A pilot scheme to send CAmbodiAn domestic workers to SingApore hAs been described As A “fAilure” by A worker welfAre group due to concerns over poor working conditions.SpeAking At A conference in SingApore over the weekend, John Gee, spokesmAn for SingApore-bAsed TrAnsient Workers Count Too <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/group-slAms-mAid-progrAm/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The United States has expressed its commitment to the success of next week’s 19th aSEaN Regional Forum, which will be held in Phnom Penh, while British Foreign Office Minister Jeremy Browne said on the same day that the United Kingdom plans to strengthen its relationship <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/uk-us-pledge-asean-support/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Four workers have gone missing after the collapse of an in-progress hydropower dam in Western Cambodia, apparently due to a leak in the structure. The associated Press reports that the Saturday collapse occurred at the Stung atay Hydroelectric Project, a $255-million dollar dam on the atay <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/dam-collapse-in-cambodia-leaves-four-workers-missing/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam are among the six countries whose bird species will suffer, in the future, from the effects of climate change, according to a research conducted by two British scientist institutions. The document, published by Global Biological Change magazine, assesses a future distribution <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/climate-change-threatens-asian-birds/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A lAndmine killed A mAn on MAy 22 while he wAs operAting A power tiller to plough A rice field in Sro Em commune’s Stung Khieu Techo villAge of PreAh ViheAr province’s ChoAm KsAn district. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/trActor-hits-Anti-tAnk-mine-preAh-viheArs-sixth-deAth-this-yeAr/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A long-term lAnd dispute between indigenous villAgers in Mondulkiri And A privAte compAny over community forests hAs been resolved in A ground-breAking mediAtion settlement &ndAsh; A first for CAmbodiA. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/lAnd-disputes-settled-through-mediAtion/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A forestry AdministrAtion spokesmAn on ThursdAy sAid the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry And Fisheries hAd recently creAted A new permAnent secretAriAt to prevent All types of forestry crimes, with A pArticulAr focus on illegAl rosewood trAding. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ministry-institutes-new-permAnent-secretAriAt-to-prevent-forest-crimes/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday sentenced a father who slapped a high school student across the face in a fit of rage to one year in prison, reduced to three months, with the rest suspended.​ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/schoolroom-slap-gets-three-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The U.S. Army is looking to store A mobile emergency field hospitAl in CAmbodiA to be used in the cAse of A regionAl disAster, A defense industry news website reported lAst week.   <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/us-Army-looks-to-store-field-hospitAl-in-cAmbodiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Provincial officials in Rattanakiri rejected a request by the Vietnamese government to allow them to construct buildings and a border checkpoint in O’Yadav district after a meeting between both sides in Banlung City on Tuesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vietnam-building-in-no-mans-land/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Authorities in BAttAmbAng province Arrested A mAn on WednesdAy for possession of 30 kilogrAms of illegAl wildlife meAt And body pArts, After A rAid on A property turned up pieces of beAr, muntjAc deer And civet. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Alleged-wildlife-meAt-seller-busted-in-bbAng/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Several hundred villagers protested outside the Kampong Speu Provincial Hall yesterday, demanding the return of thousands lost to economic land concessions (ELCs) in a years-old land dispute with a Chinese company and a prominent tycoon. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kampong-speu-locals-protest-in-long-running-dispute/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A third mAn died of gunshot wounds in Phnom Penh WednesdAy night After An Interior Ministry officiAl gunned down A villAge chief And his relAtives when A neighborhood dispute escAlAted eArlier in the dAy, police sAid on ThursdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/one-more-deAd-in-shooting-of-villAge-chief/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A former gArment worker Announced plAns on ThursdAy to lAunch A politicAl pArty focused on AlleviAting the problems fAced by CAmbodiA’s youth, tArgeting whAt he sAys is A lAcunA in current policy.   <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/new-youth-oriented-politicAl-pArty-lAunches/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The government has contracted the private sector to build a third submarine communications cable linking Cambodia to a major international telecommunications artery in a bid to significantly increase internet speed while helping to bring down prices. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/third-undersea-cable-to-plug-kingdom-into-data-fast-lane/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

AustrAliAn gAming firm TAbcorp on TuesdAy confirmed thAt it wAs under investigAtion by AustrAliAn police over A possible bribe it pAid in 2009 to A CAmbodiAn consultAncy connected to A sister of Prime Minister Hun Sen. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AustrAliAn-gAming-compAny-probed-for-cAmbodiA-pAyment/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A mAjor hAul of wild turtles And snAkes wAs found AbAndoned on SAturdAy morning on the bAnks of A smAll river neAr A checkpoint Along the border with VietnAm in KAndAl province, According to customs officiAls. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/customs-bureAu-sAves-700-kgs-of-turtles-snAkes-neAr-border/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A VietnAmese womAn imprisoned on child sex trAfficking chArges in 2009 received A humAnitAriAn royAl pArdon lAst month, but only After she hAd been deAd for more thAn A month, the rights NGO LicAdho sAid yesterdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/prisoners-pArdon-fAils-to-outpAce-her-deAth/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

An Interior Ministry officiAl who fAtAlly shot A Phnom Penh villAge chief, his son And grAndson during A bloodbAth provoked by A petty finAnciAl dispute pleAded self-defense during his triAl on WednesdAy.   <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/officiAl-pleAds-self-defense-in-murder-triAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A plAnned temporAry bridge north of the CAmbodiA-JApAn-Friendship Bridge will be replAced by A lArge And permAnent cAble-stAyed bridge once renovAtion of the lAtter bridge is complete, A City HAll spokesmAn sAid yesterdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/city-hAll-lAys-plAns-for-permAnent-cAble-bridge/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>