Authorities in Prey Veng province are searching for a group of rogue military police officers who shot at, tied up and beat two local truckers who drove through a pair of checkpoints without stopping while transporting a load of rice along National Road 11 on href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/military-police-at-large-after-firing-at-truckers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

National military police commander Sao Sokha has set up an ad hoc commission to investigate a group of officers who allegedly shot at a truck that drove through a pair of checkpoints in Thbong Khmum province on Thursday night, then beat up the driver and href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/commission-set-up-to-probe-military-police-beating-of-truck-driver/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A growing labour undersupply has been of the factors behind Thailand’s sub-par economic growth. A nationwide survey of companies in six key sectors by SCB Economic Intelligence Center last year found that at least half had trouble filling vacancies within a three-month search. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/labour-shortages-leave-thailands-growth-stuck-in-the-starting-gate/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A village representative was arrested on Saturday and sent for questioning yesterday at Banteay Meanchey Provincial Court over allegations of private property destruction in a long-running land dispute with the sister-in-law of Deputy Prime Minister Ke Kim Yan and Chhay Chhay Investment, according to a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/question-time-village-rep-arrested-in-b-meanchey/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Police are searching for a 26-year-old unlicensed dentist in Tbong Khmum province who is believed to have used a rope to strangle a patient to death at his clinic in order to steal her jewelry and motorbike, along with about $3,000 in cash, an official href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unlicensed-dentist-flees-after-robbing-killing-patient/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A group of Capitol Tours bus drivers—five of whom claim they were fired for attempting to form a union—say they were attacked Monday by a group of more than 50 tuk-tuk drivers while protesting outside the transport company’s headquarters in Phnom Penh’s Prampi Makara district. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/capitol-tours-bus-protesters-skirmish-with-tuk-tuk-drivers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

For the third straight year in a row, Cambodia has found itself on the Tier 2 Watch List of the US State Department’s annual Trafficking in Persons Report, a ranking reflective of a seeming inability to fully implement the country’s own anti-trafficking plan. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/anti-trafficking-status-static/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Sixteen undocumented Vietnamese migrants were arrested yesterday at a construction site in Preah Vihear, the latest in a spate of arrests of workers without papers. This summer has seen a spike in arrests, fines, and deportations of expat workers – with police saying that more href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/employers-unfazed-by-work-permit-crackdown/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

In Pursat province, a man who was intoxicated suffered serious injuries after a cluster mine he threw into a stream exploded. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/man-injured-in-uxo-explosion-in-pursat-province/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The General Department of Taxation (GDT) is set to launch a property tax app soon, according to a senior official. Director-General Kong Vibol announced this during a GDT Special Live Show that provided an update on the tax department’s activities. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gdt-set-to-launch-property-tax-app/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A senior official from the Ministry of Environment announced Cambodia’s pride at having discovered the presence of a female leopard through a rare photo taken by camera traps. The species is considered close to extinction. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rare-leopard-photographed-in-kingdoms-eastern-highlands/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun Sen called for enhanced cooperation among countries in the region to achieve a sustainable economic recovery in a speech delivered on Sunday at a forum where experts also highlighted the benefits of green and digital transitions. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-calls-for-stronger-regional-ties/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Indigenous Jarai and Tompoun communities in Ratanakiri are urging authorities to return nearly 1,000 hectares of land from a rubber plantation that they say continues to operate on a revoked part of a concession. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ratanakiri-community-says-revoked-concession-still-operates/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Japan remains a key partner in Cambodia’s journey towards becoming a fully-digitalised economy, according to a prominent banker in the country. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/japan-key-partner-in-digital-economy-drive/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s opposition leader Sam Rainsy called Friday for election officials to declare his party and Prime Minister Hun Sen’s party joint victors in recent polls, saying the move would be a first step toward resolving a deadlock over the disputed election. With the opposition Cambodia National href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sam-rainsy-wants-ruling-and-opposition-parties-declared-joint-winners-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Phnom Penh’s growing importance as a business destination has brought with it many opportunities and infused the market with a growing sense of ambition. Few developments embody this new ambition better than Vattanac Capital Tower, which will throw open its doors this spring. “Cambodia’s seen nothing href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vattanac-capital-preparing-for-eventful-2014/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

For Cambodians aspiring to a career in aviation, this weekend looks promising. Almost seven months after its formal establishment, Cambodia Airlines is hosting a career fair in Phnom Penh. The airline is moving forward by looking for staff – from captains, first officers and cabin crew href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/delays-continue-to-constrain-launch-of-cambodia-airlines/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The privately-operated International Ship Registry of Cambodia (ISROC), a South Korea-based company that owns the rights to register foreign vessels under the Cambodian flag, told ship owners last year that it was not monitoring their observance of international maritime laws, and that it was their href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/private-ship-registry-did-not-monitor-compliance/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Every day for weeks on end, 6-year-old Srey Nuch was tormented by severe pain caused by several of her teeth rotting away. Her mother, Lay Vicheka, despaired when she heard her daughter’s cries, knowing the family was far too poor to pay a dentist to fix href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ngos-begin-to-stop-the-rot-of-cambodian-teeth/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Representatives of 32 families living in the capital’s Chamkarmon district staged a protest yesterday in Tonle Bassac commune, pleading with Prime Minister Hun Sen to intervene on their behalf against the Thai Bun Roong company, which they say is forcing them to sell their land href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/residents-seek-market-price/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...