Naza Bikes Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Malaysia-based Naza Group of Companies, will enter Cambodia’s crowded motorbike sector, according to the local brand manager. “[Business] will probably be launched on the first of next month,” Hay Chamreoun, the manager, said yesterday, adding that construction for the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/malaysian-motos-to-enter-market/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

It was not the hero’s welcome that greeted Mam Sonando when more than a thousand boisterous supporters cheered his release from Prey Sar prison Friday and lifted the popular radio station owner onto their shoulders for an impromptu parade. But for the three unheralded farmers caught href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/last-three-kratie-province-secessionists-released-from-prison/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Hennes & Mauritz AB, Europe’s second-biggest clothing retailer, said some H&M garments were produced without its knowledge or approval at a factory in Cambodia where workers were injured in a partial building collapse this week. A supplier of the Stockholm-based company placed two minor orders with href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hm-says-garments-made-in-cambodian-factory-without-approval/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A massive power outage that left large areas of Phnom Penh without electricity and water and plunged southern Vietnam into darkness on Wednesday was caused by a crane operator knocking a tree onto a high voltage power line, Vietnam’s state-owned energy provider said yesterday. “A href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/massive-power-outage-triggered-by-falling-tree/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s strongman Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday warned garment workers that protests demanding higher wages could push manufacturers to quit the country. His appeal came after unions last week said hundreds of workers had been fired from a factory making sportswear for US giant Nike href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-pm-says-garment-firms-may-quit-over-wage-rows/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Saturday rebuked the opposition for urging foreign donors to refrain from signing any new agreements with the government until after the election and boasted of a new $26 million handed over last week by the European Union (E.U.) E.U. Ambassador href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-mocks-opposition-request-for-donors-to-freeze-aid/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Caffe Bene, South Korea’s second-largest coffee chain, on Tuesday announced plans to open in Cambodia, according to a Korean media report. But while its entrance adds one more competitor to the more than half-a-dozen coffee chains already in the country, local franchises said the market is href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-cafe-to-enter-growing-cambodian-market/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

In a remote part of Ratanakkiri, Lan Yorn ekes out an existence mining for gems. In his quest to provide for his family, Yorn engages in highly dangerous work illegally digging mines as deep as 12 metres with only the most basic of equipment. Government officials href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/illegal-miners-tread-carefully/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

At 5am, without any alarm clock going off, a dozen Cambodian maids wake up with near-military precision. Over the next hour, the women sweep, wash and scrub spotless their two-storey training centre in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh. They all want to be maids in Singapore, eager href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-maids-raring-to-go/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

During Pchum Ben, a Cambodian religious holiday that came to a close last week, Venerable Keo Somaly got up before dawn. By 5 a.m. each day, the 32-year-old monk was dressed in his saffron robe and chanting prayers. Not long after, with the sun still hanging href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/in-cambodia-monks-get-political-after-unpopular-elections/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun Sen is scheduled to pay a three-day visit to Vietnam later this week, a move criticized by opposition officials who say the premier should stay in Cambodia to deal with the country’s ongoing political deadlock. “What is necessary at this time is to href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/premiers-vietnam-visit-draws-opposition-ire/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s King Norodom Sihamoni has invited Prime Minister Hun Sen and opposition leader Sam Rainsy for talks this aimed at resolving a standoff over recent elections as Sam Rainsy’s party filed a lawsuit accusing the country election body of vote fraud. Both Hun Sen and href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-king-invites-hun-sen-sam-rainsy-to-talks/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s opposition said Thursday it is prepared to hold talks with Prime Minister Hun Sen’s party without any preconditions in a fresh bid to end a political deadlock three months after disputed national elections. The move signaled a shift by the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), which days earlier had said it href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-opposition-lifts-conditions-on-talks-with-ruling-party/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Four representatives of villagers locked in a land dispute with the well-connected KDC company have filed a complaint with the Kompong Chhnang Provincial Court after they received death threats. “The anonymous letter was a threat against our lives,” said Reach Seima, one of the representatives, adding href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/villagers-in-land-row-complain-of-death-threat/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The opposition CNRP has sent a letter to municipal authorities informing them that a mass demonstration planned for Wednesday at Freedom Park to coincide with the anniversary of the 1991 signing of the Paris Peace Agreement will now be a three-day affair and include marches href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cnrp-to-hold-second-3-day-mass-protest/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Mangrove forests along Cambodia’s coast in Kampot support more than 100,000 families and create a diverse ecosystem that is home to hundreds of unique species. But coastal development projects, coupled with locals’ reliance on the forest for their livelihoods, threaten to decimate more than 1,000 hectares href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/projects-threaten-mangroves/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

District security guards this morning arrested 11 political activists taking part in a protest in front of the U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh against the imprisonment of 23 protesters who were beaten and arrested earlier this month. The protesters, including union leader Rong Chhun and prominent href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/11-activists-arrested-while-petitioning-us-french-embassies/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Representatives for the hundreds of families facing eviction from homes around Phnom Penh International Airport have agreed to let the compliance ombudsman of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private investment arm of the World Bank, mediate a solution to the land dispute with the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ifc-ombudsman-to-help-settle-phnom-penh-airport-land-dispute-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Interior Minister Sar Kheng on Friday warned that a union-led public forum scheduled for Freedom Park on Saturday morning would not be allowed to proceed, adding that a fresh wave of union marches next week are also banned. The security minister’s comments came during a talk href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sar-kheng-bans-rally-gives-police-54k%e2%80%88in-bonuses/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday charged a man with committing violence under aggravating circumstances after he was detained by protesters at a demonstration in Phnom Penh on Sunday and handed over to police on suspicion of instigating violence at the rally near Freedom href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/alleged-violent-protest-provocateur-charged/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...