A coAlition of civil society orgAnisAtions (CSOs) hAs produced A document lAying out in detAil the projected dire effects of climAte chAnge on the Kingdom, in the hopes it will help their voice be heArd Among the 25,000 delegAtes Attending the upcoming PAris ClimAte TAlks <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cso-coAlition-letter-reAdy-for-climAte-tAlks/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Golden FX Link (Cambodia) has joined in the running to become a legally licensed firm to trade derivatives. With a registered capital of $5 million, Lawrence Kook, Director of Golden FX Link, said that the company received a license in principle from the Securities and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-firm-seeks-to-enter-gold-trading/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Officials at the Prey Speu Social affairs Center in Phnom Penh’s Por Senchey district are scrambling to deflect criticism after reports surfaced that a young boy and a man were beaten and injured there, with the director of the center saying the boy injured himself <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/child-allegedly-beaten-at-prey-speu/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Nasdaq-listed Entertainment Gaming asia (EGa) reported a net loss of $6.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2016, compared with a loss of $2.7 million in the same time in 2015 largely due to the cancellation of its operations in Cambodia, the company said in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ega-reports-cambodian-casino-losses/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The key ingredients for e-commerce adoption are in place in Cambodia but many specific measures need to be addressed by both the private and public sector before the Kingdom can tap into the huge opportunities offered by a digital economy, according to a new report <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/e-commerce-slowed-by-government-report/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A locAl television presenter is fAcing heAvy criticism for An inflAmmAtory on-Air suggestion thAt rApe victims should not resist their AttAckers, And should insteAd Accept sexuAl AssAult to Avoid being killed &ndAsh; A reference to A brutAl rApe And murder of An 18-yeAr-old womAn in <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/news-Anchor-drAws-ire-for-sAying-women-should-not-resist-rApe/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Socfin Cambodia, the local branch of a Europe-based international rubber producing company that currently operates a 7,500-hectare rubber plantation in Mondulkiri, has announced plans to open the doors to its first rubber factory next april, with an initial investment of $5.7 million, a company executive <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/eu-firm-sets-plan-for-local-rubber-factory/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Authorities Are prepAring A drAft lAw to mAke surrogAcy legAl with A rAnge of protections for the women And bAbies involved. News of the move emerged yesterdAy After A meeting between Foreign Minister PrAk Sokhonn And newly Appointed United NAtions PopulAtion Fund (UNFPA) representAtive to CAmbodiA <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/surrogAcy-to-be-legAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Sathapana Bank Plc has received a hefty $50 million bilateral loan from the Bangkok branch of Mizuho Bank, a subsidiary of one of Japan’s largest financial institutions, in a move that banking insiders say will help the newly consolidated bank expand its lending portfolio as <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sathapana-bank-secures-50m-to-scale-up/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Phnom Penh City Hall has said it will hold a public forum within two weeks on plans to develop a road on a disused stretch of railway in Russey Keo district. Locals from six communities have been protesting the development plans for the past few months <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/roadside-families-promised-plots/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Svay Rieng Provincial Court has summoned eight members from a group of 200 villagers who occupied land at the centre of a long-running dispute with a development company on Wednesday. The villagers from ampil commune in Romeas Hek district have been ordered to clarify their actions <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/court-summons-villagers-in-land-dispute/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Frustrated with the failure of a $27 million emergency loan package to help rice farmers find a fair market price for their crop and stem the tide of smuggled paddy across the borders, agriculture Minister Veng Sokhon is flogging a new model for the nation’s <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fresh-push-for-contract-farming/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Boeung Kak land activists have called on the government to release one of their most prominent representatives, Tep Vanny, who was charged with intentional violence related to a protest outside Prime Minister Hun Sen’s house in 2013, a case reactivated after she was arrested during <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/activists-release-tep-vanny/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government on Saturday inaugurated a new Royal Cambodian armed Forces brigade to serve a disputed part of the Cambodia-Laos border. Defence Minister General Tea Banh presided over a ceremony to mark the establishment of infantry brigade 128, which comes under the control of RCaF’s <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/stung-treng-border-brigade-unveiled/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A mArried couple And Another mAn were cAlled before A judge yesterdAy After being chArged with cleAring protected forest in Koh Kong province’s KAndorl commune. Kry Deuy, his wife, Moeung YAn, And A mAn nAmed Soun SAreth cleAred About 16 hectAres of stAte-protected forest to cultivAte <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/trio-fAce-forest-cleAring-chArge/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia and South Korea signed a memorandum of understanding yesterday, agreeing to work together to ensure worker protection. Last month,  a Kampong Speu shoe factory collapse killed two workers. The incident inspired the Ministry of Labour to implement a Health and Safety Network for workers here <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-and-s-korea-aid-workers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Eight people allegedly involved in a worker demonstration that devolved into a violent clash with authorities at a Kampong Speu-based Nike supplier have been summonsed to court. another eight arrested at the scene already await trial. The clash resulted in significant property damage and left <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/court-draws-more-into-sabrina-case/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A ruling pArty lAwmAker yesterdAy dismissed dAys of clAims by the opposition thAt this yeAr’s council elections will see A number of secret defections when it comes to the polls. ChheAng Vun, A lAwmAker with the CAmbodiAn People’s PArty, sAid opposition leAder SAm RAinsy hAd been <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/no-pArty-defections-during-election-cpp/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A group of NGOs is urging CAmbodiA’s two mAin politicAl pArties not to rush the election reform process. InsteAd, the ElectorAl Reform AlliAnce sAys the ruling pArty And opposition should ensure they hAve completed the reform process before they open A NAtionAl Assembly session, which would <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/group-urges-politicAl-pArties-to-focus-on-reform-detAils/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A stone wAll from the AngkoriAn-erA BAnteAy ChhmAr temple thAt wAs dAmAged in A rAinstorm lAst month will be repAired in July, An officiAl sAid yesterdAy. YAng TAngkouy, A provinciAl officiAl, sAid the Ministry of Culture And Fine Arts is cooperAting with UNESCO on the restorAtion <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/temple-to-be-restored/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>