A commune police officer has been summonsed to appear at Ratanakkiri’s provincial court on Friday after 10 villagers filed lawsuits against him in September for his alleged involvement in illegal logging in a community forest and for threatening them with a rifle, villagers and the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/police-officer-called-to-face-logging-allegations/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Exactly who will participate in a workshop to set the minimum wage in the garment sector with the Ministry of Labour this week remained unclear yesterday, with some key figures saying they had not yet been invited. During the workshop, to be held on Thursday and href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/wage-setting-meet-up-in-air/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A 26-year-old woman who allegedly disfigured her husband’s face and body in an acid attack Tuesday has been charged and sent to pre-trial detention in Banteay Meanchey province, police said Thursday. Tor Rachany is accused of pouring half a liter of strong acid over her husband, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/acid-attack-wife-charged-imprisoned/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A solution may be at hand for Phnom Penh’s degenerating traffic congestion problem as Japan’s International Cooperation Agency is readying a project aimed at completely overhauling the city’s non-intuitive traffic light system, City Hall announced Tuesday. The study, which will begin within the next month and href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/city-looks-to-overhaul-traffic-light-system/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Nine karaoke parlors in Pur Senchey district were closed indefinitely Monday after an early morning clash between employees of the clubs, district governor Hem Darith said. Mr. Darith said a large group of men working for the different clubs got into a violent scuffle using rocks, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nine-karaoke-parlors-closed-after-clash/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A group of 54 local and international non-government groups said Sunday that the state may be behind the disappearance of a 16-year-old boy last seen bleeding from a bullet wound at a garment worker protest in January, and urged the government to investigate. Five garment workers href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ngos-urge-govt-to-keep-searching-for-missing-veng-sreng-teen/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

When is a strike not a strike? That’s a question being asked after union leaders yesterday announced they will inform garment factory owners that their members want to use annual leave days to wage their stay-at-home strike the week after Khmer New Year. The leaders of eight href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unions-to-lead-holiday-strike/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Villagers who claim a development project in Russey Keo district has already taken a bite out of their land said yesterday that they fear the plan will swallow the rest of their property, as they filed petitions and met with local authorities. Members of 80 families href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/villagers-wont-swap-land-for-apartments/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Responding to rumours swirling on social media that he had suffered a massive stroke and died, Prime Minister Hun Sen proved to be very much alive during an animated speech in Kampot province yesterday. Addressing a crowd in Chhuok district, the 63-year-old premier assured listeners that href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-vows-to-live-past-93/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Representatives of the 301 families granted a social land concession in Kratie province to resolve a long-running land dispute said Sunday that they filed a report with authorities on Saturday detailing the new families that have since gathered with them in the hope of also href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/future-of-displaced-kratie-farmers-still-unclear/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

More than 100 villagers in Kompong Thom province blocked a funeral procession in Stung Sen City on Saturday to prevent the burial of a recently deceased ethnic Vietnamese man on land he owned in the vicinity of a local primary school, villagers and an officials href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/villagers-block-mans-burial-wish/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A Phnom Penh court on Thursday agreed to a prosecution request to consider filing more serious charges against a U.S.-based Cambodia dissident Sourn Serey Ratha accused of instigating an armed revolt against Prime Minister Hun Sen. Sourn Serey Ratha, who leads the Khmer People Power Movement href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-court-orders-new-probe-into-dissidents-call-to-shoot-dictator/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian labor unions this week lowered their demands for a 60 percent increase to the country’s $100 minimum wage, as talks loom next month on setting a new wage.Unions agreed to call for $150 a month during a meeting with officials from the Garment Manufacturers’ href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-labor-unions-lower-minimum-wage-demands/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodians staged a protest Thursday to share the concerns of more than a quarter of a million people who are calling on Laos to suspend construction of the Don Sahong hydropower project on the Mekong River. At the protest Chhith Sam Ath, country director of the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodians-oppose-building-of-don-sahong-dam-in-laos/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

As the deadline set by City Hall for residents of a village in Phnom Penh’s Russei Keo district to vacate the area draws near, about 100 of them delivered a petition to the National Assembly on Wednesday in a last ditch effort to convince lawmakers href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/as-deadline-nears-community-braces-for-eviction/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

One of CNRP Vice President Kem Sokha’s personal assistants on Thursday said the deputy opposition leader “cannot lead anyone” after Mr. Sokha ridiculed a phone call that she claims to have made warning him about a threat from the fledgling “Khmer for Khmer” reform group. Answering href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kem-sokhas-assistant-cries-foul-over-khmer-for-khmer-tip/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun Sen returned from South Korea on Monday having struck a series of deals with Seoul, including an agreement to explore the creation of a South Korean-funded agricultural university in Cambodia, according to one of Mr. Hun Sen’s advisers. Speaking to reporters at Phnom href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-returns-from-south-korea-trip/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A new group of six Montagnards from Vietnam have arrived in northeastern Cambodia’s Ratanakiri province to seek political refuge, as a United Nations team tries to locate and assist other refugees in hiding, a villager who provided shelter to the Montagnards said. The villager, who declined href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/six-new-montagnards-seeking-refugee-status-arrive-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A sleepy village in Kampong Thom province was the unlikely site of a major gold heist over the weekend, as a gang of heavily armed robbers raided a local market in broad daylight, making away with more than $250,000 worth of cash and jewellery before href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/250k-stolen-in-daylight-heist/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

From the start, the project seemed impossibly ambitious: A $2-billion South Korean satellite city—complete with condominiums, office space, luxury villas, a shopping mall, health clinics, banks and an airport—on the outskirts of Phnom Penh. Claiming the land was not properly appraised, and that the decision href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/camko-struggles-to-move-beyond-crash/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...