The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has invited the patriarch of a family locked in a land dispute with real estate tycoon Khun Sear to “clarify” his complaint against four officials he claims conspired to sell his home in Boeng Kak I commune without his consent, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cobra-clan-dad-asked-to-clarify-complaint/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The parents of a man who died at the Svay Rieng provincial referral hospital of wounds sustained in a motorbike crash say their son might have survived if doctors had not been absent from work celebrating Chinese New Year, and are planning to file a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/patient-death-blamed-on-doctors-holiday-leave/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Globally, an estimated 2.5 billion people don’t have a bank account, but many own a cellphone, fuelling a race to turn these phones into bank books for the ‘unbanked’ to store cash, manage their accounts, make purchases and send and receive money &ndash; part of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/for-the-unbanked-mobile-money-still-has-some-way-to-go/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Authorities in Prey Veng province Are seArching for A group of rogue militAry police officers who shot At, tied up And beAt two locAl truckers who drove through A pAir of checkpoints without stopping while trAnsporting A loAd of rice Along NAtionAl RoAd 11 on <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/militAry-police-At-lArge-After-firing-At-truckers/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

National military police commander Sao Sokha has set up an ad hoc commission to investigate a group of officers who allegedly shot at a truck that drove through a pair of checkpoints in Thbong Khmum province on Thursday night, then beat up the driver and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/commission-set-up-to-probe-military-police-beating-of-truck-driver/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A growing lAbour undersupply hAs been of the fActors behind ThAilAnd’s sub-pAr economic growth. A nAtionwide survey of compAnies in six key sectors by SCB Economic Intelligence Center lAst yeAr found thAt At leAst hAlf hAd trouble filling vAcAncies within A three-month seArch. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/lAbour-shortAges-leAve-thAilAnds-growth-stuck-in-the-stArting-gAte/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A villAge representAtive wAs Arrested on SAturdAy And sent for questioning yesterdAy At BAnteAy MeAnchey ProvinciAl Court over AllegAtions of privAte property destruction in A long-running lAnd dispute with the sister-in-lAw of Deputy Prime Minister Ke Kim YAn And ChhAy ChhAy Investment, According to A <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/question-time-villAge-rep-Arrested-in-b-meAnchey/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Police are searching for a 26-year-old unlicensed dentist in Tbong Khmum province who is believed to have used a rope to strangle a patient to death at his clinic in order to steal her jewelry and motorbike, along with about $3,000 in cash, an official <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unlicensed-dentist-flees-after-robbing-killing-patient/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A group of CApitol Tours bus drivers&mdAsh;five of whom clAim they were fired for Attempting to form A union&mdAsh;sAy they were AttAcked MondAy by A group of more thAn 50 tuk-tuk drivers while protesting outside the trAnsport compAny’s heAdquArters in Phnom Penh’s PrAmpi MAkArA district. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cApitol-tours-bus-protesters-skirmish-with-tuk-tuk-drivers/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

For the third straight year in a row, Cambodia has found itself on the Tier 2 Watch List of the US State Department’s annual Trafficking in Persons Report, a ranking reflective of a seeming inability to fully implement the country’s own anti-trafficking plan. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/anti-trafficking-status-static/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Sixteen undocumented Vietnamese migrants were arrested yesterday at a construction site in Preah Vihear, the latest in a spate of arrests of workers without papers. This summer has seen a spike in arrests, fines, and deportations of expat workers &ndash; with police saying that more <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/employers-unfazed-by-work-permit-crackdown/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In Pursat province, a man who was intoxicated suffered serious injuries after a cluster mine he threw into a stream exploded. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/man-injured-in-uxo-explosion-in-pursat-province/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The General Department of Taxation (GDT) is set to launch a property tax app soon, according to a senior official. Director-General Kong Vibol announced this during a GDT Special Live Show that provided an update on the tax department’s activities. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gdt-set-to-launch-property-tax-app/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A senior officiAl from the Ministry of Environment Announced CAmbodiA’s pride At hAving discovered the presence of A femAle leopArd through A rAre photo tAken by cAmerA trAps. The species is considered close to extinction. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/rAre-leopArd-photogrAphed-in-kingdoms-eAstern-highlAnds/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Prime Minister Hun Sen called for enhanced cooperation among countries in the region to achieve a sustainable economic recovery in a speech delivered on Sunday at a forum where experts also highlighted the benefits of green and digital transitions. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-calls-for-stronger-regional-ties/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Indigenous Jarai and Tompoun communities in Ratanakiri are urging authorities to return nearly 1,000 hectares of land from a rubber plantation that they say continues to operate on a revoked part of a concession. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ratanakiri-community-says-revoked-concession-still-operates/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Japan remains a key partner in Cambodia’s journey towards becoming a fully-digitalised economy, according to a prominent banker in the country. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/japan-key-partner-in-digital-economy-drive/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s opposition leader Sam Rainsy called Friday for election officials to declare his party and Prime Minister Hun Sen’s party joint victors in recent polls, saying the move would be a first step toward resolving a deadlock over the disputed election. With the opposition Cambodia National <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sam-rainsy-wants-ruling-and-opposition-parties-declared-joint-winners-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Phnom Penh’s growing importance as a business destination has brought with it many opportunities and infused the market with a growing sense of ambition. Few developments embody this new ambition better than Vattanac Capital Tower, which will throw open its doors this spring. “Cambodia’s seen nothing <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vattanac-capital-preparing-for-eventful-2014/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

For Cambodians aspiring to a career in aviation, this weekend looks promising. almost seven months after its formal establishment, Cambodia airlines is hosting a career fair in Phnom Penh. The airline is moving forward by looking for staff &ndash; from captains, first officers and cabin crew <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/delays-continue-to-constrain-launch-of-cambodia-airlines/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>