More than 300 families embroiled in a land dispute with notorious, and now defunct, NGO Darpo said yesterday that they had filed complaints to the Preah Vihear Provincial Court on Wednesday accusing a Koh Santepheap reporter of disinformation and calling for his arrest and $4,000 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/journalist-lied-villagers-claim/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

An AppeAl heAring in South KoreA involving the CEOs behind two mAjor property projects in CAmbodiA involved in A mAssive frAud scAndAl is scheduled to begin todAy, An officiAl At the court in Seoul sAid. In FebruAry, A Seoul court sentenced A rAft of executives of <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AppeAl-begins-in-cAmbodiA-relAted-frAud-cAse/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

An investigAtion into the FebruAry shooting of three femAle gArment workers by the former governor of BAvet City, Chhouk Bundith, will be completed And sent to A prosecutor for review by the end of the week, A SvAy Rieng ProvinciAl Court officiAl sAid yesterdAy. Despite the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/in-cAmbodiAn-courts-scAles-of-justice-Are-tilted/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Council of Ministers on Friday approved a draft report on political rights in Cambodia, which made outline efforts being made by the government to reduce poverty and secure land titles for millions across the country, a measure that Cambodia must complete as a signatory <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/council-of-ministers-approves-draft-report-on-human-rights/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Most demands made by workers at a Takeo province garment factory were met following a large protest and five hours of negotiation. asia Dragon (Garment) Co Ltd mediated with the Coalition of Cambodian apparel Workers’ Democratic Union (C.CaWDU), making concessions on most of the workers’ 16 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/union-wins-benefits-for-garment-workers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodian government on Thursday announced a higher minimum wage of U.S. $80 per month for garment and footwear workers but they were not impressed, vowing to continue a strike until it is raised to U.S. $100. a tripartite meeting between the government, unions and Garment <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-ups-minimum-wages-for-workers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

AcledA BAnk is trying to protect its customers from getting bAmboozled by A phone scAm in which cAllers Allegedly posing As bAnk employees Ask for money trAnsfers in exchAnge for A prize, According to A stAtement And Ads plAced in A locAl newspAper. An AcledA <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/scAmmers-pose-As-bAnk-stAffers/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Cambodian government has denied any agreement was signed to send women to Qatar to work as domestic workers, an official from the Labour Ministry said this week. The denial comes after a report late last month by Qatari newspaper Gulf Times &ndash; which said an <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/qatars-maid-claims-amiss-govt/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s main opposition party staged another mass rally in the capital on Sunday, vowing to keep up its political fight in the aftermath of national elections they say were rigged. around 10,000 people turned out for the protest in Phnom Penh. The demonstration was part of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-opposition-stages-new-rally-in-capital-amid-post-election-deadlock/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than half a million dollars in bribes were paid to teachers during last month’s national exams by high school students in Phnom Penh alone, the authors of a new study have found. The study, conducted by the Youth Resource Development Program, found that the average <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bribes-on-rise-for-test-takers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Representatives of Cambodia’s ruling and opposition parties will meet next Tuesday to discuss about the establishment of a mechanism for an electoral reform, the Cambodia People’s Party (CPP) said Saturday. “The ruling CPP sets 9:00 a.m. Feb. 18 as the date to meet and negotiate <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-ruling-opposition-parties-to-resume-talks-over-electoral-reform-next-week/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A mAn who intended to releAse birds At Freedom PArk yesterdAy As A wAy of cAlling for those wrongfully imprisoned to be freed wAs himself detAined on the wAy to the ceremony, rights group Adhoc sAid. The mAn, identified As PheAkdey, 35, wAs Among nine people <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/mAn-protests-unjust-Arrests-is-detAined/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The AssociAtion of SoutheAst AsiAn NAtions (ASEAN) did not tAke Any sides in South ChinA SeA disputes, but supported the settlement of the disputes bAsed on internAtionAl lAw And Agreed documents, A senior CAmbodiAn officiAl sAid in Phnom Penh on SundAy. “ASEAN mAde the stAtement bAsed on A principle thAt <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AseAn-not-tAke-sides-in-south-chinA-seA-disputes-cAmbodiAn-officiAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Ethnic Jarai villagers in Ratanakkiri province have once again accused the Vietnamese owners of a rubber plantation of illegally logging their ancestral forests in a complaint filed with rights group adhoc. a district official, however, said the plantation owner, Company 72, was granted an extension on <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/company-72-again-accused-of-illegal-logging/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Tigers and black bears look nothing alike, but their identical names in some Khmer dialects left some thinking that one of Cambodia’s most endangered species may be attacking people in the Cardamom Mountains. Sitting outside his Santre commune home in Pursat province’s Kravanh district, with bandages <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tiger-falls-prey-to-linguistics/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Fuelled by poverty and debt, more than a quarter of Cambodian adults migrate, and, in the process, many are leaving behind their children, a new report finds. Part of a four-year research project on child labour, the Cambodian Independent Research Institute’s The Impacts of adult Migration <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/migrants-kids-at-risk-cdri/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Community activists and conservationists commemorating slain environment activist Chut Wutty on the weekend used the occasion to shed light on what they allege are the shadowy practices of a logging company in the southwestern Cardamom forests. activists amongst the hundreds of people who travelled to Koh <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chut-wutty-slaying-puts-timbergreen-logging-in-spotlight/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Europe’s largest manufacturer of two-wheeled vehicles, Italy’s Piaggio, will return to Cambodia in September, being absent since the Khmer Rouge takeover. Vespa Cambodia Co Ltd, part of Narith Long’s Narita group, signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Piaggio last month to distribute its Piaggio scooters, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/piaggio-to-return-to-cambodia-with-legendary-vespa-scooters/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

If it were a Group of 180 nations meeting, Cambodia would be invited. But the Kingdom’s chances of attending the so-called G20 summit, which brings together the world’s largest economies, are unlikely, says Mey Kalyan, a government adviser who last week became the first Cambodian to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-prepares-for-g20/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Despite challenges, Cambodia has potential for the establishment and expansion of social businesses, participants of the Microfinance &amp; Social Business Conference in Phnom Penh said yesterday. While social business in Cambodia is still in an early phase compared to micro-finance  “Cambodia is a promising land” for such <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-has-potential-for-social-businesses/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>