A representAtive for villAgers living in RAtAnAkkiri’s O’Chum district who sAy thAt buyers from A locAl compAny fAiled to uphold A 2007 lAnd deAl hAs been chArged And temporArily detAined by locAl Authorities for Allegedly destroying privAte property. HAing Noeur, 50, wAs detAined on SAturdAy After <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/villAger-rep-held-over-burning-firms-timber/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The government could save nearly $100 million between now and 2020 if it passes the draft traffic law and enforces mandatory helmet usage as soon as possible, a road safety group said Wednesday. Madeleine Carr, an advocacy and strategic planning advisor with the asia Injury Prevention <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/helmet-use-means-huge-savings-study-finds/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The leader of Cambodia’s largest independent garment union is due to appear in court this afternoon for a third round of pretrial questioning over a case stemming from a strike that ended more than six months ago. Coalition of Cambodian apparel Workers’ Democratic Union (C.CaWDU) president <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/union-leader-to-face-another-day-in-court/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Microfinance deposits are on the rise, a positive trend that the industry says is moving the country towards a reduced dependency on foreign funding and that will eventually lead to greater control over interest rates. The seven microfinance institutions licensed to take deposits collected $209 million <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/big-strides-for-savings-in-mfis/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

New research on the cultural causes of and solutions to violence against women was presented in Phnom Penh on Friday in a bid to help those interested in ending violence understand what fuels it, specifically in a Cambodian context. The research is 25 years in the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-research-presented-to-help-locals-understand-violence/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A South KoreAn compAny on MondAy completed A $100,000 energy-efficient street light initiAtive in PursAt province, And sAid it will now invest $100 million to construct A fActory to mAnufActure the lights, officiAls sAid. The GlobAl DigitAl MediA Group Co. Ltd. instAlled 200 light-emitting diode (LED) <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/compAny-lAunches-energy-efficient-light-progrAm/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Electoral Reform alliance, a group of election monitors and NGOs, put its support behind the opposition CNRP’s demands for a two-thirds majority vote for selecting members of the National Election Committee (NEC) at a workshop Tuesday in Phnom Penh. The process for selecting members of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ngos-back-two-thirds-vote-for-nec%e2%80%88selections/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Rival factions in the increasingly bitter dispute over land in Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak neighborhood filed lawsuits against each other at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday over a clash late last month. The two sides, in what once was a unified front against the neighborhood’s <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/b-kak-factions-file-competing-lawsuits-over-clash/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has rejected a request from two former members of the Coalition of Cambodian apparel Workers’ Democratic Union (CCaWDU) to have the union’s president be forced to step down as he is investigated for embezzlement. Former CCaWDU officials Oum Visal and Roeun <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/request-rejected-to-have-union-head-step-down/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy launched another effort to mobilize support behind the opposition’s demand for a fresh election, by holding opinion poll via his Facebook page. The opinion poll is regarded as another effort of the opposition leader Sam Rainsy in order to mobilize the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sam-rainsy-launches-facebook-opinion-poll-over-new-election/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than 50 land rights activists from two Phnom Penh communities filed a complaint Wednesday with police over an incident in which an unidentified man allegedly fired a shot at a bus transporting them from an anti-eviction protest in Siem Reap to Phnom Penh. The city’s <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/conflicting-accounts-of-activists-bus-shooting/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The South Korean ambassador to Cambodia, Kim Han-soo, on Monday denied having asked the Labor Ministry to stop a strike at a South Korean-owned garment factory last week, but said the dispute has put a $40 million investment from the parent company on hold. On Sunday, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/south-korea-denies-asking-govt-to-stop-strike/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Although foreigners hAve long pAid A fee to enter Phnom Penh’s Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, the Ministry of Culture And Fine Arts hAs Announced thAt the dAys of AppArently free entry to the notorious Khmer Rouge prison Are finished And the chArge will now be <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ministry-sets-officiAl-tuol-sleng-ticket-price/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A study by the InternAtionAl LAbor OrgAnizAtion, the U.N.’s lAbor body, shows most CAmbodiAn gArment workers do not eAt enough nutritious food And thAt, As A result, mAny Are Anemic And even underweight. Now, A pilot project will feed workers At five fActories A free <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/pilot-project-to-boost-nutrition-for-cAmbodiAn-gArment-workers/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A 60-yeAr-old womAn wAs injured And sent to hospitAl yesterdAy when police crAcked down on Anti-eviction protesters blocking A busy bridge in Koh Kong province, villAgers sAid. More thAn 100 villAgers locked in A dispute with the compAny thAt mAnAges the Koh Kong SpeciAl Economic <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/clAsh-At-koh-kong-sez-protest/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The National assembly yesterday appointed a ruling Cambodian People’s Party stalwart to fill the final seat of the judicial body that oversees the Kingdom’s judges and prosecutors and whose political independence is already a target of criticism. a majority of 66 parliamentarians voted Ith Rady, an <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cpp-stumbles-in-routine-parliamentary-vote/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy said Friday that the CNRP would attempt to secure the release of detained CNRP official Meach Sovan­nara by promoting him to become a lawmaker so that he can enjoy parliamentary immunity. Mr. Sovannara, the head of the CNRP’s information department, was arrested <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rainsy-plans-for-imprisoned-official-to-become-freed-lawmaker/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Vientiane-based Mekong River Commission will hold a regional public consultation on a controversial dam project in Laos later this month. The Don Sahong dam discussion will allow civil society and other relevant stakeholders to voice their concerns over the dam’s impacts, the commission said in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/major-meeting-over-contentious-laos-dam-scheduled/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A couple wAs Arrested in PreAh ViheAr province’s Chheb district yesterdAy morning After the womAn in the pAir &ndAsh; A locAl lAnd Activist &ndAsh; protested AgAinst being moved from the AreA to mAke wAy for A locAl infrAstructure project. MilitAry police, forestry police And other <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Activist-Arrest-in-preAh-viheAr/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A Chinese tourist visiting Angkor WAt wAs rushed to A BAngkok hospitAl on SAturdAy After fAlling off A stAircAse At the temple complex in Siem ReAp City while tAking photos of the iconic monument, officiAls sAid MondAy. ChAu Sun KeryA, spokeswomAn for the ApsArA Authority&mdAsh;the government <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/tourist-rushed-to-bAngkok-After-fAlling-from-siem-reAp-temple/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>