Defendants in a mass trial of 25 men and teenagers accused of joining a string of violent garment worker protests continued to profess their innocence during the second day of hearings at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday. Twenty-three of the men were arrested in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/garment-protest-trial-defendants-deny-charges/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Russian businessmen Nikolai Doroshenko and Sergei Polonsky are locked in a legal dispute over Sihanoukville’s Victory Beach following Mr. Polonsky’s release from prison last month, according to copies of court documents obtained Monday. The Preah Sihanouk provincial court has temporarily prevented Mr. Doroshenko from transferring the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/court-temporarily-halts-lease-transfer-for-victory-beach/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia is nearing a deal that would open a pipeline of workers to Saudi arabia, a country where Southeast asian migrants have in the past been abused and even executed for crimes that include “sorcery”. Following a meeting in Hanoi last week with Saudi ambassador Salah <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/deal-would-send-workers-to-saudi-arabia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The ruling CPP agreed in principle to two of seven proposals put forth by the opposition CNRP on Monday during the first meeting of a joint electoral reform commission. Emerging from a four-and-a-half hour meeting at the Senate, leaders of the CPP and CNRP working groups <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/slow-start-for-joint-electoral-reform-commission/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updates a profile page on “Foreign investment in Cambodia”. This bilingual profile page gives a quick overview of foreign investment in Cambodia, together with related content, such as the definition of foreign investment, the reasons investors invest in Cambodia, priority sectors, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/fa_slide/happy-water-festival-2018/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A host of protesters rAllied At the Ministry of LAnd MAnAgement, UrbAn PlAnning And Construction yesterdAy to demAnd thAt it intervene to resolve A lAnd dispute involving A compAny And hundreds of fAmilies in Koh Kong province. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/protesters-rAlly-At-ministry-over-koh-kong-lAnd-frAcAs/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

While human trafficking remains a serious concern in the Kingdom, a project initiated by the US agency for International Development (USaID) helped 108 victims to receive compensation, while a further 1,482 also benefited from the project. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/usaid-project-helps-trafficking-victims/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Explosive remnants of war continue to haunt the Cambodian people with the country at peace, with a 33-year-old woman losing a leg after stepping on a landmine while harvesting bamboo shoots in Banteay Meanchey province. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/woman-in-banteay-meanchey-loses-leg-after-uxo-explosion/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government will issue a standard for the type of mango known as ‘keo romeat’, a move that seeks to bolster sales abroad as well as consumer trust on the product, a high-ranking official revealed yesterday. ​​​ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/keo-romeat-mango-to-get-standard/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A medicAl doctor Accused of frAud by the Phnom Penh MunicipAl Court Admitted At triAl yesterdAy to swindling $10,000 And A cAr from his business pArtners As they were setting up A phArmAcy eArlier this yeAr.​ <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/doctor-tried-over-frAud-AllegAtions/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Provincial authorities in Koh Kong province have barred a group of law students from conducting a two-day training course on human rights and democracy, citing a controversial law passed earlier this year. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/koh-kong-authorities-bar-democracy-training-citing-new-law/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Halfway into a pilot project testing a computerized voter registration system, the National Election Committee (NEC) has identified a lack of electricity and Internet access in the countryside along with inaccurate voter documentation as its main challenges. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pilot-for-new-voter-registration-system-identifies-key-problems/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Royal Group, in partnership with a Thailand-based Swiss investor, will build a 148-room five-star hotel on Preah Sihanouk’s Koh Rong island, with the group having completed a ground-breaking ceremony on Saturday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/royal-group-set-to-build-hotel-on-koh-rong/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Health expects a dangerous year for diseases and heat trauma as a result of the extreme weather that the Kingdom is experiencing, according to a series of public statements this week.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/health-ministry-warns-of-droughts-consequences/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A lArge VietnAmese ferry crAshed into A CAmbodiAn fishing boAt off Ach Seh islAnd on SAturdAy night in A mAritime hit-And-run, with the ferry motoring AwAy After dAmAging the bAck section of the long-boAt. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/vietnAmese-ferry-hits-cAmbodiAn-boAt/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

At 8 A.m. on ThursdAy, Lin SAmpho picked up An AustrAliAn tourist from A Siem ReAp City hotel to tAke her to the Angkor ArchAeologicAl PArk for A morning trek through the site’s Ancient temples. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Angkor-temple-dress-code-now-in-effect/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A high-rAnking police officiAl yesterdAy bemoAned CAmbodiA’s lAck of cApAcity to fight cybercrime, just A week After the government’s Announcement of A new Anti-Cybercrime DepArtment prompted feArs of An online clAmpdown on dissent. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/top-cop-sAys-no-cApAcity-to-convict/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A notorious frAudster with whom Justice Minister Ang Vong VAthAnA Allegedly hAd A business relAtionship hAs turned out to be A violent critic of Prime Minister Hun Sen.     <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/vAthAnA-pArtner-no-fAn-of-prime-minister/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A doctor who hAd been Accused of cAusing A womAn to die in lAbour becAuse he AbAndoned her during childbirth to go to A pArty hAd chArges AgAinst him dropped by the Court of AppeAl on MondAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/doctors-unintentionAl-murder-chArge-dropped/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Ministry of Education yesterday said it is creating a committee to investigate an alleged case of a student bribing education officials in Battambang with $650 to give him a passing grade 12 exam score in 2014. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/education-ministry-investigates-test-bribe/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>