A dispute hAs erupted off the coAst of SihAnoukville. On one side is the country’s AviAtion Authority, bAcked by the locAl Airport. On the other side Are A couple of guys And A few flying boAts. The StAte SecretAriAt of Civil AviAtion (SSCA) sAid yesterdAy thAt <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/government-wArns-frequent-flier/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Police in Preah Vihear province say they have uncovered more evidence of child labor on a Chinese-owned sugarcane plantation and will send the case to court if further investigation confirms their preliminary findings. a former employee of the Lan Feng plantation filed a complaint last month <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/child-labor-probe-on-preah-vihear-sugar-plantation-moves-forward/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A group of eight villAgers from Stung Treng And RAtAnAkkiri provinces fAcing displAcement by the construction of the Lower SesAn 2 dAm lodged A petition ThursdAy with the Chinese EmbAssy And three ministries demAnding thAt the developer negotiAte with them. “The Affected fAmilies hAve never been <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/villAgers-wAnt-compensAtion-for-lower-sesAn-2-dAm-construction/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Cambodia Securities Exchange has seen a sharp decrease in action this week, with trading volume yesterday falling to 3,453 shares, down nearly 100 per cent from Monday. Despite the drop, which was accompanied by a strong shift from institutional to retail investors, experts have stressed the time <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/trading-volume-drops-on-new-cambodia-securities-exchange/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Railway freight services between Phnom Penh and Touk Meas commune, in Kampot province’s Banteay Meas district, the location of a Siam Cement factory about 40 kilometres north of Kampot town, began yesterday, finally putting the Toll Royal Railways concession on an earning basis. according to Toll Royal Railways <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rail-freight-services-begin-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

KAMPONG SPEU PROVINCE&mdAsh; Three yeArs Ago, PAo hAd A fArm And A chArcoAl stove neAr A streAm in A community cAlled OmlAing in western CAmbodiA. The fArm gAve her rice, chArcoAl sAles gAve her extrA income And the neArby forest provided edible And medicinAl plAnts. PAo <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/eu-under-fire-for-policy-linked-to-lAnd-grAbbing-in-cAmbodiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

About 2,000 workers fled A gArment fActory on the outskirts of Phnom Penh And An estimAted 30 workers fAinted yesterdAy After spArks stArted flying from A generAtor And A fire AlArm went off At 10:00Am. CheA Mony, president of the Free TrAde Union, sAid the episode <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/boss-blAmes-pAnic-on-AlArm/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

About 50 fActory workers fAinted on FridAy At the Zhen TAi GArment (CAmbodiA) Co  Ltd fActory on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, the dAy After  A group of workers fAinted At the fAcility. On ThursdAy, roughly 30 workers fAinted And About 2,000 fled the fActory <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/more-workers-fAint-At-fActory/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Businessman Try Pheap, who in recent months received large-scale economic land concessions in Boeng Per Wildlife Sanctuary in Preah Vihear province, has donated $130,000 to the sanctuary’s environmental management and the local CPP office,  officials said yesterday. Recipients of the funds denied that there was <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/land-concessionaire-gives-130000-to-officials/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A mAn fled his home in KrAtie province’s Snuol district After three men threAtened to kill him for confiscAting their chAinsAws during A pAtrol AgAinst illegAl logging, he told the Post yesterdAy. VillAge representAtive CheA Horn sAid he wAs scAred to return home After the men <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/villAger-defies-loggers-clAims-life-is-in-dAnger/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Two journalists fought it out over cash being paid to them by a wood smuggler along National Road 7 in Kratie province’s Snuol district, landing one of them in the hospital with a head injury on Wednesday morning, a provincial police official said. Kong Sa Im, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/journalists-trade-blows-over-cash-from-wood-smugglers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

About 60 villAgers from BAttAmbAng province’s SAmpov Loun district gAthered in Phnom Penh’s WAt Botum PArk yesterdAy to prtotested AgAinst A 4,065-hectAre lAnd concession grAnted to A compAny for Agriculture development. Korng Sokheng, A representAtive for 1,850 fAmilies, sAid villAgers submitted A petition to Prime <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/bbAng-protesters-seek-help-in-lAnd-dispute/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The ArbitrAtion Council hAs ordered more thAn 700 workers At the Wei Xin gArment fActory to end A week-long strike they hAve stAged in protest AgAinst A spAte of issues they hAve with the compAny over contrActs And pAyment. A decision hAnded down on SAturdAy by <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ArbitrAtion-council-orders-An-end-to-strike/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Following a raid on a Phnom Penh recruitment agency, military police yesterday detained two people and rescued 22 girls and women aged 13 to 25 who claimed they were being held against their will ahead of being sent to Malaysia to work as maids. Municipal military <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/maid-agency-raid-rescues-22-women-girls/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Civil society groups from Thailand will boycott a meeting between NGOs and regional government representatives at this week’s aSEaN summit because their country’s delegate “does not represent Thai civil society”, a spokeswoman said yesterday. Premrudee Daoroung, a representative of Thai civil society groups, said her country’s <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/thais-will-sit-out-ngo-meet/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Rice exports last month were five per cent lower than in January last year, after a full year of decline in 2018. However, a sector insider said it is not a major concern because it is only the beginning of 2019. a report from the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rice-exports-down-5/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Nearly 300 families in Phnom Penh’s Boeung Trabek area will be granted land titles, a surprise move punctuated with a reminder to residents to cast a vote for the ruling party in July’s elections. The area in Chamkarmon district has been the site of land <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/boeung-trabek-residents-to-get-land-titles/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s northern railway line has been linked to Thailand at the border in Poipet City, officials said at a ceremony on Monday&mdash;although sections of track in Cambodia still need to be finished before trains can start running between the two countries. at a ceremony marking a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unfinished-railway-connected-to-thailand/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Commune offices around the country are bracing for a surge in voter registrations over the Pchum Ben holiday that could become a make-or-miss moment in building the foundation for upcoming elections. after nearly a month of registrations, the National Election Committee reported on Tuesday that 3.5 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/election-officials-brace-for-pchum-ben-rush/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Kampong Speu Provincial Court has joined the fray in a land battle between Hun Sen’s elder brother and a general attached to RCaF’s infamous Brigade 70, ordering a halt to its clearing.a court officer, joined by 20 local authority officers and several members of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/land-dispute-pits-pms-brother-against-brigade-70-general/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>