build factories in a proposed industrial park in Cambodia to assemble its proprietary line of automobiles and motorcycles, a company executive said yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kolao-revs-up-its-investment/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Business confidence among EuroCham Cambodia’s predominantly European member companies fell this year as a result of a lack of positive reforms and uncertainty surrounding upcoming elections, according to a survey released yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/eurocham-firms-wary-over-elections/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A locAl investor hAs spent neArly US$5 million setting up A rubber-processing fActory in KAmpong ChAm, A key province in the Kingdom’s rubber production for export rAther thAn producing finAl products, An insider sAys. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/rubber-plAnt-opts-for-export/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The owner of a private electricity firm in Kratie province was convicted at Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday for paying $70,000 owed to a senior police officer and “land businessman” with a cheque that bounced. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rubber-cheque-bounces-electric-company-boss/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian political commentators and a civil society group have criticized a deal between the ruling and opposition parties which finalized a draft national electoral reform law, as being nontransparent and only serving the two parties themselves. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/political-commentators-ngo-slam-cambodias-electoral-reform-deal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A rights group hAs Asked the CAmbodiAn government to stop hArAssing ChristiAn MontAgnArds from VietnAm who Are seeking refugee stAtus in the country following the Arrest of A fAmily of five MontAgnArds in A northeAstern province. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/rights-group-presses-cAmbodiA-to-end-persecution-of-montAgnArds/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Workers striking at Phnom Penh’s Quantum Clothing factory have filed a complaint against their managers for allegedly attacking two workers during a protest Wednesday outside the factory, according to a union representative and police official. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/workers-strike-accuse-factory-managers-of-attack-at-protest/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>