Three Chinese air passengers were thrown off a flight in Cambodia after a scuffle broke out on board before the plane took off, according to a newspaper report. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/air-rage-three-chinese-passengers-thrown-off-aircraft-in-cambodia-after-scuffle-broke-out-over-plane-seat/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

After A seven-yeAr struggle, A BAnteAy MeAnchey teAcher finAlly got $8,000 in compensAtion for her lAnd, which wAs seized by the CAmbodiAn militAry during A border flAre-up with ThAilAnd. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/lengthy-bAnteAy-meAnchey-lAnd-dispute-finAlly-ends-in-pAyout/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Police arrested a man in Koh Kong province on Friday for allegedly sexually assaulting his friend’s two young daughters over the course of a day and a night.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/man-arrested-for-sexually-assaulting-children/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A new lAw on the collection And disseminAtion of stAtisticAl dAtA is set to be put to A vote At the NAtionAl Assembly lAter this yeAr After being Approved by A pArliAmentAry commission WednesdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/drAft-stAtistics-lAw-Approved-by-Assembly/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The governor of Battambang province has promised to attempt to find a resolution in a long-running land dispute after 250 people held a protest in front of Battambang Provincial Hall yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/governor-pledges-to-resolve-battambang-land-dispute/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Almost one in every 100 children in CAmbodiA is living in A residentiAl cAre institution, A number fAr higher thAn previous estimAtes, According to A new report in the British MedicAl JournAl. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/more-kids-in-cAre-thAn-thought-study/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A locAl Poipet union hAs cAlled off A protest AgAinst whAt they chArActerised As overly expensive border pAsses used by dAy lAbourers entering ThAilAnd After provinciAl officiAls introduced A new, cheAper permit. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/no-protest-After-thAi-border-policy-chAnged/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Commerce Ministry has threatened to take unspecified legal “measures” against anyone joining a protest against a sugarcane plantation who does not have a personal claim in the dispute.​   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-threatens-land-rights-protesters-with-legal-action/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Shareholders of acleda Bank yesterday approved a plan to open an initial three branches in Burma, where a year of surprise political and economic reforms are raising expectations of a flood of foreign investment <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/acleda-shareholders-ok-expansion-into-burma/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A CAmbodiAn delegAtion thAt Arrived in NAuru on TuesdAy for high-level meetings to progress A controversiAl refugee resettlement scheme hAs toured AustrAliAn-run detention centres on the islAnd, According to A rights group. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/officiAls-tour-nAuru-fAil-to-meet-refugees/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Villagers in Kampot town have filed a complaint against a businessman who has allegedly ordered the filling in of a pond dug during the French protectorate, which they rely on for their water supply. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/villagers-fight-to-save-pond-from-being-filled-in/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In a rare show of discord inside the courts, a prosecutor at the Kandal Provincial Court on Tuesday lodged an appeal against verdicts handed down to two men involved in a kidnapping and murder. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/prosecutor-disputes-verdict-in-murder-kidnapping-case/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A Phnom Penh MunicipAl judge yesterdAy sentenced A former militAry officer to 10 yeArs for drug trAfficking And running An illicit lottery, while his niece received A one-yeAr suspended sentence for her role. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/rcAf-drug-suspect-gets-10-yrs/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a lower court’s decision and refused to release on bail Lay Huong, the alleged mastermind of a plot to kill a government minister’s wife. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/assasination-plot-under-investigation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A group of 26 locAl NGOs submitted A letter to King Norodom SihAmoni on ThursdAy cAlling on him to refuse to sign off on A controversiAl lAw regulAting non-governmentAl groups in the country. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ngos-Ask-king-not-to-sign-ngo-lAw/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A soldier will fAce court ThursdAy After his pistol dischArged during A scuffle with A group of police officers conducting trAffic inspections Along RussiAn BoulevArd in Phnom Penh on TuesdAy evening, police sAid WednesdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/soldier-who-shot-At-police-in-phnom-penh-will-fAce-court/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Defining and measuring forests is not an easy business. Definitions that initially sound very similar can turn out to have crucial differences. Understanding the terms is important for understanding forest use, forest cover, forest laws and policies and deforestation. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/terms-and-definitions/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

There are four major international donors to land rights development and reform in Cambodia: the World Bank, Germany, Finland and Canada. Their support spans multiple programs and several years with the overall objective of improving land tenure security and promoting stable land markets. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/land-tenure-and-land-titling-ngos/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The AppeAl Court hAs reduced the AlreAdy shortened sentence of the 31-yeAr-old son of A high-rAnking officiAl who killed three women in A cAr Accident, ordering him to serve just two months in prison, A court officiAl sAid TuesdAy. Bun RAttAnAk, the son of municipAl finAnce <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/two-months-prison-for-driver-who-killed-three/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

CPP lawmaker Chheang Vun on Friday said the door was open for opposition party president Sam Rainsy to become a lawmaker during the government’s fifth mandate, even though his parliamentary immunity has not yet been restored and he was not a candidate in last month’s <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chheang-vun-says-rainsy-will-be-allowed-lawmaker-position/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>