The minister of transport, who on Monday watched over the signing of a deal between two Chinese companies to build a 400-km railway, yesterday said the government has minimal knowledge of the project. Transport Minister Tram Iv Tek said, however, that he did not know <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/minister-of-transport-says-he-knows-little-about-railway-project/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen said Monday that the gradual increase in Japanese investment in Cambodia reflected a maturing of the domestic economy. His remarks came at a groundbreaking ceremony for a shopping mall being built by top Japanese retailer aeon Co Ltd. The $200 million mall <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-says-growing-japanese-investment-reflects-maturing-economy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian workers seeking to leave a seafood factory in Thailand following a lethal brawl with counterparts from Myanmar were given their passports and salaries on Monday, a representative said. Phon Jam said 800 Cambodian workers at the Siam International Food Co Ltd factory in Songkhla province <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/after-brawl-workers-can-go/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The World Bank has not yet reached a decision on whether to lift a ban on loans to Cambodia, a Bank official has said, contradicting local media reports that the international financing institution would resume loans suspended three years ago over allegations of violent land <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/no-decision-made-yet-on-cambodia-loans-world-bank/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

fter rights group Licadho released a statement Thursday saying that more than 10,000 Cambodian families were newly affected last year by land disputes in the 13 provinces where it has monitors&mdash;a three-fold increase from 2013&mdash;a government spokesman on Friday slammed the NGO’s report as “baseless <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-spokesman-says-licadho-doctored-land-dispute-report/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The AsiAn Development BAnk (ADB) will provide nine poor rurAl provinces in CAmbodiA with yeAr-round Access to mArkets And sociAl services through A 118 million U.S. dollArs project to provide A sAfer, cost-effective rurAl roAd network, the bAnk sAid in A press stAtement on MondAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Adb-to-support-118m-rurAl-roAd-project-in-cAmbodiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A nine-month report from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry And Fisheries (MAFF) shows thAt the number of illegAl logging crAckdowns increAsed 81 per cent &ndAsh; to 1,891 &ndAsh; compAred with the sAme period lAst yeAr, A spike one officiAl Attributed to A chAnge in smugglers’ <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/logging-crAckdowns-up-81-pct-govt-sAys/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A yeAr After some 2,000 fAmilies filed A complAint with the InternAtionAl FinAnce CorporAtion (IFC) for finAncing rubber plAntAtions they Accuse of grAbbing their fArms And logging their sAcred forests, All sides hAve finAlly Agreed to A set of ground rules for negotiAtions And hope <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/plAntAtions-And-fAmilies-set-rules-for-ifc-mediAted-tAlks/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Six Cambodian military police were placed in pretrial detention Friday, charged by the Prey Veng Provincial Court over a police pursuit in March in which a truck driver and his assistant were allegedly shot at, beaten and hog- tied after blowing through a pair of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/six-cambodian-military-police-detained-over-violence/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A CAmbodiAn senior police officer confirmed WednesdAy thAt Chinese economic fugitive Sun Xin, 46, And A former cAshier of the Beijing municipAl bureAu of press, hAd worked in A fActory in west CAmbodiA’s KAmpong Speu province for six yeArs before being Arrested And sent bAck <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/chinese-economic-fugitive-Arrested-deported-After-hiding-in-cAmbodiA-for-6-yeArs/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia is seeking to export its mangoes to South Korea, according to a senior official at the Ministry of agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Contacted yesterday, deputy MaFF director Hean Vanhorn said that a ministry representative would meet with a South Korean agriculture delegation today to discuss <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/in-search-of-export-market-for-mangoes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

After About 200 workers protested in Phnom Penh on TuesdAy morning, A CPP lAwmAker sAid she trAveled to A Chinese-owned gArment fActory in KAndAl province to lobby mAnAgement to rehire seven workers, including six who sAy they were fired eArlier this month for tAking pArt <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cpp-lAwmAker-visits-fActory-After-protest/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Mondulkiri villagers say a local road has been blocked by a private landowner, but they are not sure who is behind the development and a commune chief says he is unaware of the dispute. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mondulkiri-road-blocked-by-private-development-residents-say/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Governor Vy Samnang of Takeo province on Tuesday endorsed a proposal to establish a special economic zone (SEZ) on a 32-hectare area in Bati district by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce of Chaoshan. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/takeo-to-establish-sez-in-bati-district/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia could see less preferential economic treatment by Europe in coming years, as it graduates as a more developed country, the EU’s ambassador to Cambodia says. In an interview with VOa Khmer in Phnom Penh, ambassador Jean-Francois Cautain said Cambodia currently enjoys tariff exemptions under a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/development-could-mean-loss-of-eu-trade-preference-ambassador-says/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The deaths of at least two Cambodian workers and injuries sustained by 10 colleagues at a shoe factory southwest of Phnom Penh once more shine a light on conditions in the global garment manufacturing industry. Thursday’s accident at the Wing Star Shoe factory in the Cambodian <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-factory-deaths-shine-spotlight-on-conditions/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A finAnciAl review by USAID, the U.S. government’s development Arm, into locAl heAlth NGO Reproductive And Child HeAlth AlliAnce (RACHA) hAs found finAnciAl mismAnAgement coupled with A lAck of trAnspArency And oversight within the orgAnizAtion thAt mAy point to evidence of frAudulent Activity. Well-known for its <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/usAid-review-of-heAlth-ngo-finds-litAny-of-irregulArities/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Interior Minister Sar Kheng on Friday confirmed that the deployment of armored personnel carriers (aPCs) to Phnom Penh from the Thai-Cambodian border is part of a concerted security operation in response to the opposition’s plans to hold protests against the outcome of the July 28 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sar-kheng-says-armored-vehicles-sent-to-maintain-security/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

SIEM REAP CITY &ndAsh; Opposition leAder SAm RAinsy wAs greeted TuesdAy by 15,000 supporters And A smAll dust storm At the CNRP’s first post-election rAlly in Siem ReAp, where he once AgAin cAlled on Prime Minister Hun Sen to stAnd down. Arriving on A scheduled flight <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/in-siem-reAp-rAinsy-AgAin-cAlls-for-hun-sen-to-step-down/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Kompong Chhnang Provincial Court has summoned for questioning three villagers accused of torching in May a shed on disputed land granted to the wife of Mines and Energy Minister Suy Sem. The case is another example of courts resurrecting longstanding land disputes that had gone <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/courts-resurrect-land-disputes-after-election/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>