Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni on Monday presided over the opening session of the fifth legislature of the National Assembly, which was attended by only the ruling party’s elected lawmakers as the opposition’s elected legislators boycotted it. Sixty-eight elected lawmakers from the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-king-opens-new-parliament-despite-opposition-boycott/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The former manager of Canadia Bank’s credit section, along with two accomplices at the bank, were charged Thursday with theft and forgery for allegedly embezzling about $2.3 million from ABA and SBC banks, according to municipal court and police officials. “The deputy [municipal court] prosecutor has href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/three-charged-for-2-3-million-embezzlement-from-banks/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A colonel in the Royal Cambodian Navy yesterday denied accusations by the NGO Wildlife Alliance that naval officers opened fire on patrolling rangers on the Tatai River in Koh Kong province as they tried seizing an allegedly illegal shipment of rosewood. Colonel Tep Vuthy instead accused href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/navy-denies-logging-allegations/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

About 200 workers protested outside SL Garment Factory in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district Wednesday demanding that managers reinstate 19 union representatives before a 15-day deadline set by the government elapses. The Council of Ministers has ordered the factory to rehire the fired unionists or face punitive href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sl-workers-demand-representatives-reinstated/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Saturday charged Daniel Johnson, an American missionary, with committing indecent acts against five boys under the age of 15 at an orphanage he operated in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district, police said. Johnson, 35, was sent to the court on Wednesday href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/court-charges-missionary-with-child-abuse/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Phnom Penh governor on Tuesday told city officials to halt corruption and work harder to provide public services in an effort to restore confidence among the people who were so frustrated with the ruling party that they voted for the opposition CNRP in last href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/phnom-penh-governor-tells-officials-to-fix-frustrated-people/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Villagers emerge from the shade of their homes and gingerly roll up their sleeves, turning their palms upwards to reveal skin braided with dark lesions, ulcers and decaying tissue. They point to houses up and down the street where people have died of symptoms like href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/silent-killer-taking-toll/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Thursday acquitted Chan Sophon of the 2007 murder of union leader Hy Vuthy, overturning a 2012 conviction and an 18-year jail sentence that rights groups and Mr. Vuthy’s own union believe was cover for the real perpetrators. The judge href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/man-acquitted-of-2007-murder-of-union-leader-hy-vuthy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s Defence Minister Tea Banh insists neither Cambodian armed men nor soldiers had entered Thailand to carry out violence in Thailand during the political crisis. Defence Ministry spokesman Phapathip Sawangsaeng yesterday said Gen Tea Banh made his remark during a meeting with caretaker Defence Minister Yuthasak href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tea-banh-denies-troop-entry/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Sinohydro Corporation has taken over the concession to build the Stung Cheay Areng dam in Koh Kong province and is preparing for the early stages of construction, according to a company representative and government officials. Ith Prang, secretary of state at the Ministry of Mines and href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/areng-project-changes-hands-again/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Dozens of representatives from at least 100 recently evicted families accused of illegally occupying state land in Kratie province traveled to Phnom Penh on Monday morning to petition Prime Minister Hun Sen for his help getting their land back. The families say local authorities have been href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/families-ask-hun-sen-for-help-to-reclaim-farms/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Three of five land dispute victims, representing 150 families in Banteay Meanchey province’s Slakram commune, on Tuesday sued provincial governor Um Reatrey and five others for manslaughter, and the use of intentional violence against them while they were detained for protesting outside the provincial hall href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/banteay-meanchey-governor-five-others-sued-for-manslaughter-torture/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Now new research, as part of a project led by University of Southampton, has shown sand mining is causing river beds to lower, leading to riverbank instability and increasing the likelihood of dangerous river bank collapse, damaging infrastructure and housing and putting lives at risk. The href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unsustainable-sand-mining-is-threatening-lives-along-the-mekong-river-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Sub-national officials and communities in the province are concerned about the impact of Laos’ Don Sahong hydropower dam on the endangered Irrawaddy dolphin population in the downstream Mekong River. According to Reuters, the dam began operations and connected its power grid to the Kingdom earlier href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/lao-dam-impact-on-dolphin-migration-highlighted/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon on Wednesday stressed the importance of forest resources and the need to protect them to boost the economy and livelihoods of forest communities while maintaining a sustainable environment. At the Forestry Administration’s annual review meeting, attended by href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/forestry-minister-stresses-importance-of-resources/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

More than 200 markers planted illegally in Mondulkiri’s O’Raing district have been removed, with provincial authorities now on the lookout for those responsible for the crime. O’Raing district governor Siek Mony told The Post on Saturday that some 10 police officers went to Sen Monorom href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/illegal-land-markers-removed-on-mondulkiri-province-plot/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The City Hall today announced that people can now have their waste collection fees paid via multiple electronic payment systems from February 1. Speaking at a press conference on Saturday, deputy chief of city hall Keut Che said people can pay for their rubbish collection href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/waste-collection-fees-to-be-paid-via-electronic-payment-systems/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Phnom Penh Municipal Hall has handed over 40 modern rubbish tuk-tuks to six districts in the capital as a means to transport rubbish while it seeks to improve waste management. Municipal hall spokesman Met Meas Pheakdey said on Sunday that the administration is planning to href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rubbish-tuk-tuks-delivered-to-six-districts-in-the-capital/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday appealed to rice millers and paddy buyers not to lower prices and to secure better rates for farmers facing difficulties in the early harvest season. The Cambodian Rice Federation (CRF) said the low prices were due to an influx href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/prime-minister-appeals-to-rice-millers-not-to-lower-paddy-prices/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...