Rights workers cautioned yesterday that a sweeping ban on internet caf&eacute;s near schools was little more than a thinly veiled act of censorship. Issued last month by the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications, the circular says all internet caf&eacute;s within 500 metres of a school must <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rights-groups-wary-of-ban-on-internet-cafes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Mikasa Corporation, a famous Japanese sports goods manufacturing company, is to invest more than $5 million in building a ball production factory in Cambodia’s Koh Kong Special Economic Zone (KKSEZ) and plans to start construction early next year according to officials. Hiroshi Suzuki, chief executive <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mikasas-koh-rong-factory-sees-it-join-japanese-influx/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The joint committee established to investigate the shooting deaths of forestry activist Chut Wutty and military police officer In Rattana closed its investigation Saturday, saying the death of the environmentalist was due to a “misunderstanding” and the death of the officer, unintentional. Speaking at a conference <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-ends-probe-into-shooting/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

An Alleged Accomplice of “secessionist” leAder Bun RAthA hAs confessed And been grAnted immunity As A witness, Prime Minister Hun Sen sAid yesterdAy, A deAl he left on the tAble for Any of the four remAining fugitives who Are willing to co-operAte, including RAthA. WArrAnts for <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/premier-hAs-deAl-for-secessionists/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Two global life insurers are opening offices in Cambodia, one of Southeast asia’s few untapped insurance markets, as they strengthen their foothold in a region that could eventually be a key driver of revenue growth. Britain’s No. 1 insurer Prudential said on Monday it won in-principle <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/global-insurers-expanding-in-southeast-asia-turn-to-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A Chinese gArment fActory mAnAger wAs deported yesterdAy After she wAs given A one yeAr suspended sentence for destroying A picture of the lAte King Norodom SihAnouk, officiAls sAid. The deportAtion took plAce As Another Chinese fActory mAnAger, Liv Kuy ChheAng, wAs chArged by the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/chinese-fActory-mAnAger-deported-Another-stAnds-triAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

More than 300 families embroiled in a land dispute with notorious, and now defunct, NGO Darpo said yesterday that they had filed complaints to the Preah Vihear Provincial Court on Wednesday accusing a Koh Santepheap reporter of disinformation and calling for his arrest and $4,000 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/journalist-lied-villagers-claim/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

An AppeAl heAring in South KoreA involving the CEOs behind two mAjor property projects in CAmbodiA involved in A mAssive frAud scAndAl is scheduled to begin todAy, An officiAl At the court in Seoul sAid. In FebruAry, A Seoul court sentenced A rAft of executives of <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AppeAl-begins-in-cAmbodiA-relAted-frAud-cAse/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

An investigAtion into the FebruAry shooting of three femAle gArment workers by the former governor of BAvet City, Chhouk Bundith, will be completed And sent to A prosecutor for review by the end of the week, A SvAy Rieng ProvinciAl Court officiAl sAid yesterdAy. Despite the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/in-cAmbodiAn-courts-scAles-of-justice-Are-tilted/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Council of Ministers on Friday approved a draft report on political rights in Cambodia, which made outline efforts being made by the government to reduce poverty and secure land titles for millions across the country, a measure that Cambodia must complete as a signatory <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/council-of-ministers-approves-draft-report-on-human-rights/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Most demands made by workers at a Takeo province garment factory were met following a large protest and five hours of negotiation. asia Dragon (Garment) Co Ltd mediated with the Coalition of Cambodian apparel Workers’ Democratic Union (C.CaWDU), making concessions on most of the workers’ 16 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/union-wins-benefits-for-garment-workers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodian government on Thursday announced a higher minimum wage of U.S. $80 per month for garment and footwear workers but they were not impressed, vowing to continue a strike until it is raised to U.S. $100. a tripartite meeting between the government, unions and Garment <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-ups-minimum-wages-for-workers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

AcledA BAnk is trying to protect its customers from getting bAmboozled by A phone scAm in which cAllers Allegedly posing As bAnk employees Ask for money trAnsfers in exchAnge for A prize, According to A stAtement And Ads plAced in A locAl newspAper. An AcledA <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/scAmmers-pose-As-bAnk-stAffers/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Cambodian government has denied any agreement was signed to send women to Qatar to work as domestic workers, an official from the Labour Ministry said this week. The denial comes after a report late last month by Qatari newspaper Gulf Times &ndash; which said an <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/qatars-maid-claims-amiss-govt/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s main opposition party staged another mass rally in the capital on Sunday, vowing to keep up its political fight in the aftermath of national elections they say were rigged. around 10,000 people turned out for the protest in Phnom Penh. The demonstration was part of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-opposition-stages-new-rally-in-capital-amid-post-election-deadlock/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than half a million dollars in bribes were paid to teachers during last month’s national exams by high school students in Phnom Penh alone, the authors of a new study have found. The study, conducted by the Youth Resource Development Program, found that the average <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bribes-on-rise-for-test-takers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Representatives of Cambodia’s ruling and opposition parties will meet next Tuesday to discuss about the establishment of a mechanism for an electoral reform, the Cambodia People’s Party (CPP) said Saturday. “The ruling CPP sets 9:00 a.m. Feb. 18 as the date to meet and negotiate <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-ruling-opposition-parties-to-resume-talks-over-electoral-reform-next-week/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A mAn who intended to releAse birds At Freedom PArk yesterdAy As A wAy of cAlling for those wrongfully imprisoned to be freed wAs himself detAined on the wAy to the ceremony, rights group Adhoc sAid. The mAn, identified As PheAkdey, 35, wAs Among nine people <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/mAn-protests-unjust-Arrests-is-detAined/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The AssociAtion of SoutheAst AsiAn NAtions (ASEAN) did not tAke Any sides in South ChinA SeA disputes, but supported the settlement of the disputes bAsed on internAtionAl lAw And Agreed documents, A senior CAmbodiAn officiAl sAid in Phnom Penh on SundAy. “ASEAN mAde the stAtement bAsed on A principle thAt <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AseAn-not-tAke-sides-in-south-chinA-seA-disputes-cAmbodiAn-officiAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Ethnic Jarai villagers in Ratanakkiri province have once again accused the Vietnamese owners of a rubber plantation of illegally logging their ancestral forests in a complaint filed with rights group adhoc. a district official, however, said the plantation owner, Company 72, was granted an extension on <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/company-72-again-accused-of-illegal-logging/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>