A Koh Kong provinciAl judge on WednesdAy questioned three Activists who were Arrested lAte MondAy&mdAsh;not in the courtroom, but in the prison where they Are being held. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/judge-questions-environmentAl-Activists-At-prison/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A two-stAr generAl in the RoyAl CAmbodiAn Armed Forces (RCAF) will be questioned by the Phnom Penh MunicipAl Court todAy for Allegedly mAking defAmAtory remArks About A superior officer’s wife relAting to lAnd seizures in Siem ReAp province, According to court officiAls. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/generAl-to-be-questioned-over-defAmAtory-remArks/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Exclusive use of short-term contracts continues to impede progress in Cambodia’s garment sector, with major brands still sourcing from factories violating the statutory two-year limit on temporary employment, labour rights groups have warned. according to a report released last week by the Worker Rights Consortium (WRC), <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/brands-violating-contract-rights/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

CNRP Vice President Kem Sokha walked free from the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday afternoon after being questioned by a prosecutor for seven hours over his connections to a plethora of protests that broke out in Phnom Penh following the disputed 2013 national election. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kem-sokha-walks-free-after-7-hours-in-court/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Tourism and the French TV channel TF1 have signed a deal on a “2013 action plan” that will promote Cambodia’s beach tourism. The agreement was inked yesterday by Tourism Minister Thong Khon and Franck Firmin Guion, the president of adventure Line Product-ions (aLP). The plan <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/beaches-to-drive-tourism/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen left recommendations for the Veterans Confederation of asean Countries (Veconac) to help it attain new achievements in the interest of the general welfare of veterans in each member-nation. The recommendations were made on Tuesday at the 19th General assembly of the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-gives-recommendations-at-asean-veterans-assembly/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 27 August 2018, the NAtionAl Election Committee (NEC) issued A press releAse on review of voting list And voter registrAtion in 2018 will begin on 01 October 2018. This review Aims to ensure the voting list with AccurAcy And up to dAte through extrAction <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/Announcements/press-releAse-review-of-voting-list-And-voter-registrAtion-in-2018/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Stung Treng Provincial Court yesterday questioned a Council of Ministers official and her husband over accusations that they tried to cheat a land-titling program spearheaded by Prime Minister Hun Sen, a military police commander said. Meas Sokun, who works for the Council of Ministers’ legal <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/official-questioned-over-abuse-of-land-project/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than 10 police and military officers in Mondulkiri province have been summoned for questioning over a big corruption case involving illegal timber exports to Vietnam. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/timber-graft-case-snares-officers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

With three workers still missing after a major breach at a chinese built hydropower dam in Pursat province on Saturday, the Government’s investigation into what went wrong and why appears to be moving slowly. a large set ion of a concrete tunnel at Stung atai <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-silent-on-atai-dam-damage/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The newly formed Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF), an organisation aimed at uniting the entire rice sector under one representative body, will be headed by Sok Puthyvuth, son of Deputy Prime Minister Sok an. Puthyvuth, who is also CEO of SOMa Group, a multifaceted business that includes <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-rice-body-gets-president/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Experts will begin tests today on two barrels discovered in Mondulkiri province earlier this week, which are suspected to contain chemicals used by the US in the 1970s in its war against the Viet Cong, officials said yesterday. Heng Ratana, director general of the Cambodian Mine <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chemical-barrels-to-be-tested/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Interior’s department of information technology called on social media users to be cautious online and maintain their vigilance against a new scam by fraudsters who claim they will provide people with a 50,000 riel in phone card from H&amp;M if they answer <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/phone-card-survey-latest-online-scam/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As the third yeAr of strictly regulAted nAtionAl high school exAms drew to A close on TuesdAy, the Ministry of EducAtion brushed off evidence of widespreAd Attempts At cheAting And declAred the event A success. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ministry-hAils-successful-nAtionAl-exAm-sAys-no-cheAting-At-All/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The World Bank’s decision earlier this month to resume lending to Cambodia after a five-year moratorium has drawn criticism from development experts.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/world-bank-loans-prompt-credibility-questions/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian unions have warned of possible strikes after a tripartite working group voted down their demand for a U.S. $40 increase in the monthly minimum wage for garment factory workers. Twenty-seven representatives of unions, factory owners and the government decided in a secret vote in Phnom <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-garment-unions-threaten-strike-after-wage-demand-is-voted-down/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government has ordered all domestic and international internet traffic in the Kingdom to pass through a Data Management Centre (DMC) that has been newly created by the state-owned Telecom Cambodia, in a move some have claimed is an attempt to censor government critics. Spokesman <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministrys-plan-for-net-sparks-fears/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Notification that her son is being detained at Correctional Centre 3 in Kampong Cham came as a relief to Touch Sart yesterday, after spending nearly a week wondering whether he was even alive. Since her son, Theng Saroeun, was arrested along with 22 others at demonstrations <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/silence-broken-at-last/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen said he will not allow members of the opposition to question government ministers in the National assembly (Na), telling a pro-government news outlet that the opposition had to “respect the law first.” <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-no-questions-for-the-ministers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A former Ministry of Interior police officer wAs tried by the Phnom Penh MunicipAl Court yesterdAy for Allegedly embezzling more thAn $1.5 million under the pretense of buying lAnd from KAndAl province villAgers for A compAny he used to work for. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/officiAl-questioned-over-1-5m-lAnd-frAud/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>