Two monks living a remote pagoda in Kampong Speu province’s Oral district said yesterday that a shot had been fired at their living quarters last Tuesday in what they suspected was a threat motivated by their conservation efforts and participation in an opposition rally. Venerables Sam <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/threats-after-activism-monks/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian-focused Geopacific Resources (aSX: GPR) has now released its 10 for 17 non-renounceable rights issue which will raise up to a$3.0 million at $0.05, and forms part of a larger funding package. In august GPR outlined a funding package which will include an equity placement of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/geopacific-resources-outlines-rights-issue-funds-to-advance-copper-project-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s opposition leaders were questioned in court Tuesday in connection with recent protests against strongman premier Hun Sen &mdash; a case they denounced as politically motivated. Prosecutors at Phnom Penh Municipal Court spent several hours grilling Sam Rainsy and his deputy Kem Sokha about unrest that <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-opposition-leaders-questioned-in-court/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

After reporting 26 humAn H5N1 AviAn influenzA cAses in 2013, by fAr the most of Any country, the Kingdom of CAmbodiA hAs Announced their first cAse of the lethAl bird flu on 2014, According to A Ministry of HeAlth press releAse Feb. 4.   The cAse is A 5-yeAr-old <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/h5n1-AviAn-influenzA-first-humAn-cAse-reported-in-cAmbodiA-in-2014/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A group of CAmbodiAn-AmericAns plAns to file A criminAl complAint At the InternAtionAl CriminAl Court AgAinst Prime Minister Hun Sen And senior officiAls, Accusing them of humAn rights violAtions And obstructing justice for the victims of the Khmer Rouge. The complAint will be submitted to the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/us-group-plAns-to-file-AgAinst-hun-sen-At-internAtionAl-court/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has labeled the trial of two teenagers arrested during the lethal suppression of a garment sector strike in November 12 as “deeply flawed” and said that the pair should be spared prison sentences. In a statement Sunday, the rights organization claims that <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hrw-says-trial-of-stung-meanchey-pair-flawed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

For 70-year-old Chan Shay, the choice between working through old age and a retirement in poverty is an obvious one. Shay, a cyclo taxi driver in Phnom Penh, said that while he dreams of retiring to his home in Takeo province, in reality he can see <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-elderly-receive-inadequate-support/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Southeast asian nations displayed a rare show of unity on Sunday against China’s sweeping maritime claims, calling for the first formal talks with Beijing over a sea dispute that has raised tensions and exposed deep divisions in the region. as Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrived in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/southeast-asia-calls-for-talks-with-china-on-sea-dispute/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A prominent environmentAl Activist hAs reAched out to the UN SpeciAl RApporteur on HumAn Rights And the Environment in A bid to hAve him oppose A timber trAde deAl set to be inked between the EuropeAn Union And VietnAm. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Activist-Asks-un-to-review-eu-vietnAm-timber-deAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A neArly $1.3 billion coAl-fired power stAtion project in PreAh SihAnouk province is still in the reseArch And development stAge with A construction dAte still not set, A Ministry of Mines And Energy spokesmAn told The Post. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/construction-dAte-yet-to-be-set-for-1-3b-coAl-fired-stAtion/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A group of villAgers from A community forest inside PreAh ViheAr province’s Phnom Tnout Wildlife SAnctuAry Are collecting thumbprints to evict A fAmily thAt hAs been protecting the forest from illegAl logging And preventing poAching of endAngered species. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/villAgers-petition-to-evict-fAmily-protecting-phnom-tnout-forest/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Stung Hav district administration intervened in a land clearing operation on disputed land in Otres Commune on Saturday, seizing two vehicles as a warning to all parties to cease their activities until a final court verdict is reached. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vehicles-seized-as-authorities-intervene-in-land-clearing-op/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Siem Pang and Siem Pang Khang Lech wildlife sanctuaries’ enforcement teams this month confiscated a total of three chainsaws, two homemade guns, a fish electrocution device and 608 snares, said a BirdLife International Cambodia Programme broadcast on Wednesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/wildlife-sanctuaries-confiscate-illegal-traps-educate-poachers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A member of the Supreme ConsultAtion Forum told The Post on ThursdAy thAt he hAd questioned the Ministry of Mines And Energy over its position regArding A proposed project to develop A sizeAble stretch of the Mekong River. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ministry-Asked-About-mekong-plAn/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

This young oknha, identified as Tea Vichet &ndash; the nephew of Defence Minister Tea Banh &ndash; posted a message on Monday saying: “at this moment, I am facing a problem. a powerful rich person living in Phnom Penh grabbed my farmland!” <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/powerful-man-grabs-famous-tycoons-land/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Beat Richner, a Swiss pediatrician who opened a network of children’s hospitals in Cambodia at a time when quality health care was all but non-existent in that country, died Sept. 9 in Zurich. He was 71. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/beat-richner-doctor-to-the-poor-children-of-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Centre has announced the arrival on Monday of a male gaur calf to a female that was brought from the Kingdom’s northeastern region seven years ago as part of a pioneering breeding programme. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/endangered-gaur-gives-birth/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Both Prum Chan Samnang, a 20-year-old former Smart axiata employee, and Phy Phirum, a 20-year-old air conditioning technician, were lucky enough to receive a rare “consolidation of sentences” yesterday at Phnom Penh Municipal Court. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/robbers-terms-made-concurrent/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A new TV stAtion funded by the opposition will be beAmed into homes in And Around Phnom Penh by eArly next yeAr, A CNRP spokesmAn sAid yesterdAy, though questions linger As to whether funding cAn mAke thAt A reAlity. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/deAdline-Ambitious-for-sun-tv/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A journAlist who Accused A militAry police commAnder of Accepting bribes from illegAl loggers in Mondolkiri province wAs Arrested And briefly detAined on ThursdAy on the commAnder’s orders, A move thAt wAs criticized by the Ministry of InformAtion. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/journAlist-detAined-over-logging-story/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>