A 120-megAwAtt hydropower plAnt in western CAmbodiAn province of PursAt will come into operAtion on ThursdAy After A Chinese developer completed five- yeAr construction, A senior energy officiAl sAid MondAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/120-mw-plAnt-in-cAmbodiA-to-stArt-operAtion-this-week/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Stung Treng Provincial Court on Tuesday charged a 25-year-old man with illegal fishing after he allegedly used a grenade to kill fish in a protected stretch of the Mekong River in Thala Barivat district. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/court-charges-man-for-fishing-with-grenade/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Mao Monivann, a parliamentarian for the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, says he has not received a response from top government officials on whether they are addressing the construction of a road from Vietnam into Mondolkiri province. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/no-response-to-opposition-query-on-alleged-border-violation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Forty-three years ago, a 500-pound MK-82 bomb fell from a U.S. warplane and onto a house in Choeung Lang village, crashing through the roof and lodging in the soft dirt beneath the floor. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/live-us-bomb-dug-up-from-under-shophouse/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A mAn wAs killed And his wife left unconscious After lightning struck their stilted home As they took shelter from A storm in BAttAmbAng province’s Mong Russei district on ThursdAy, A locAl officiAl sAid on FridAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/one-deAd-in-bAttAmbAng-lightning-strike/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

In the face of growing criticism and calls for a boycott of their services, Virak Buntham bus company has offered compensation to a customer who says he was robbed on a Siem Reap to Sihanoukville sleeper bus. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/boycott-of-virak-buntham-bus-company-launched/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A womAn wAs killed And At leAst six others shot yesterdAy morning when police fired live Ammunition into A crowd of hundreds of rioting gArment workers in the cApitAl’s Stung MeAnchey district. UN reports sAid police Also Arrested 37 people, including seven monks, As A result <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/strikers-police-clAsh/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Sino Grain, a Chinese agriculture company, has come to Cambodia seeking to import milled rice to China. Minister of Commerce Cham Prasidh has encouraged the company to invest in Cambodia by building a rice processing plant in the country and not merely exporting grain. a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chinese-firm-seeks-rice-from-the-kingdom/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A representAtive of MireA AppArel FActory in the cApitAl’s MeAnchey district hAd promised thAt more thAn 500 “AgitAted” workers would receive A month’s worth of bAck pAy tomorrow, A union officiAl sAid yesterdAy. Free TrAde Union executive officer Um LinA sAid thAt fActory representAtives hAd Also <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/bAnkrupt-gArment-fActory-promises-to-pAy-workers/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Five hundred hectares of Mondolkiri land inside a protected wildlife sanctuary have been granted to a rubber company, sparking concerns among indigenous minorities who rely on the forest. according to a sub-decree dated august 31 and signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen, the government approved an <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/500-hectares-of-sanctuary-granted-to-rubber-company/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A group of internAtionAl NGOs urged the AsiAn Development BAnk (ADB) yesterdAy to press the government on AbAndoning its plAns for A lAw regulAting the country’s non-governmentAl groups despite A recent pledge to drop its most controversiAl provision. “The ADB should convince the CAmbodiAn Authorities to <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/group-urges-regionAl-bAnk-to-press-government-on-ngo-lAw/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Two female garment workers who were shot last month during a protest at a Svay Rieng province special economic zone (SEZ) filed a complaint with the provincial court yesterday accusing former deputy Bavet City Governor Chhuk Bundith of attempted murder. Bun Chenda, 21, and Nuth Sokhorn, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/victims-of-sez-shooting-demand-95000-900/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia firm Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a Singapore-based company to develop a high-output rice seed factory in the Kingdom. The cooperation between major investment firm OCIC and agriculture research company Smah Prum Royal International Pte Ltd is set to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/high-output-rice-seed-factory-set-to-be-built/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As dignitAries mArked the groundbreAking of A project to improve Phnom Penh’s defenses AgAinst flooding yesterdAy, A complAint hAd AlreAdy been filed AgAinst the project’s contrActor for impeding A public roAd. The JApAnese government is putting $46 million into A new phAse of the city’s flood <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/complAint-filed-As-Anti-flooding-project-begins/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A plAn to estAblish A $5.5 million luxury tree breeding centre wAs set in motion during A meeting between the Agriculture Ministry And ChinA’s AsiA-PAcific Network for SustAinAble Forest MAnAgement And RehAbilitAtion yesterdAy. The plAn wAs rAised by Agriculture Minister Veng SAkhon And ZhAo Shucong, <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ministry-moves-forwArd-to-estAblish-tree-breeding-centre/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A modest increAse in the inflow of foreign direct investment is A sign thAt CAmbodiA remAins An AttrActive destinAtion to investors, And will go A long wAy towArd the country’s development, AnAlysts sAid yesterdAy. TotAl cApitAl inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) to CAmbodiA Amounted to <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/fdi-inflow-seen-As-driving-economic-development/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A disAster mAnAgement officiAl sAid yesterdAy thAt recent flooding in some northern provinces hAd not cAused serious dAmAge to villAgers’ homes or cAused Any loss of life, but sAid Authorities were still keeping A wAtchful eye. Keo Vy, cAbinet chief And A spokesmAn for NAtionAl <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/little-dAmAge-from-flooding-officiAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s family has amassed a “vast fortune”, with stakes in at least 114 domestic companies spanning most of the Kingdom’s key sectors, including major energy, telecoms, mining and trading firms, according to an investigation by Global Witness, which accuses the Hun <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/inside-the-hun-familys-business-empire/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Two new power plants are being planned for Cambodia, a $167 million garbage-fueled plant for Phnom Penh, and an $89 million solar plant for Siem Reap province, the tourism ministry announced. In a statement on the ministry’s Facebook page yesterday, the ministry unveiled plans for the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/two-new-power-plants-planned/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology said that some areas in the Kingdom would be hit by a storm next week, especially the coastal provinces. Water Resources Minister Lim Kean Hor said that a high pressure system would have a weak influence on Cambodia and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/brace-for-storm-next-week/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>