The provincial court in Tbong Khmum province has charged four inmates with selling drugs in Trapaing Phlong prison after police found a bottle of methamphetamine pills hidden in the prison farm. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/inmates-charged-with-selling-drugs/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

China National Heavy Machinery Corporation (CHMC) reached a contract with Cambodia’s state-owned Electricit&eacute; du Cambodge (EdC) on Wednesday to build rural power transmission lines, which will cover 13 provinces. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chinese-firm-signs-deal-with-cambodias-electricity-supplier-to-build-rural-power-grids/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In coordination with Thai officials, Cambodia’s Labor Ministry has set up a new process to help migrant workers in Thailand receive passports, travel cards or Overseas Cambodian Worker Cards (OCWC). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/workers-to-get-thai-legal-permits/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The National assembly will conduct a session on Friday to announce the new parliamentary representative for Takeo province, replacing Deputy Prime Minister Sok an who died last month.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sok-ans-replacement-set-to-step-up/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Rubber prices are predicted to increase gradually as suppliers in the main producing countries restrict their stock for export to let the price recover after a long decline.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/slow-bounce-for-rubber-price/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The demand for shopping precincts has risen three percent in this year’s first quarter when compared to the same time last year, a study by Bonna Realty Group has shown. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/increased-consumerism-points-to-demand-for-more-malls/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Thai police have rescued 65 Cambodians, including five children, from a two-story shop house near Rong Kluea market in Sakeo province where they had been locked up for three days.​ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/migrant-workers-rescued-from-thai-lockup/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A senior AustrAliAn militAry officiAl yesterdAy sAid he wAs hopeful thAt counter-terrorism exercises would resume with CAmbodiA next yeAr, After they were cAncelled this yeAr. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AustrAliA-confident-militAry-exercises-to-resume/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

During a meeting with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang yesterday, Prime Minister Hun Sen asked China to increase imports of Cambodian sugarcane. The officials met in Phnom Penh’s Peace Palace yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/china-asked-to-buy-more-sugarcane-from-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

An opposition lAwmAker probing Alleged irregulArities in Angkor ArchAeologicAl PArk’s ticket revenues sAys he’s scepticAl About figures releAsed yesterdAy by the site’s mAnAgers showing A boost in sAles lAst month. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ApsArAs-numbers-lAughAble-chhAy-sAys/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Six people died last week in Cambodia’s eastern Kratie province after they drank locally made rice wine, which is suspected of being contaminated with poisonous substance, a senior police officer said on Monday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/6-killed-on-suspicion-of-wine-poisoning-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday delayed the trial of 11 CNRP activists facing harsh sentences for protest-related charges, but did not explain the delay or set a new trial date. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/municipal-court-delays-trial-of-11-cnrp-figures/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Foreign AffAirs Minister Hor NAmhong will visit ThAilAnd in the neAr future to finAlize An Agreement with BAngkok thAt will see 16 Ancient Khmer ArtifActs returned to CAmbodiA, A ministry spokesmAn sAid WednesdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/minister-to-finAlize-return-of-ArtifActs-from-thAilAnd/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia welcomed some 1.6 million foreign tourists in the first four months of 2015, a 4.5 percent rise compared with the same period last year, Tourism Minister Thong Khon said Friday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-receives-1-6-mln-foreign-tourists-in-first-4-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government yesterday slashed the lifespans of 12 economic land concessions (ELC) &ndash; by half in some cases &ndash; as it continued to implement a new policy capping ELC leases at 50 years. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-cuts-leases-of-12-elcs/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Four people &ndash; including two police officers &ndash; were tried at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday for allegedly selling a small amount of methamphetamines to an undercover police officer earlier this year. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/two-cops-others-face-drug-trafficking-charge/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Phnom Penh City Hall has extended the closures of general markets in a bid to stem the spread of COVID-19. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/markets-in-phnom-penh-to-remain-closed-for-another-week/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Oddar Meanchey Provincial administration issued a public to people who incited people to illegally encroach on state land to cease their illegal activities immediately. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/oddar-meancheys-authorities-issue-warning-to-land-encroachment-instigators/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Angkor ArchAeologicAl PArk welcomed neArly 2.6 million internAtionAl visitors lAst yeAr, generAting more thAn $100 million in revenue, A stAtement from the stAte-run Angkor Enterprise releAsed on TuesdAy sAid. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Angkor-hosts-2-6m-visitors/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The National Election Committee (NEC) submitted a letter to the Ministry of Interior on Monday recommending that bureaucratic obstacles preventing the Kingdom’s 60,000 monks from registering to vote be resolved. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nec-seeks-to-help-monks-vote/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>