Two suspects arrested during a deadly garment-worker demonstration in November appealed for bail at the Supreme Court yesterday. Vann Ny and Vann Norn have been detained since an intended march of striking SL Garment factory workers devolved into a riot on November 12, at which participants <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sl-protesters-appeal-for-bail/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Union leaders planning a stay-at-home strike to demand a higher minimum wage for the country’s garment workers say they will press on with the strike after the Khmer New Year, despite the threat of arrest for anyone handing out leaflets promoting their plans. On Sunday, a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unions-press-ahead-with-strike-plans-despite-arrest-threats/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A journAlist who filed A complAint with the PursAt ProvinciAl Court Alleging thAt A soldier threAtened to kill him over An illegAl logging report withdrew his complAint After the soldier wAs internAlly disciplined, court officiAls And militAry police sAid MondAy. SAk Rom, A reporter with KApit <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/reporter-drops-threAt-complAint-court-sAys/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A villAger representAtive in RAtAnAkkiri province wAs chArged ThursdAy with unlAwful interference in the dischArge of public function After he led A group of neighbors to block A Chinese compAny’s bulldozer from cleAring disputed lAnd in BAkeo district on SundAy, A court officiAl sAid. Morm VAndA, provinciAl deputy <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/villAger-chArged-After-blocking-lAnd-cleArAnce-in-rAtAnAkkiri/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A CAmbodiAn court on TuesdAy Afternoon releAsed seven opposition pArty lAwmAkers-elect And one pArty Activist on bAil After the ruling And opposition pArties reAched A politicAl Agreement. “The eight politiciAns were releAsed from Phnom Penh’s Prey SAr prison At 4:45 p.m. After questioning judge Keo Mony <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiAn-court-frees-8-opposition-politiciAns-on-bAil-After-politicAl-deAl-reAched/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodian unions have warned of possible strikes after a tripartite working group voted down their demand for a U.S. $40 increase in the monthly minimum wage for garment factory workers. Twenty-seven representatives of unions, factory owners and the government decided in a secret vote in Phnom <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-garment-unions-threaten-strike-after-wage-demand-is-voted-down/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A Chinese And locAl developer Are in discussions with Phnom Penh’s City HAll to build A $3 billion, 500-metre-high twin tower project in the center of the city, mAking it the tAllest building in the cApitAl. The project will be A joint venture between CAmbodiAn-owned ThAi <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/twin-tower-skyscrAper-proposed-for-cApitAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The international watchdog Frontline Defenders has called on Cambodian authorities to drop a defamation lawsuit against a prominent human rights worker. Ny Chakrya, head of legal assistance for the rights group adhoc, is facing a suit filed by two court officials in Siem Reap province last <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/group-claims-suit-against-rights-worker-is-intimidation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Hundreds of opponents to a controversial law to regulate NGOs met in a hotel in Phnom Penh Tuesday, as a campaign against the passage of the legislation continues. Zach Lampell, a legal advisor at the International Center for Not-For-Profit Law, told those gathered that he had <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/legal-expert-says-draft-law-could-inhibit-future-ngos/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A joint-pArty tAsk force thAt the NAtionAl Election Committee (NEC) on SAturdAy Announced would be set up to investigAte Alleged irregulArities during the July 28 nAtionAl election wAs Abruptly AbAndoned SundAy, with NEC President Im Sousdey Announcing thAt his orgAnizAtion will insteAd push AheAd with <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/investigAtion-committee-nixed-1-dAy-After-creAtion/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

It sounds like something from a Victorian novel &ndash; hundreds of young women falling, en masse, into a swoon. But this phenomenon has become a bafflingly common occurrence in modern-day Cambodia. The incidents have been limited to women working in a small number of the country’s <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/baffling-mass-faintings-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Villagers near the Sesan River in Stung Treng province are a step closer to being forced to make way for a hydropower dam following a National assembly vote on Friday, but they are no closer to learning the details of such a move, a community <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/questions-follow-on-heels-of-hydropower-dam-sesan-2-vote/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Tek Nim is well versed in dealing with adversity. In year nine, she dropped out of school, began working on the family farm and finally became resigned to the belief that her brightest prospect was to leave Omlaing commune, in Kampong Speu province’s Thpong district, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/young-chief-vs-the-system/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

All but three of A group of 20 CAmbodiAns who were held AgAinst their will on A fishing boAt in ThAilAnd hAd returned After Agreeing to pAy A fee for “trAnsportAtion”, A police officiAl sAid yesterdAy. The men, believing they were heAding to jobs in Koh <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/rAnsomed-workers-returned-to-cAmbodiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Kampot Port Co will break ground on a Kampot port in September, company officials said yesterday. The port will be an important part of a long-delayed Kampot Special Economic Zone (KSEZ), which is hoped to revitalise trade and commerce in the province. Vinh Huor, president of the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/port-in-kampot-to-turn-province-into-regional-trade-hub/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Khmer Resources Investment, which is backed by the Cambodian government, aims to list in Hong Kong within two years, chairman Cao Yunde said. “We intend to leverage the capital market of Hong Kong to finance our growth through a public listing so as to maximise the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-miner-khmer-resources-plans-to-tap-hong-kong-capital-market-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodian automotive industry will expand after the Kingdom’s integration into the association of Southeast asian Nations (aSEaN) Economic Community (aEC) in 2015, thanks to the free flow of goods within the bloc and Cambodia’s competitive advantage as a low-cost manufacturer, according to Cambodian Commerce <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdoms-small-auto-industry-likely-to-expand-as-aec-looms/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Court of AppeAl on MondAy Acquitted A South KoreAn businessmAn who Allegedly stole $50,000 thAt wAs supposed to be used to Acquire CAmbodiAn citizenship for his boss in 2007. Koo BonkwAng, the former president of Commerce CentrAl FinAnce, A microlender, sAid he pAid the money <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/frAud-cAse-highlights-bribery-Around-requests-for-citizenship/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A re-election should be held in 2015 following the implementAtion of A comprehensive series of electorAl reforms, An umbrellA group of locAl rights orgAnizAtions And independent election monitors sAid FridAy. The orgAnizAtions, including the Committee for Free And FAir Elections (Comfrel), Adhoc, the Community LegAl EducAtion <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ngos-cAll-for-vote-reform-new-election/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Supporters of the opposition CNRP and relatives of the 16 men, women and children killed in a grenade attack during a protest rally in 1997, will hold a Buddhist ceremony today at the scene of the blasts in front of the old National assembly in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cnrp-to-hold-ceremony-for-grenade-victims/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>