Opposition deputy leader and parliamentary first vice president Kem Sokha promised on Saturday to use his party’s status in parliament to summons and vote out long-serving corrupt government ministers with the help of the ruling party. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kem-sokha-wants-to-boot-out-old-officials/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A python escAped from the house of A government officiAl And is on the loose in the CAmbodiAn cApitAl, A locAl newspAper reported MondAy. It is the second such serpent to escApe from the Phnom Penh home of Nhim VAndA, the first vice chAirmAn of CAmbodiA’s <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/python-reported-on-the-loose-in-cAmbodiAn-cApitAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

In a bid to ramp up vehicle production in aSEaN. auto parts manufacturer Denso Cambodia has announced the construction of a new $19 million plant in the Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone. The facility will produce magnetos and oil coolers with production slated to begin in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/auto-parts-firm-denso-bets-19-million-on-plant/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A provinciAl court hAs determined it will hold three men Accused of murdering A journAlist on SundAy. KrAtie court officiAls sAy they will detAin LA NArong, Kem PheAkdy And Pin Heng while An officiAl investigAtion into the crime tAkes plAce. InternAtionAl mediA AdvocAtes condemned the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/mediA-groups-urge-Action-in-murder-of-journAlist/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The wife of political activist Ouk Pich Samnang, who was charged with intentional violence and causing damage to public property after smashing his tuk-tuk through a barricade during a protest in Phnom Penh last week, said Monday she felt the opposition CNRP had “turned a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/charged-activists-wife-says-let-down-by-cnrp/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Representatives of 163 families from Phnom Penh’s Sen Sok district submitted a request to the agriculture Ministry on Monday to meet with Minister Ouk Rabun over his request that the Phnom Penh Municipal Court delay the allocation of nearly a hectare of land the families <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/families-ask-to-meet-agriculture-minister/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A university student who wAs Arrested in Phnom Penh on TuesdAy over A string of drunken hit-And-runs in his Lexus SUV sAid ThursdAy thAt he decided to end his rAmpAge by crAshing into the U.S. AmbAssAdor’s residence becAuse he hAd hoped embAssy security guArds would <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/student-sAys-he-crAshed-into-AmbAssAdors-wAll-to-get-help/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Thursday that neither he nor his government has caused any loss of territory to bordering countries. His statement comes amid a diplomatic row with Vietnam, which has been working on ponds, a road and a military outpost in contested <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-denies-loss-of-land-to-border-encroachment/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than 100 Free Trade Union of Cambodia supporters gathered in front of the union’s office to express their discontent with a deal struck between the Coalition of Cambodian apparel Workers Democratic Union and their employer, Puma supplier Thai Pore Garment Manufacturing, FTU officials said <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rival-unions-workers-displeased-with-pact/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

During a plenary session of a cabinet meeting this morning, a new draft national action plan to prevent violence against women was approved. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-approves-action-plan-on-preventing-violence-against-women/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Authorities hAve Arrested A totAl of 19 people And burned down homes As A lAnd dispute neAr An OddAr MeAnchey rubber plAntAtion escAlAtes, According to residents And A humAn rights group. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/nineteen-oddAr-meAnchey-villAgers-in-prison-As-lAnd-dispute-escAlAtes/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Four NagaWorld protestors have asked for a delay to a court summons related to a complaint by the casino corporation alleging they illegally entered the premises. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nagaworld-workers-summoned-in-breaking-and-entering-complaint/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

About A decAde Ago, globAl mAnufActuring firms stAged A mAss exodus to AsiA in seArch of low-cost AlternAtives to increAsing domestic wAge demAnds And operAtionAl costs. The consensus wAs the continued development of A regionAl supply chAin thAt hAd formed in countries like VietnAm And IndonesiA, <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/mAde-in-cAmbodiA-foreign-industry-cAlls-on-cAmbodiA-As-the-next-low-cost-AlternAtive-in-All-things-mAnufActuring/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

&Eacute;mile Cou&eacute; was a French psychologist who introduced a method of self-improvement based on optimistic autosuggestion. “Every day, in every way, I’m getting better and better,” was his mantra. He died in 1926 and probably never visited Cambodia, but his spirit has been hovering over <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/caution-work-ahead/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen has returned home from his trip to China a wealthier leader having secured upwards of US$2.5 billion in Chinese investment and loans over the next year alone, officials from the Ministry of Foreign affairs said yesterday. The package includes a $2 billion <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chinese-credit-cache/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

U.N. human rights envoy Surya Subedi on Tuesday received a thorny reception from hundreds of students at a Phnom Penh university, who angrily questioned his impartiality and unfurled banners calling for him to end his work in Cambodia. Special rapporteur Subedi delivered a lecture to about <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/students-protest-at-un-envoys-university-lecture-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Nathan Horton’s business model is straightforward. a professional photographer, Horton helps amateur photographers take pictures abroad. Photo tourism is an increasingly lucrative trade in Cambodia. Horton, who runs half-day jaunts in Phnom Penh and longer journeys into the provinces, is one of the practitioners capitalising on <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/photo-tourism-turns-profits/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy said his country has reached a political “stalemate” and is calling for a halt in international aid to the Phnom Penh government. Rainsy spoke to VOa during a visit to Washington, where he is trying to convince U.S. officials and others <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-opposition-leader-declares-political-stalemate/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

There were major traffic delays along Phnom Penh’s Veng Sreng Boulevard in Pur Senchey district Wednesday after about 200 garment workers from the alim Cambodia Co. Ltd. garment factory formed a gated roadblock and protested for higher wages. a line of halted container trucks stretched for <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/garment-workers-block-road-protest-for-higher-wages/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Malaysia has not yet received a draft agreement aimed at protecting Cambodian migrant domestic workers from abuse, but the government is pressing Cambodia to lift its two-year moratorium on sending maids, a Malaysian official said Wednesday. In October 2011, Prime Minister Hun Sen imposed a ban <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/malaysia-says-no-draft-agreement-on-maids-yet/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>