Axiata Group sold a 10 percent stake of its Cambodian subsidiary Smart Axiata to Japanese group Mitsui Co Ltd to form a strategic partnership and further the firm’s activity in the Kingdom, according to a company release on Friday. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/axiata-sells-10-stake-in-cambodias-smart/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Police have summoned the CNRP’s top party boss in Phnom Penh to appear for questioning today about a clash between a motorbike driver and a group of opposition supporters campaigning earlier this week in the capital. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cnrps-phnom-penh-party-head-summoned-over-beating/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A senoir Justice Ministry official said a pilot project to increase bail approvals and community service sentencing for small-time offenders would be impossible, weeks after the project was announced during the visit of a United Nations human rights official. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-rejects-pilot-project-for-offenders-to-do-community-service/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A company based in China’s southern province of Guangdong opened a 2-hectare market for building and construction materials near the Preah Monivong Bridge in Phnom Penh on Saturday, according to a report by online Chinese news site Commercial News. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/market-for-construction-materials-opened-in-phnom-penh/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The CNRP was forced to hold a downsized version of a seminar for incoming elected officials led by party president Kem Sokha at its headquarters in Kompong Chhnang province on Monday after provincial authorities refused to allow a larger gathering. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cnrp-seminar-blocked-by-kompong-chhnang-governor/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun Sen returned from a three-day trip to China yesterday, all but confirming in a statement what observers have long theorised: that Cambodia now sees China’s backing as a bulwark against Western criticisms over its rights record. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-praises-china-after-trip/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Electronic equipment supplier Eltek Valere Ltd. filed a complaint Wednesday with the Phnom Penh Municipal Court against mobile operator Mfone, demanding the company pay the $3.7 million it owes to Eltek from a previous GSM contract, a lawyer for Eltek said. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/electronics-supplier-files-complaint-against-mfone/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Just as a solution to a two-week-long dispute at two SL Garment factories seemed over on Saturday, the company’s owner issued a statement refusing to recognise an agreement that had lured more than 5,000 employees back to work. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sl-factory-owners-deny-agreement/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Four Boeung Kak women convicted to two-and-a-half years in Prey Sar prison went on a hunger strike yesterday as their husbands and children led a 200-strong rally outside, the husband of imprisoned village representative Tep Vanny told the Post. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/boeung-kak-women-on-hunger-strike/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A Kampong Speu judge released the vice-president and a member of the Free Trade Union on bail yesterday after the court questioned the two about their alleged roles in a violent demonstration at Sabrina Garment factory. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/questions-over-strike-violence/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A village chief in Siem Reap who was sentenced on Tuesday to a year in prison for levelling private property to construct an office building will retain his position – at least until his appeal hearing is over, a commune official said yesterday. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/despite-jail-village-chief-retains-title/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Phnom Penh municipality launched the capital’s second bus line yesterday, running for 68 stops from the night market to Takhmao town in Kandal province. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/second-public-bus-line-revs-up/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Twenty Cambodian fishermen forced to work on a trawler in Indonesia have been rescued, while a pair of Cambodian brides extricated from abusive relationships in China have been repatriated, according to a statement released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/twenty-fishermen-two-brides-rescued-abroad/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Anti-drug police officers arrested nine foreign nationals in a sting on a rental house on Sunday, accusing the men of involvement in a drug-trafficking ring catering to other foreigners in the vicinity of Phnom Penh’s Central Market, police said yesterday. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/foreign-nationals-held-in-drug-raid/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday will charge six construction workers and a company manager in connection with a building site accident that killed a woman on Sunday, while work on the site has been suspended on government orders, officials said Tuesday. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/building-work-halted-as-workers-face-charges-over-accident/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A 10-year-old girl was killed in­stantly when a piece of unexploded ordinance (UXO) detonated un­der the heat of a brush fire in in Kompong Speu province’s Oral district on Sunday afternoon, her commune chief said Monday.   href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/girl-killed-by-uxo-explosion-in-kompong-speu/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has formed a 20-person committee to plan a sprawling memorial in Phnom Penh’s Chroy Changva district to ensure that his legacy is preserved for generations to come, according to a government order and officials on the committee. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-planning-massive-memorial-to-hun-sens-legacy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun Sen issued a new directive last week putting the Ministry of Mines and Energy in charge of all aspects of approving sand dredging operations in a move that one official said would help clear out a backlog of license requests. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-puts-mines-ministry-in-control-of-sand-dredging/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The National Assembly will vote this week on a proposal to reform the National Election Committee (NEC) to make it a constitutional institution, a key prerequisite of the deal that ended the country’s political deadlock. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nec-amendment-changes-to-constitution-on-agenda/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Police and environment officers in Mondolkiri province on Sunday confiscated more than 3,000 lengths of luxury-grade timber found inside a wildlife sanctuary but have yet to determine if it belongs to a Chinese company with a land concession in the area. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/more-than-3000-luxury-logs-found-in-wildlife-sanctuary/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...