In 2010, more than 1,500 families in Kampong Speu’s Oral district were evicted from the land they had cultivated since the fall of the Khmer Rouge regime in 1979 to make way for a Phnom Penh Sugar Company mega-plantation.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sugar-companys-compensation-deals-leave-families-bitter-in-kampong-speu/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday that Cambodia will not join other asean nations in supporting an upcoming verdict from the Permanent Court of arbitration at The Hague in a suit filed by the Philippines about continuing issues with China over the South China Sea. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-refuses-joint-asean-stance/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodian government collected more than $760 million dollars in tax revenue during the first quarter of this year, an increase of more than 90 percent compared to the same period last year, according to a report released yesterday by General Department of Taxation (GDT). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tax-department-collects-760m-in-first-quarter/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A CNRP television spot feAturing former pArty president SAm RAinsy mAy hAve been rejected on MondAy, but the country’s mAin opposition hAs found other wAys to promote the exiled leAder in its cAmpAigning AheAd of the June 4 commune elections.   <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cnrps-use-of-rAinsy-Ad-drAws-bAn/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Former opposition leader Sam Rainsy said in a speech on Monday that military leaders aligned with the ruling party recently “came to whisper” to him the message that they would not prevent the opposition taking power if it were to win the 2018 national election. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rainsy-claims-military-would-back-cnrp-win/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Angkor WAt ticket sAles revenue surged during the first hAlf of 2017 on the bAck of A shArp increAse in tourist entry fees, with no indicAtion thAt the steeper Admission prices hAd discourAged visits to the Kingdom’s top tourist drAw, government officiAls sAid yesterdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Angkor-wAt-sees-sAles-surge/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Ministry of Rural Development (MRD) announced yesterday that it plans to support the growth of NGO-backed community saving groups in a move to help members of these currently unregulated groups establish funding pools that can be accessed without the need for collateral. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-supports-informal-saving-groups/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The opposition CNRP said on Tuesday it was preparing to submit complaints to the National Election Committee (NEC) about almost 5,000 Vietnamese voters it says were registered to vote without citizenship, a move criticized as continuing the party’s tradition of populist Vietnam-bashing. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/opposition-election-complaints-focus-on-vietnamese-voters/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In another sign of Cambodia’s deepening affinity with China, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s book on governance, which showcases the leader’s ruling philosophy, has been translated into Khmer to be used as a guide for the Kingdom, Prime Minister Hun Sen announced yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/xi-manual-on-ruling-is-now-printed-in-khmer/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

AgAinst A bAckdrop of government criticism of locAl election wAtchdogs, Deputy Prime Minister Hor NAmhong hAs been elected vice president of the stAnding committee of the election monitor ICAPP, which hAs frequently been criticised for indiscriminAtely offering its stAmp of ApprovAl to otherwise controversiAl elections. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cpp-ties-to-controversiAl-election-monitor-deepen/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The National Election Committee plans to hold a two-day meeting in Preah Sihanouk province to review the June 4 commune elections, with members of the election monitoring coalition the “Situation Room” saying yesterday they plan to table recommendations to improve certain electoral procedures. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nec-plans-meeting-to-review-elections/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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More than 50 CNRP officials seeking the removal of lawmaker Ke Sovannaroth as the party’s head in Siem Reap province carried through with a threat to bring their case to Phnom Penh, demonstrating Monday for two hours outside the opposition’s headquarters in Meanchey district. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/opposition-officials-demonstrate-against-siem-reap-party-chief/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

LICADHO condemns the violent dispersAl of more thAn 50 villAgers from LA PeAng community who hAd begun their 60km-long peAceful mArch from KAmpong ChhnAng province to Phnom Penh, cAlling for A resolution to their long-stAnding lAnd dispute. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/Announcements/licAdho-condemns-the-Arrests-of-lA-peAng-demonstrAtors/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

At leAst 80 of the 306 new members of the CPP’s expAnded centrAl committee Are members of the country’s militAry or security forces, HumAn Rights WAtch (HRW) sAid WednesdAy in A stAtement, which sAys the promotions Are meAnt to secure the loyAlty of security forces. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cpp-blAsted-for-promotions-of-militAry-police/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Nhiek Bun Chhay, second vice president of the royalist Funcinpec party, held a press conference on Friday at his home in Phnom Penh to rail against the party’s president, Prince Norodom Ranariddh, for making decisions without consultation since returning to lead the party in January. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/more-factional-tensions-clearly-visible-within-funcinpec-party-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than 100 people protested Thursday outside Poipet City Hall in support of 50 families in Phsar Kandal commune who were passed over when the government offered compensation to residents who ceded land for a railway project that displaced some 4,000 families across the country. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/over-100-protest-in-support-of-families-cut-out-of-rail-deal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The nominee to be the next U.S. ambassador to Cambodia told the U.S. Senate foreign relations committee this week that fair elections would be his priority, while a Cambodian government spokesman said he hoped the new ambassador would repair “bad” diplomatic relations between the countries. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ambassador-nominee-says-us-to-prioritize-fair-elections/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Despite a small increase in the number of foreign visitors to angkor Wat in the first half of the year, revenues from ticket sales at the historical site dropped slightly compared to the same period in 2014, according to official figures released by apsara authority <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/slight-dip-in-half-year-revenues-at-temples/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Grassroots Democracy Party (GDP) secretary-general Sam Inn said Wednesday the new party is aiming to win enough National assembly seats in the 2018 election to play kingmaker in a scenario in which neither the ruling CPP nor opposition CNRP win enough seats to form government. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/grassroots-party-hopes-to-play-kingmaker-in-national-assembly/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>