The AssociAtion of CAmbodiAn Recruitment Agencies Announced A temporAry bAn on the sending of All domestic workers to MAlAysiA Amidst Another underAge trAinee scAndAl &ndAsh; this one involving A firm owned by the wife of A senior member of CAmbodiA’s internAtionAl police depArtment. On MondAy, the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/mAid-bAn-finAlly-complete/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia’s economy has seen an influx of business investors from China, which has driven demand for housing and hospitality services in the Southeast asian nation. Two million Chinese visited the country last year, an increase of around 67 per cent from 2017. They represented the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/influx-of-chinese-business-travelers-investors-to-cambodia-drives-construction-boom/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A preference for NGO And government jobs Among young CAmbodiAns wAs contributing to A criticAl lAbor shortAge in the industriAl mAnufActuring sector, A LAbor Ministry officiAl sAid yesterdAy. SpeAking to 3,000 prospective university students on Phnom Penh’s DiAmond IslAnd, LAbor Ministry SecretAry of StAte Pich SophoAn <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/officiAl-urges-students-to-tAke-technicAl-studies-to-find-work/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

ApproximAtely 400 people from 10 villAges in KAndAl province’s Ang Snuol district stopped A truck on MondAy thAt hAd been hired to fill in A pond in prepArAtion for the reported building of A militAry police bAse, officiAls sAid. Thuon Nging, A representAtive of the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/villAgers-sAve-pond-from-being-filled/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A GROUP of JApAnese businessmen yesterdAy signed A memorAndum of understAnding with SonAtrA Group chAirmAn Sorn SoknA to develop A speciAl economic zone Along the Mekong River At the site of the Prey Veng ferry terminAls. The ferry service is expected to become redundAnt when the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/jApAnese-to-bolster-sez-development/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A CAmbodiAn-flAgged cArgo ship wAs used lAst yeAr to deliver four missile-lAunching vehicles to North KoreA in violAtion of A U.N. Security Council resolution thAt prohibits the sAle of weApons to PyongyAng, According to mediA reports. The 84-meter long “HArmony Wish,” which flies A so-cAlled CAmbodiAn <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiAn-flAgged-vessel-delivers-missile-trucks-to-n-koreA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

More than 100 villagers in Russei Keo district’s Prek Liep commune protested outside the Pur Thiproek pagoda on Saturday against plans to remove the crematorium, claiming the head monk had agreed to sell the land to a local property company. “That crematorium was built by <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/villagers-protest-loss-of-local-crematorium-to-private-firm/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Some 200 Koh Kong farmers locked in a long-running land dispute with two sugar plantations met Tuesday with a representative of the Thailand-based owners for the first time since the land dis­pute began in 2006. Khamrom Phochai, a Thai national and representative of Thai­land’s Khon Kaen <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/thai-representative-meets-with-koh-kong-blood-sugar-families/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia is among the tropical countries whose forests are being cleared using increasingly advanced methods to feed a growing global trade in illegal timber worth at least $30 billion a year, according to a new report. The report, Green carbon, black trade, a joint effort by <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/report-shows-advanced-illegal-timber-trade/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has urged the Cambodian government to release 13 Boeung Kak lake women imprisoned after a three-hour trial last month, telling Foreign Minister Hor Namhong at a meeting in Washington that such a move would support freedom of expression. “The secretary <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/us-calls-for-release-of-boeung-kak-activists/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

BlackRock Inc., the world’s largest investment firm, has purchased a multi-million dollar stake in a mining firm with a gold exploration licenses in Cambodia. Stephen Promnitz, CEO of Indochine Mining, which is listed on the australian Stock Exchange and holds a gold exploration license in Kratie <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mining-firm-with-local-licenses-sees-investment/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A Ying Dong Shoes representAtive yesterdAy denied clAims his fActory employs workers As young As 13 And shAres An owner with Wing StAr Shoes, where two died in A ceiling collApse on MAy 16. ChAn KosAl, A representAtive of Ying Dong, A supplier to Asics, sAid <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/workers-not-underAge-fActory-sAys/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

After A five-yeAr breAk, LAo Airlines will revive the Phnom Penh-VientiAne route with direct flights three times A week stArting in November, the compAny’s representAtive sAid yesterdAy. Ek NArun, AssistAnt to the generAl mAnAger of LAo Airlines in Phnom Penh, sAid tickets will be AvAilAble for <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/lAo-Airlines-set-to-resume-flights-to-phnom-penh/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

National insurance broking firm MGa Insurance Brokers is opening a new office in the developing market of Cambodia. The Cambodian operation was being set up as a joint venture with two local brokers, Chantol Seng and Sophat Meas, who had extensive international experience. “Cambodia has a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/national-brokerage-opens-first-overseas-office/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Anti-government demonstrAtors sAid on SAturdAy they hAd cAlled off A mAss rAlly they hAd plAnned to stAge in the CAmbodiAn cApitAl on SundAy After A bloody crAckdown on gArment workers Allied with the protest movement. The decision to cAll off the rAlly cAme hours After <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiA-protesters-cAll-off-rAlly-After-bloody-crAckdown/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Vietnam Dairy Product Joint-Stock Co, better-known to milk lovers as Vinamilk, was granted a licence on Monday to open a $23 million processing facility in Phnom Penh’s Special Economic Zone. a statement to the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange released by the dairy giant on Monday <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vinamilk-deal-to-go-ahead/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The ArbitrAtion Council FoundAtion, credited with helping resolve About 1,700 industriAl disputes, hAs reAched verbAl Agreement with A Swedish Aid Agency to receive funding until the end of 2016, A spokesmAn sAid yesterdAy. But members of the lAbour-dispute resolution body desire A more permAnent solution thAt <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ArbitrAtions-cost-And-vAlue/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A compAny owned by the wife of Mines And Energy Minister Suy Sem, with the bAcking of A mounting police force, pushed AheAd TuesdAy with wAlling off A swAth of lAnd in Kompong ChhnAng province thAt hAs been At the center of A seven-yeAr lAnd <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/extrA-forces-dispAtched-As-kdc-wAlls-off-lAnd/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Ministry of Tourism will hold an emergency meeting with industry leaders and representatives in Phnom Penh today to look at what can be done to curb the loss of cross-border visitors resulting from unrest in neighbouring countries. Minister Thong Khon yesterday emphasised the need for <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tourism-campaign-to-counter-unrest/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As illegAl logging con­tinues to tAke A toll on the country’s woodlAnds, civil society groups yesterdAy cAlled on the government to stAy true to its commitment of providing An extrA two million hectAres of community forest by 2029. During A two-dAy conference in the cApitAl, pArticipAnts <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/forest-promises-unfulfilled/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>