About A dozen Tuol Kok district security guArds in Phnom Penh on TuesdAy blocked three fAmilies involved in A long-running lAnd dispute from building A fence Around the disputed property in Boeng KAk I commune, An officiAl sAid. Deputy district governor SAing SopheAk Vichet sAid the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/fAmilies-blocked-from-fencing-disputed-lAnd/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A triAl for two teens chArged with intentionAl violence from A Stung MeAnchey riot in November wAs unfAir to the defendAnts, A stAtement releAsed yesterdAy by HumAn Rights WAtch (HRW) sAys. CAlling the triAl “deeply flAwed”, HRW sAid the judge in the cAse showed open hostility <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/rights-group-slAms-sl-cAse/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Prime Minister Hun Sen’s nephew Hun To has emphatically denied all allegations published by australian newspaper The age about his involvement in a heroin-trafficking and money-laundering syndicate targeting australia. Hun To, whose wife and children reside in Melbourne, australia, told the Post yesterday that he plans <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/drug-connection-denied/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

CIMB Bank plc, which aims to be among the top 10 banks in Cambodia over the next five years, is targeting more than US$100mil (RM317mil ) in deposits and US$90mil (RM285mil) in total loan size by year-end. Its deputy general manager and head of commercial banking <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cimb-aiming-to-be-top-10-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Toll Royal Railway signed an agreement yesterday afternoon with companies that will supply locomotives and parts for Cambodia’s railway network. as a result of the agreement, international tenders will be called in the coming months for the procurement of up to four new 2,000-horsepower locomotives and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/train-supply-agreement-signed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Agriculture in CAmbodiA Accounts for ApproximAtely 56% of the lAbour force. The size of the sector meAns thAt policies developed here hAve A significAnt impAct on the whole country. AgriculturAl policy And AdministrAtion is mAnAged by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry And Fisheries (MAFF). There <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/topics/AgriculturAl-policy-And-AdministrAtion/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The fishes on Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia. Photo by llee Wu, taken on 10 September 2010. Licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0The 2006 Fisheries Law classifies fishing activity into three broad categories: family or subsistence, small-scale and commercial.Commercial fishing is allowed only in the open season <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/commercial-fishing-and-natural-fisheries/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Although CAmbodiA is believed to hAve iron ore resources And A number of explorAtion licenses hAve been grAnted, no significAnt finds hAve been reported. There is no commerciAl mining of iron ore in the country. While Ambitious plAns for mining And steel plAnts hAve been <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/topics/iron-And-steel/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

In a bizarre twist at the appeal Court hearing of radio station owner Man Sonando, the prosecution yesterday asked that judges drop the charge against Mr. Sonando of inciting antigovernment violence, but then asked the court to uphold another charge leading to an insurrection. Mr. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/prosecutor-wants-change-to-sonando-charges/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Phnom Penh, a city once fabled for its stately colonial buildings and boulevards, and its serene riverside setting, is becoming a city of glaring contrasts. an economy left in ruins by the years of war and violent revolution in the 1970s and 80s grew at a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/the-price-of-land-development-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Dozens of business owners occupying more than 8,000 square meters of prime real estate behind Phnom Penh’s Wat Ounalom have been ordered to vacate their premises by the local conglomerate Sokimex Group, an official from the firm said Wednesday. Though the firm declined to say what <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sokimex-orders-businesses-off-prime-real-estate/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A month After A compAny owned by tycoon Kith Meng wAs ordered to suspend logging the reservoir AreA of the controversiAl Lower SesAn II dAm, the government yesterdAy threAtened legAl Action AgAinst it if its orders Aren’t followed. In A letter obtAined by the Post yesterdAy, the Council <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Answers-demAnded-on-dAm-site/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has charged the Cambodian chairman of a local conglomerate and a Chinese business associate with fraud and using forged public documents, officials said Wednesday. al Romny, 41, and Chinese national Chin Mongxin, 45, were arrested Saturday after an un­known complainant said <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/businessmen-charged-over-mining-deal-fraud/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Construction on Phnom Penh’s CamKo City project will resume after a year’s suspension following a fraud scandal that left its original financial backer bankrupt, an official at the Ministry of Land Management said Wednesday. CamKo City, located in Phnom Penh’s Russei Keo district, was halted <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/construction-set-to-resume-at-camko-city/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s 38 microfinance institutions reported a 44 percent increase in loan disbursements in 2013, according to a report of the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC), the regulator of banking and finance institutions in the country. The microfinance institutions had lent a total 1.17 billion U.S. dollars <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-micro-lenders-see-44-pct-lending-growth-last-year/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Abbott government wAnts to send some Asylum seekers to CAmbodiA, At A time when the country’s strongmAn prime minister, Hun Sen, is overseeing A brutAl crAckdown on dissent in one of south-eAst AsiA’s poorest nAtions. FAcing growing opposition After decAdes of AuthoritAriAn rule, Hun Sen <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AustrAliA-Asks-cAmbodiA-to-tAke-Asylum-seekers-Amid-violent-crAckdown/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Khan Thea, a subsistence fisherman who lives and works along this sprawling, 7,000-hectare lake fed by the Mekong River, was not having a good day on the water. Struggling to net even a single fish, he finally resorted to a dangerous&mdash;and illegal&mdash;technique: fishing with electric current. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/as-fish-stocks%e2%80%88vanish-locals-flout-law-to-survive/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

About 140 villAgers in Koh Kong province set up A roAdblock for the second consecutive dAy ThursdAy, demAnding compensAtion from A Chinese compAny they sAy burned down their homes to mAke wAy for pArt of A multibillion-dollAr tourist resort, According to A rights worker And <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/villAgers-block-roAd-demAnd-compensAtion/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Beehive radio station director and accused “secessionist” Mam Sonando was sent to Prey Sar prison yesterday, where he will be detained until his trial on formal criminal charges including insurrection, a conviction that alone could result in up to 15 years behind bars. after two and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/alleged-secessionist-faces-15-years/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

 The CCFTA, signed in October 2020 And effective since JAnuAry 2022, wAs initiAted by CAmbodiAn officiAls with the Aim of broAdening its trAde relAtions And export mArkets in ChinA in response to the economic fAllout cAused by the pAndemic, locAl flooding, And economic pressures And <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/chinA-remAins-the-lArgest-export-mArket-for-cAmbodiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>