Cambodia’s opposition has been in talks with Prime Minister Hun Sen to find a deal to end the political crisis caused by last year’s disputed general election and a compromise may be near, two analysts briefed on the matter said. Opposition leader Sam Rainsy and his <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-opposition-said-to-be-seeking-compromise-with-pm/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Striking Phnom Penh Sorya Transportation bus service workers demonstrated with fired employees outside a company garage in Russey Keo district yesterday and threatened to lead others off the job again if a deal on contracts can’t be brokered by the Ministry of Labour and company <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bus-strike-part-deux/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

An InternAtionAl LAbour OrgAnizAtion officiAl yesterdAy cAlled the drAft of A Ministry of LAbour trAde union lAw “A step bAckwArds” during the opening of A two-dAy workshop meAnt to heAr concerns of both lAbour unions And employers. In A speech to worker representAtives, members of the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ilo-AttAcks-trAde-union-lAw/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Mam Somaly, one of the world’s renowned anti-sex slavery activists, has resigned from her name- bearing foundation after a private investigation into allegations concerning her fabrications of sex slavery tales to raise public awareness and millions of U.S. dollars in funds. The Somaly Mam Foundation said <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-anti-sex-slavery-activist-quits-foundation-after-fabricated-sex-slavery-stories/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A leAder of A mArch plAnned in Phnom Penh on MondAy to demAnd An Apology from A diplomAt who sAid thAt VietnAm held the former KAmpucheA Krom provinces long before the French ceded them in 1949 vowed SundAy to disregArd A government bAn. Phnom Penh City <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/khmer-krom-to-proceed-with-mArch-despite-hArsh-wArnings/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A Chinese compAny is prepAring A memorAndum of understAnding with Ministry of Commerce (MOC) pledging to buy 100,000 tons of rice from CAmbodiA, According to Sun ChAnthol, Minister of Commerce. The intention wAs mAde cleAr during A meeting between the Minister of Commerce And Song XiAoguo, <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/chinA-pledges-to-buy-100000-tons-of-rice-from-cAmbodiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Realco Cambodia Ltd., a U.S.-owned company, plans to invest $7 million to build a market at the Phnom Din checkpoint on the border with Vietnam in Takeo province’s Kirivong district, a senior official at the Takeo, Kampot and Kep Provincial Chamber of Commerce said Friday. Realco <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/us-firm-to-build-border-market-in-takeo/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Two union leaders were summonsed and questioned by a municipal court prosecutor yesterday over allegations they illegally detained the boss of a packaging factory in Por Sen Chey district’s Choam Chao commune during a strike. according to Phnom Penh Municipal Court deputy prosecutor Ek Chheng Huoth, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/union-leaders-in-court-over-detainment-of-factory-boss/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court imprisoned a prominent businesswoman who has exclusive rights to collect taxes at a number of Phnom Penh markets Monday over breach of trust charges related to a subcontracting agreement, signed in 2008, to let a business partner collect fees at <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/market-tycoon-sent-to-prison-over-140k-toilet-tax-dispute/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

About 100 villAgers locked in A lAnd dispute with An Agribusiness firm from KrAtie province were blocked from mArching to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s house TuesdAy by hundreds of militAry police And municipAl security guArds After wAlking from Phnom Penh’s SAmAkki RAingsey pAgodA. The villAgers, who <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/police-block-villAgers-mArch-to-hun-sens-house/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Ministry of Information yesterday announced a three-year public consultation period on a new access to information draft law that has been in the works since 2007. But freedom of information advocates greeted the news with scepticism, citing a lack of representation from civil society on <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/info-law-to-be-open-to-input/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia has lost a 100,000-tonne Filipino rice bid to Vietnam, on account of a higher costs as compared to regional competitors, marking the fourth time the Kingdom has failed to win a rice tender issued by the Philippines. The Philippines National Food authority last week awarded <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-priced-out-of-filipino-rice-tender-again/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Programmer Kong Divin recently returned from a trip to the US, where he won second place in a Microsoft Office context in Texas. He had entered the same competition last year, but did not win any prizes, though it gave him the drive to return. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tech-designer-hopes-to-create-better-data-system-for-hospitals/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A CAmbodiAn mAid in MAlAysiA hAs committed suicide, Another wAs Allegedly rAped by her employer And A third tortured, According to rights groups And the Ministry of Foreign AffAirs, which is investigAting the cAses. An 18-yeAr-girl is being sheltered At the CAmbodiAn embAssy After she wAs <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/more-cAmbodiAn-mAid-Abuse-revelAtions/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

According to A feAsibility study reveAled in A report published by Tyrepress MediA, the tire-mAker is interested in building A fAcility within SvAy Rieng province’s QiLu (CAmbodiA) SpeciAl Economic Zone thAt is cApAble of mAking five million semi-steel rAdiAls A yeAr. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/firm-eyes-svAy-rieng-to-set-up-tyre-fActory/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Specialists from the Ministry of Health have collected samples from the area where a child contracted the influenza a/H9 “bird flu” for further testing while advising individuals to avoid all non-essential contact with poultry.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/siem-reap-bird-flu-case-isolated/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Following a meeting in which a Japanese emissary urged the government to open negotiations with the now-dissolved opposition, the Ministry of Foreign affairs suggested Japan’s concerns were based on a “misunderstanding” and said Cambodia is too small to fight against an alleged “strong propaganda machine”. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-says-japans-concerns-misplaced/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian villagers have filed a class action suit in Bangkok against Thai sugar giant Mitr Phol Sugar Corporation for human rights violations after the eviction of hundreds of villagers in Cambodia’s Oddar Meanchey province, with a US rights group calling the case a “historic lawsuit”. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/in-historic-lawsuit-oddar-meanchey-villagers-take-sugar-giant-mitr-phol-to-court-in-thailand/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A new urbAn centre will be built in Siem ReAp, with the project hAving recently been included in the province’s tourism mAster plAn.​ The project wAs proposed by Tourism Minister Thong Khon on MondAy As A concept note during A meeting of An inter-ministeriAl committee. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/new-city-to-be-built-in-siem-reAp-province/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Cambodian authorities to immediately reveal the whereabouts of a land activist who was “forcibly disappeared” in Preah Vihear province. It said it was the first time such a thing had occurred since the country was ruled by a single <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hrw-urges-authorities-to-reveal-activist-whereabouts/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>