Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday urged China Petroleum &amp; Chemical Corporation, or Sinopec Corp, the asia’s largest oil refining and petrochemical enterprise, to expedite its process to build an oil refinery in Cambodia by 2018, Xinhua reported on October 15, citing a spokesman. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-wants-sinopec-to-build-oil-refinery-by-2018/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Pursat Provincial Court has issued a summons to a soldier based on the Thai border for allegedly clearing protected land in Veal Veng district, a move the man believes was orchestrated by a company owned by tycoon Try Pheap, which is embroiled in an <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tycoons-firm-behind-summons-soldier-says/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than 30 U.S. colleges and universities jointly organized an education exhibition here Saturday, aiming to promote education ties between the two countries. “The fair is the largest-ever event directly promoting U.S. higher education opportunities to Cambodian students,” said a press statement from the U.S. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/us-universities-jointly-hold-largest-ever-education-fair-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The U.S. State Department on Friday released a damning assessment of the conduct of Cambodia’s elections and also took note of the “arbitrary and possibly unlawful” killing of a bystander by government forces and other human rights concerns in a report on human rights around <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/us-reports-long-list-of-human-rights-concerns-in%e2%80%88cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A technicAl error cAused 57 teAchers in OddAr MeAnchey province to be shortchAnged when collecting overtime sAlAries, sAid An educAtion officiAl who promised the problem will be rectified by the end of MAy. A teAchers’ union on MondAy Asked the Ministry of EducAtion to Address some <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/educAtion-officiAl-promises-to-repAy-shortchAnged-teAchers/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Officials involved in negotiating compensation offers between the developers of the Lower Sesan II dam and affected villagers have kept a portion of the money paid out to 12 families for themselves, according to an official. Duong Pov, Stung Treng provincial administration director, claimed that a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/officials-take-cut-of-dam-compensation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia needs $9 billion to be invested into 850 kilometres of roadways by 2020, according to a study by Henan Provincial Communications Planning Survey and Design Institute. From the Chinese province of Henan, officials from the state-owned engineering institute went to great lengths yesterday to explain <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/by-2020-9-billion-needed-for-road-funding-report/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Saturday that there will be “no tolerance” for those who try to overthrow the current government. “I will not allow any groups or individuals to take the country hostage and any act with the characteristics as a coup is unacceptable,” <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-pm-says-no-tolerance-for-any-attempt-to-topple-govt/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A “shAdow cAbinet” will be creAted inside the NAtionAl Assembly once the CNRP’s lAwmAkers-elect sweAr into office, senior opposition pArty officiAls sAid ThursdAy, in A move thAt nine yeArs Ago sAw An opposition lAwmAker imprisoned on chArges of inciting A rebellion. Prime Minister Hun Sen And <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/opposition-to-form-shAdow-cAbinet-in-pArliAment/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A prominent locAl businessmAn wAs ordered on MondAy to ceAse construction work for A roAd in A mAngrove forest in KAmpot province After Authorities leArned it wAs being cArried out in A protected AreA. KAmpot provinciAl governor CheAv TAy instructed OknhA Kuy LeAng Ky this <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/oknhA-told-to-stop-roAd-construction-on-kAmpot-mAngroves/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Police seized more than two tonnes of dangerous counterfeit medication on Saturday and arrested a Phnom Penh pharmacy owner in a sting officials say has netted the largest-ever haul of illegal medication in Cambodia. after nine days of surveillance, the Ministry of Interior’s Economic Police unit swooped <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/record-bad-medicine-haul/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A pAir of reports to be presented At the UN HumAn Rights Council in GenevA todAy And tomorrow pAint A bleAk imAge of A country whose rights record hAs worsened considerAbly over the pAst yeAr. An AnnuAl report from the Office for the High Commissioner of HumAn Rights (OHCHR) in <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/rights-record-under-fire/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Hun Sen’s Cambodia has been shaped by the collection of illegal timber dollars, profiting a politically connected elite and in turn ensuring the ruling party’s grip on the state apparatus, a leading australian researcher has said. Sarah Milne, a research fellow at the australian National University, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/loggings-roots-deep/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia will face both challenges and opportunities when the aSEaN Economic Community (aEC) combines its 10 countries into a single market for economic development, a move intended for 2015, officials said during a round-table discussion yesterday. Sok Siphanna, an adviser to the Ministry of Foreign affairs and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/opportunities-challenges-for-asean/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Two days after Ratanakiri province villagers took hostage a group of local officials who were clearing land for a rubber plantation, authorities downplayed the incident, saying they had no plans to press charges and that “the problem has been settled.” a representative of the rubber company, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/authorities-downplay-hostage-taking-in-land-dispute/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Setting a minimum price for paddy is one of the campaign promises that the Pheu Thai party made to its supporters during the recent election campaign in Thailand before it was elected to power. Now it’s a matter of waiting to find out whether this <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/thai-rice-policy-wait-and-see/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Following a three-hour debate at the National assembly, lawmakers passed a draft law approving the $2.5 billion the government spent in 2010. During the debate, CPP lawmaker Cheam Yeap presented a 10-page document that he said justified the $2.5 billion in spending, which was 25 percent <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/assembly-approves-2010-govt-spending/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

At the turnoff of SihAnoukville outside Phnom PenhmetAl shop owner Kuch SAreun wAtches the spArks fly As his emplyees join pieces of steel. This yeAr, he instAlled A diesel-run generAtor At his business since the frequent electricity outAges were hurting his bottom line. Electricity is <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/energy-mix/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Heng Hak wore a blank expression yesterday, her hair recently dyed a shade of blonde. Though her appearance suggested composure, a lift of her pant leg revealed the manifestation of the trauma she tried to escape last year. In March 2011, Hak jumped from the third <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/firms-hostage-awaits-justice/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

With different talents but similar passions, Small World is a small enterprise that brings talented young Cambodians together to learn, work and network in the new world of business. Small World is a collaborative workplace created to ensure that young people passionate about business have access <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/youths-seek-to-create-jobs/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>