The Ministry of Women’s AffAirs yesterdAy sAid it is studying A LicAdho report thAt found thAt neArly one in three cAses of rApe or Attempted rApe of A womAn were perpetrAted by A relAtive of the victim. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ministry-to-study-licAdho-report-on-rApe-by-relAtives-cAses/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A trAck of lAnd once fArmed by 1,000 fAmilies in KrAtie province &mdAsh; fAmilies violently evicted Amid clAims they were pArt of A sepArAtist movement &mdAsh; is now home to A militAry bAse. Unit 9 RoyAl CAmbodiAn Armed Forces bAse, which will be finished lAter this <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/sepArAtist-fArms-replAced-by-rcAf-bAse/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Tokyo: The International Monetary Fund has upgraded its outlook on Cambodian GDP growth in 2011 from 6.5 per cent to 6.7 per cent just days after government officials announced a full percentage-point reduction in economic expectations. Stabilisation in the real estate sector, as well as strong increases <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/imf%e2%80%99s-cambodia-outlook-upbeat/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As Mekong River Commission (MRC) countries prepAre for A cruciAl meeting next week to debAte LAos’ proposAl to build the first Lower Mekong River dAm, the US SenAte Foreign RelAtions Committee hAs cAlled for A delAy of the controversiAl project. The US SenAte’s concern wAs echoed <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/us-senAte-cAlls-for-delAy-of-mekong-dAms/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A ThAi CompAny is conducting A feAsibility study to build A coAl-fired power plAnt in Koh Kong province And hAs AlreAdy invested in A locAl firm with permission to develop the plAnt, According to officiAls And the compAny. In An Announcement to the ThAi Stock <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/thAi-firm-moves-in-to-build-koh-kong-power-plAnt/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday blamed illegal immigration for contributing to a current shortage in the Cambodian labor market but said workers could benefit from rising wages as a result of the demand for workers. Mr. Hun Sen said the shortage was hitting the agriculture sector <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-blames-migration-for-labor-shortage-in-agriculture/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The AsiAn Development BAnk (ADB) is tAking over from the World BAnk As leAd foreign donor in CAmbodiA following the depArture of the World BAnk’s country mAnAger, the ADB sAid yesterdAy. The switch followed A yeAr in which the World BAnk imposed A funding freeze <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AsiAn-development-bAnk-tAkes-over-leAd-foreign-donor-role/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

With the deadline for a second review by a global task force of the government’s efforts to combat money laundering and terrorism financing fast approaching, the Kingdom’s central bank yesterday conducted a workshop with banks, financial institutions and state agencies to flesh out a strategy <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/anti-money-laundering-plan/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A femAle gArment worker died And 24 other workers were injured when the truck in which they were trAveling cAreened into A pond in Phnom Penh’s Sen Sok district WednesdAy morning, police sAid. More thAn 30 gArment workers were on boArd A smAll, open-bAcked truck in Prek <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/one-gArment-worker-killed-24-injured-in-truck-Accident/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Eating rat is a common phenomenon over the border in Vietnam, but increasing numbers of Cambodians in nearby villages are adopting rodent cuisine with relish. as many as three tonnes of rats are caught every day in Cambodia and exported to Vietnam to feed a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rat-meat-on-the-menu-at-the-vietnamese-border/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Fifty Boeng Kak and Borei Keila residents rallied outside the Ministry of Justice yesterday and submitted a petition demanding the release of two anti-eviction activists they say have been jailed on trumped-up charges. Four representatives from the two groups were allowed to enter the ministry yesterday, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/protesters-demand-anti-eviction-activists-release/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Customs and Excise Department officials are complaining that a promised salary bonus meant to serve as an incentive to avoid corruption has yet to be doled out, even though the program began last June. The initiative, managed by the Ministry of Economics and Finance, was supposed <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/anti-corruption-bonus-yet-to-be-seen/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Trade between Vietnam and Cambodia grew 22.36 percent in the first seven months of the year to reach $1.96 billion compared to the same period last year, a Vietnamese official said yesterday. Vu Thinh Cuong, commercial counselor at the Vietnam Trade Office, said imports from Vietnam <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/trade-with-vietnam-grows-through-seven-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

King Father Norodom Sihanouk passed away today in Beijing at the age of 89, 59 years after he declared Cambodia’s independence from France. Sihanouk was a greatly charismatic leader revered as something of a God King during the height of his power in the 1950s and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/king-father-norodom-sihanouk-passed-away/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Rights workers cautioned yesterday that a sweeping ban on internet caf&eacute;s near schools was little more than a thinly veiled act of censorship. Issued last month by the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications, the circular says all internet caf&eacute;s within 500 metres of a school must <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rights-groups-wary-of-ban-on-internet-cafes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Mikasa Corporation, a famous Japanese sports goods manufacturing company, is to invest more than $5 million in building a ball production factory in Cambodia’s Koh Kong Special Economic Zone (KKSEZ) and plans to start construction early next year according to officials. Hiroshi Suzuki, chief executive <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mikasas-koh-rong-factory-sees-it-join-japanese-influx/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The joint committee established to investigate the shooting deaths of forestry activist Chut Wutty and military police officer In Rattana closed its investigation Saturday, saying the death of the environmentalist was due to a “misunderstanding” and the death of the officer, unintentional. Speaking at a conference <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-ends-probe-into-shooting/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

An Alleged Accomplice of “secessionist” leAder Bun RAthA hAs confessed And been grAnted immunity As A witness, Prime Minister Hun Sen sAid yesterdAy, A deAl he left on the tAble for Any of the four remAining fugitives who Are willing to co-operAte, including RAthA. WArrAnts for <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/premier-hAs-deAl-for-secessionists/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Two global life insurers are opening offices in Cambodia, one of Southeast asia’s few untapped insurance markets, as they strengthen their foothold in a region that could eventually be a key driver of revenue growth. Britain’s No. 1 insurer Prudential said on Monday it won in-principle <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/global-insurers-expanding-in-southeast-asia-turn-to-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A Chinese gArment fActory mAnAger wAs deported yesterdAy After she wAs given A one yeAr suspended sentence for destroying A picture of the lAte King Norodom SihAnouk, officiAls sAid. The deportAtion took plAce As Another Chinese fActory mAnAger, Liv Kuy ChheAng, wAs chArged by the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/chinese-fActory-mAnAger-deported-Another-stAnds-triAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>