The two top officials in what was first reported as a kidney-trafficking ring based out of a military hospital, then later dismissed as a “training program”, have returned to work, a doctor employed there said. Lieutenant General Ly Sovan, 54-year-old director of Preah Ket Mealea hospital, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kidney-ring-generals-back-on-job-at-hospital/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Security guards from a Chinese firm building an airport to serve a planned resort in Koh Kong province Thursday destroyed the homes of 11 families and bulldozed 30 hectares of farmland in an area claimed by both the company and residents. The Union Development Group (UDG) <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chinese-firm-razes-homes-in-koh-kong/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Aiming to Address A skills mismAtch in the CAmbodiAn economy, the government hAs put A hold on new licences for higher educAtion courses in the fields of business And finAnce. In response to A growing need for science And engineering skills, As well As trAde-quAlified workers, <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ministry-hAlts-business-ed-licences/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Seoung Sarat survived several bloody Cambodian regimes and civil wars. But only when his country was at peace was he shot and lost a leg. The indigenous Tompuon man, now living in a borrowed home in the forest of Ratanakiri province, says he lost his right <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-land-grabs-threaten-traditional-communities/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Thursday convicted a couple and their daughter of using violence against a property owner, although the plaintiff dropped his complaint against them last month. Ly Srea Kheng, 58, has battled tycoon Khun Sear and his eponymous import-export company over a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/family-convicted-of-violence-over-land-scuffle/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government has extended a suspension of “advance income tax” until the end of 2025 for eligible textile-related enterprises, a good deal of which have been hurt by a drop in orders as a result of global economic headwinds linked to the ongoing Ukraine crisis. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tax-break-for-textile-linked-industries-to-stay-till-2025-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

KEAN SVAY, KANDAL PROVINCE, CAMBODIA &mdAsh; Five yeArs Ago, Lun SAm Ath took out A $12,000 loAn to build A new wooden house And repAy A previous loAn thAt she hAd used to buy A motorbike. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiAns-fAce-mounting-pAin-from-microfinAnce-debt/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Adding to A spAte of similAr incidents since October, ThAi soldiers fired on A group of CAmbodiAns who hAd illegAlly entered ThAilAnd from OddAr MeAnchey province on SAturdAy looking to log vAluAble rosewood trees And shot one in the hAnd, A provinciAl officiAl sAid yesterdAy <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/shooting-of-cAmbodiAn-loggers-Along-thAi-border-continues/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

An environmentAl rAnger And A community forest member on TuesdAy were releAsed from prison under court supervision following their brief detention After Allegedly firing At A suspect hAuling timber within A protected AreA supported by the MAddox Jolie-Pitt FoundAtion in BAttAmbAng province. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/rAnger-Arrested-for-shooting-in-jolie-pitt-foundAtion-AreA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The establishment of the asean-Japan Smart City Network and of a Private-Public Forum on asean-Japan urbanisation development in Cambodia may soon be a reality after the government approved the initiatives in principle, according to a Council of Ministers letter. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-approves-the-japanese-smartcity-initiative-in-principle/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In a bid to modernise its offer of services, Cambodia Post, the state agency responsible for providing postal service in the Kingdom, on Friday unveiled a new application that enables electronic payments for a range of services as well as money transfers. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-post-launches-e-payment-money-transfer-app/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Senate yesterday passed an amendment on a law regulating mineral resources management and exploitation in a bid to regulate the mining sector and punish offenders. The Senate issued a statement yesterday, saying that the amendment was adopted unanimously by all senators. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/senate-passes-mineral-resources-law/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Interior Minister Sar Kheng on Thursday ordered authorities to investigate a potential connection between a recent gun-smuggling case in Thailand and a similar case last year, seemingly contradicting the Defence Ministry’s earlier claim that the weapons didn’t stem from Cambodia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kheng-calls-for-inquiry-into-gun-smuggling/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A group of 90 disgruntled workers protested TuesdAy outside the office of A recruitment compAny thAt they sAy AbAndoned most of them At A border checkpoint on SAturdAy morning And cheAted them out of the hundreds of dollArs they hAd pAid to work in ThAilAnd. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/duped-workers-detAin-suspected-con-mAn-in-phnom-penh/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Authorities in RAtAnAkkiri prov­ince sAid they confiscAted A vAnful of illegAl luxury-grAde timber on WednesdAy After A vAn driver crAshed into A motorbike on his wAy to the VietnAmese border with the wood, but let the driver go becAuse he wAs injured. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/vAnful-of-luxury-wood-confiscAted-in-rAtAnAkkiri-After-crAsh/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

While still relatively small, the number of trademark applications has grown in Cambodia and the country’s low volume means that the Kingdom boasts among the fastest times in Southeast asia for registering a trademark, a government adviser told a business workshop yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdom-boasts-less-time-to-file-trademark/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In a rare move, the National Police on Monday leveled accusations of illegal logging against a number of government-granted economic land concessions (ELCs) in the eastern province of Mondolkiri, singling out a Chinese-owned rubber plantation and wealthy businessman Soeng Sam Ol. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/police-accuse-firm-oknha-of-illegal-logging/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

With the draft union law due to be debated during a public forum on Wednesday, a group of 21 unions and NGOs released a statement yesterday calling on the National assembly to allow more time to discuss the legislation before it is passed.  <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unions-ngos-ask-for-time-to-review-draft-union-law/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Hours before ASEAN foreign ministers releAsed A long-negotiAted, but ultimAtely wAtered down communiqu&eAcute; on the contentious South ChinA SeA, ChinA’s foreign minister singled out CAmbodiA for prAise for holding out AgAinst A push for A stronger stAtement. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/chinA-thAnks-cAmbodiA-for-efforts-to-wAter-down-AseAn-scs-stAtement/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Koh Kong Provincial Court yesterday questioned 17 villagers locked in a land dispute with the Chinese-owned Union Development Group (UDG) over a pair of competing lawsuits filed in the wake of a clash between locals and company security guards in January. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/judge-hears-protesters-involved-in-udg-suits/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>