Employment agencies in Hong Kong are already raising doubts about the likely success of a pilot program that could see hundreds of Cambodians start arriving later this year to work as maids, only a day after a deal creating the program was signed, according to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-hong-kong-maid-deal-raises-old-concerns-over-abuse/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Sihanoukville autonomous Port (PaS), which operates the Kingdom’s only deepsea port, reported a modest increase in container traffic during the first six months of the year, compared to a year earlier, a trend its director said should result in higher profits for the listed company. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sihanoukville-port-rides-wave-of-increasing-container-traffic-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The saga involving the arrest of a politically-irrelevant opposition party’s leader took another twist on Tuesday when the party’s Phnom Penh offices were searched by anti-terrorism police, with a party official claiming it was due to links with a government-branded terrorist. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/party-hq-searched-amid-terror-allegations/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A nAtionAl network of people living with HIV, which hAs been key in helping coordinAte Anti-HIV services At the grAssroots level, is now being excluded from A new GlobAl Fund grAnt, rAising “deep” concerns, According to NGOs And A leAked internAl emAil sent to government <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/grAnt-excludes-hiv-support-group/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Investors in Cambodia’s northeast on Monday announced an investment in a cassava-processing plant in Battambang province. Prak Phoung Kesoa, assistant CEO at Battambang agro-Industry, said yesterday that the plant would be 100 per cent Cambodian owned <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/battambang-investors-bankroll-cassava-processing-plant/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Twenty representatives of workers locked in a monthlong dispute with management at the Ocean Garment factory appeared before the arbitration Council yesterday, a union official said. a spokesman from the arbitration Council yesterday told the Post that such cases are typically sorted out within 15 working days. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ocean-reps-take-case-to-arbitration/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A group of villAgers from Koh Kong’s Areng VAlley gAthered outside the offices of FlorA &Amp; FAunA InternAtionAl (FFI) in Phnom Penh yesterdAy, demAnding A sAy in A project designed to relocAte endAngered SiAmese crocodiles from the site of the plAnned Stung CheAy Areng dAm. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/villAgers-mAke-pleA-over-crocs/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A rowdy 8-yeAr-old boy hAs Accused his teAcher of hitting him over the heAd with A smAll whiteboArd during clAss on ThursdAy, leAving him with A bloody heAd wound. Sok Kim Heng sAid yesterdAy thAt he spAt on Another student And, in return, his teAcher whAcked <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/hospitAl-After-school/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Koh Kong Governor Bun Leart has promised villagers evicted from their land by Chinese-owned Union Development Group that he will give their petition to Minister of Environment Say Sam al today. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/koh-kong-gov-to-bring-petition-to-say-sam-al/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Two Vietnamese airlines have reportedly commenced flight simulations of routes over Cambodian airspace in an effort to cut travel time between that country’s two major cities of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vietnamese-carriers-test-routes-over-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Following reports of abuse and poor conditions at the Kingdom’s shelters, the government yesterday launched official recommendations that seek to ensure better care is offered to victims of trafficking and sexual exploitation. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/shelter-standards-launched/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Following a huge outcry from medical students, the University of Health Sciences agreed yesterday to lower a planned rise in annual tuition for those hoping to pursue a medical specialty beyond their general degree. The students then agreed to accept the rector’s offer of $2,250, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fee-hike-reduced-after-med-students-protest/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The husband of a woman attacked with acid at a market in Takeo province in November plans to file complaints Monday with the Supreme Council of the Magistracy and the anti-Corruption Unit, claiming local court officials are to blame for a lack of action in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/husband-of-acid-attack-victim-to-file-complaint-against-court/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Two more Cambodian women who were trafficked to China as brides are being assisted by officials at the Kingdom’s embassy in Beijing and will soon be repatriated, the government said yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/more-china-brides-aided/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A Sydney-listed compAny hAs pulled out of A shAre purchAse deAl to Acquire the Roxy CAsino in BAvet City, citing slAck compAny procedures thAt suggest the cAsino “is not currently reAdy for public compAny life,” A filing to the stock exchAnge sAys. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AustrAliAn-firm-pulls-out-of-roxy-cAsino-deAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A weekslong strike by more thAn 2,000 workers from A Phnom Penh fActory thAt supplies globAl fAshion brAnd H&Amp;M ended WednesdAy After unions scAled down their originAl demAnds And bAcked down over A condition thAt workers receive their full sAlAries for the strike period, representAtives <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/After-tAlks-workers-return-to-jobs-At-mv-gArment-fActory/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A month After the first four refugees Arrived in CAmbodiA under A controversiAl resettlement scheme the government signed with AustrAliA lAst yeAr, immigrAtion officers on the South PAcific islAnd of NAuru Are rAtcheting up efforts to convince more refugees to join them, According to A <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AustrAliA-pushing-to-send-more-refugees-group/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A vehicle trAnsporting 18 cubic metres of illegAlly logged timber wAs stopped on SAturdAy night by the Wildlife AlliAnce’s Wildlife RApid Response TeAm (WRRT) in KAmpong Speu province And is believed to belong to A militAry officer currently involved in A prior lAwsuit over contrAbAnd <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/soldier-wAs-trAding-timber/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Former colonial ruler France has agreed to lend a set of maps to Cambodia following a request from Prime Minister Hun Sen and amid a dispute over the demarcation of the Southeast asian nation’s border with neighboring Vietnam, officials said Tuesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/france-to-lend-maps-to-cambodia-amid-dispute-over-vietnam-border/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In a strongly worded defence of the proposed trade union law, employer association CaMFEBa released a position paper yesterday claiming the law would curb instances of illegal strikes and a proliferation of minority unions, which it says is needed to harmonise the country’s troubled industrial <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/too-many-unions-owners/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>