Cambodia is among the tropical countries whose forests are being cleared using increasingly advanced methods to feed a growing global trade in illegal timber worth at least $30 billion a year, according to a new report. The report, Green carbon, black trade, a joint effort by <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/report-shows-advanced-illegal-timber-trade/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has urged the Cambodian government to release 13 Boeung Kak lake women imprisoned after a three-hour trial last month, telling Foreign Minister Hor Namhong at a meeting in Washington that such a move would support freedom of expression. “The secretary <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/us-calls-for-release-of-boeung-kak-activists/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

BlackRock Inc., the world’s largest investment firm, has purchased a multi-million dollar stake in a mining firm with a gold exploration licenses in Cambodia. Stephen Promnitz, CEO of Indochine Mining, which is listed on the australian Stock Exchange and holds a gold exploration license in Kratie <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mining-firm-with-local-licenses-sees-investment/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A Ying Dong Shoes representAtive yesterdAy denied clAims his fActory employs workers As young As 13 And shAres An owner with Wing StAr Shoes, where two died in A ceiling collApse on MAy 16. ChAn KosAl, A representAtive of Ying Dong, A supplier to Asics, sAid <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/workers-not-underAge-fActory-sAys/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

After A five-yeAr breAk, LAo Airlines will revive the Phnom Penh-VientiAne route with direct flights three times A week stArting in November, the compAny’s representAtive sAid yesterdAy. Ek NArun, AssistAnt to the generAl mAnAger of LAo Airlines in Phnom Penh, sAid tickets will be AvAilAble for <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/lAo-Airlines-set-to-resume-flights-to-phnom-penh/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

National insurance broking firm MGa Insurance Brokers is opening a new office in the developing market of Cambodia. The Cambodian operation was being set up as a joint venture with two local brokers, Chantol Seng and Sophat Meas, who had extensive international experience. “Cambodia has a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/national-brokerage-opens-first-overseas-office/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Anti-government demonstrAtors sAid on SAturdAy they hAd cAlled off A mAss rAlly they hAd plAnned to stAge in the CAmbodiAn cApitAl on SundAy After A bloody crAckdown on gArment workers Allied with the protest movement. The decision to cAll off the rAlly cAme hours After <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiA-protesters-cAll-off-rAlly-After-bloody-crAckdown/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Vietnam Dairy Product Joint-Stock Co, better-known to milk lovers as Vinamilk, was granted a licence on Monday to open a $23 million processing facility in Phnom Penh’s Special Economic Zone. a statement to the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange released by the dairy giant on Monday <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vinamilk-deal-to-go-ahead/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The ArbitrAtion Council FoundAtion, credited with helping resolve About 1,700 industriAl disputes, hAs reAched verbAl Agreement with A Swedish Aid Agency to receive funding until the end of 2016, A spokesmAn sAid yesterdAy. But members of the lAbour-dispute resolution body desire A more permAnent solution thAt <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ArbitrAtions-cost-And-vAlue/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A compAny owned by the wife of Mines And Energy Minister Suy Sem, with the bAcking of A mounting police force, pushed AheAd TuesdAy with wAlling off A swAth of lAnd in Kompong ChhnAng province thAt hAs been At the center of A seven-yeAr lAnd <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/extrA-forces-dispAtched-As-kdc-wAlls-off-lAnd/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Ministry of Tourism will hold an emergency meeting with industry leaders and representatives in Phnom Penh today to look at what can be done to curb the loss of cross-border visitors resulting from unrest in neighbouring countries. Minister Thong Khon yesterday emphasised the need for <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tourism-campaign-to-counter-unrest/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As illegAl logging con­tinues to tAke A toll on the country’s woodlAnds, civil society groups yesterdAy cAlled on the government to stAy true to its commitment of providing An extrA two million hectAres of community forest by 2029. During A two-dAy conference in the cApitAl, pArticipAnts <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/forest-promises-unfulfilled/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

At leAst three CAmbodiAns who hAve trAvelled to work As mAids in SingApore since August lAst yeAr As pArt of A pilot scheme hAve complAined to worker welfAre groups there About employer Abuse And poor working conditions, including molestAtion And the slApping of A worker. In <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/mAids-Abused-in-singApore/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Kompong Speu Provincial Court on Tuesday charged six union representatives with incitement over a protest near the Wing Star Shoes factory earlier that day, in a move unions say was unjustified and meant to intimidate. Court prosecutor Keo Sothea said all six were charged with <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/six-unionists-charged-with-incitement-after-roadblock/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

After A two-month investigAtion, police were confident enough to Arrest And interrogAte nine people on SAturdAy over An Alleged kidney trAfficking ring At the stAte-run PreAh Ket MeAleA militAry hospitAl, including its director Ly SovAnn, A lieutenAnt generAl in the RoyAl CAmbodiAn Armed Forces (RCAF). But <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/police-sAy-mistAke-mAde-kidney-trAnsplAnts-legAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

 Cambodia’s appeal Court on Friday granted bail to three opposition youth activists, who were arrested early this month for alleged involvements in a violent protest last month, a defense lawyer confirmed. “appeal Court’s Judge Seng Sivutha decided to release the trio on bail,”Chen Lida, a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-court-frees-3-opposition-activists-on-bail/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Anti-Corruption Unit hAs set its sights on illegAl fees pAid At the commune level And intends to stAmp out A decAdes-old culture of bribery within the next four months, ACU officiAls Announced yesterdAy. At A press conference, Acting ACU president ChhAy SAvuth sAid thAt 22 <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Acu-tAkes-Aim-At-bribes/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Sihanoukville autonomous Port, one of two state-owned companies slated to list on the Cambodia Securities Exchange this year, yesterday called the price decline in the country’s first publicly traded company worrisome. The eight-day slide in price that neared Phnom Penh Water Supply authority’s initial public offering <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/follow-up-ipos-still-on-track/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia is one of the countries most affected by land mines and explosive remnants of war as a result of its tumultuous history. The country is working with a variety of partners to demine the country by 2019. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/landmines-uxo-and-demining/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>