Commission set up to probe military police beating of truck driver
National military police commander Sao Sokha has set up an ad hoc commission to investigate a group of officers who allegedly shot at a truck that drove through a pair of checkpoints in Thbong Khmum province on Thursday night, then beat up the driver and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/commission-set-up-to-probe-military-police-beating-of-truck-driver/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/commission-set-up-to-probe-military-police-beating-of-truck-driver-80570/
Labour shortages leave Thailand's growth stuck in the starting gate
A growing lAbour undersupply hAs been of the fActors behind ThAilAnd’s sub-pAr economic growth. A nAtionwide survey of compAnies in six key sectors by SCB Economic Intelligence Center lAst yeAr found thAt At leAst hAlf hAd trouble filling vAcAncies within A three-month seArch. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/lAbour-shortAges-leAve-thAilAnds-growth-stuck-in-the-stArting-gAte/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Bangkok Post News Staff
http://bit.ly/1F3JvK4
Question time Village rep arrested in B Meanchey
A villAge representAtive wAs Arrested on SAturdAy And sent for questioning yesterdAy At BAnteAy MeAnchey ProvinciAl Court over AllegAtions of privAte property destruction in A long-running lAnd dispute with the sister-in-lAw of Deputy Prime Minister Ke Kim YAn And ChhAy ChhAy Investment, According to A <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/question-time-villAge-rep-Arrested-in-b-meAnchey/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/question-time-village-rep-arrested-b-meanchey
Unlicensed dentist flees after robbing, killing patient
Police are searching for a 26-year-old unlicensed dentist in Tbong Khmum province who is believed to have used a rope to strangle a patient to death at his clinic in order to steal her jewelry and motorbike, along with about $3,000 in cash, an official <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unlicensed-dentist-flees-after-robbing-killing-patient/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Buth Kimsay
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/unlicensed-dentist-flees-after-robbing-killing-patient-88146/
Capitol tours bus protesters skirmish with tuk-tuk drivers
A group of CApitol Tours bus drivers&mdAsh;five of whom clAim they were fired for Attempting to form A union&mdAsh;sAy they were AttAcked MondAy by A group of more thAn 50 tuk-tuk drivers while protesting outside the trAnsport compAny’s heAdquArters in Phnom Penh’s PrAmpi MAkArA district. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cApitol-tours-bus-protesters-skirmish-with-tuk-tuk-drivers/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/capitol-tours-bus-protesters-skirmish-with-tuk-tuk-drivers-89641/
Anti-trafficking status static
For the third straight year in a row, Cambodia has found itself on the Tier 2 Watch List of the US State Department’s annual Trafficking in Persons Report, a ranking reflective of a seeming inability to fully implement the country’s own anti-trafficking plan. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/anti-trafficking-status-static/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Stuart White
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/anti-trafficking-status-static
Employers unfazed by work-permit crackdown
Sixteen undocumented Vietnamese migrants were arrested yesterday at a construction site in Preah Vihear, the latest in a spate of arrests of workers without papers. This summer has seen a spike in arrests, fines, and deportations of expat workers – with police saying that more <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/employers-unfazed-by-work-permit-crackdown/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14130/employers-unfazed-by-work-permit-crackdown/
Man injured in UXO explosion in Pursat province
In Pursat province, a man who was intoxicated suffered serious injuries after a cluster mine he threw into a stream exploded. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/man-injured-in-uxo-explosion-in-pursat-province/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Som Kanika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50743995/man-injured-in-uxo-explosion-in-pursat-province/
GDT set to launch property tax app
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) is set to launch a property tax app soon, according to a senior official. Director-General Kong Vibol announced this during a GDT Special Live Show that provided an update on the tax department’s activities. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gdt-set-to-launch-property-tax-app/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50795586/gdt-set-to-launch-property-tax-app/
Rare leopard photographed in Kingdom’s eastern highlands
A senior officiAl from the Ministry of Environment Announced CAmbodiA’s pride At hAving discovered the presence of A femAle leopArd through A rAre photo tAken by cAmerA trAps. The species is considered close to extinction. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/rAre-leopArd-photogrAphed-in-kingdoms-eAstern-highlAnds/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Neang Sokunthea
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rare-leopard-photographed-kingdoms-eastern-highlands
Cambodia calls for stronger regional ties
Prime Minister Hun Sen called for enhanced cooperation among countries in the region to achieve a sustainable economic recovery in a speech delivered on Sunday at a forum where experts also highlighted the benefits of green and digital transitions. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-calls-for-stronger-regional-ties/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501150455/cambodia-calls-for-stronger-regional-ties/
Ratanakiri community says revoked concession still operates
Indigenous Jarai and Tompoun communities in Ratanakiri are urging authorities to return nearly 1,000 hectares of land from a rubber plantation that they say continues to operate on a revoked part of a concession. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ratanakiri-community-says-revoked-concession-still-operates/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Phon Sotthyroth and Phin Rathana
https://vodenglish.news/ratanakiri-community-says-revoked-concession-still-operates/
Japan key partner in digital economy drive
Japan remains a key partner in Cambodia’s journey towards becoming a fully-digitalised economy, according to a prominent banker in the country. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/japan-key-partner-in-digital-economy-drive/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Sreekanth Ravindran
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501298087/japan-key-partner-in-digital-economy-drive/
Sam Rainsy Wants Ruling and Opposition Parties Declared Joint Winners
Cambodia’s opposition leader Sam Rainsy called Friday for election officials to declare his party and Prime Minister Hun Sen’s party joint victors in recent polls, saying the move would be a first step toward resolving a deadlock over the disputed election. With the opposition Cambodia National <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sam-rainsy-wants-ruling-and-opposition-parties-declared-joint-winners-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Radio Free Asia Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cnrp-09202013174129.html
Vattanac Capital preparing for eventful 2014
Phnom Penh’s growing importance as a business destination has brought with it many opportunities and infused the market with a growing sense of ambition. Few developments embody this new ambition better than Vattanac Capital Tower, which will throw open its doors this spring. “Cambodia’s seen nothing <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vattanac-capital-preparing-for-eventful-2014/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Nalin Viboonchart
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/vattanac-capital-preparing-eventful-2014
Delays continue to constrain launch of Cambodia Airlines
For Cambodians aspiring to a career in aviation, this weekend looks promising. almost seven months after its formal establishment, Cambodia airlines is hosting a career fair in Phnom Penh. The airline is moving forward by looking for staff – from captains, first officers and cabin crew <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/delays-continue-to-constrain-launch-of-cambodia-airlines/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Anne Renzenbrink
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/delays-continue-constrain-launch-cambodia-airlines
Private Ship Registry Did Not Monitor Compliance
The privately-operated International Ship Registry of Cambodia (ISROC), a South Korea-based company that owns the rights to register foreign vessels under the Cambodian flag, told ship owners last year that it was not monitoring their observance of international maritime laws, and that it was their <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/private-ship-registry-did-not-monitor-compliance/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/private-ship-registry-did-not-monitor-compliance-48532/
NGOs begin to stop the rot of Cambodian teeth
Every day for weeks on end, 6-year-old Srey Nuch was tormented by severe pain caused by several of her teeth rotting away. Her mother, Lay Vicheka, despaired when she heard her daughter’s cries, knowing the family was far too poor to pay a dentist to fix <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ngos-begin-to-stop-the-rot-of-cambodian-teeth/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Holly Robertson and Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/archives/ngos-starting-to-stop-the-rot-of-cambodian-teeth-59490/
Taking ODC's Data Collection Ethos to BarCamp Phnom Penh
Penhleak providing a “walk” through the ODC websiteOn Saturday, October 19, ODC Research & Volunteer Coordinator Chan Penhleak gave an interactive presentation session on “How to Locate, Fact-Check, and Share Cambodia’s Development Data” at the BarCamp Phnom Penh, which was held at the Institute of Technology of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/taking-odcs-data-collection-ethos-to-barcamp-phnom-penh/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
International relations
Cambodia has strong diplomatic links with many countries. Its warmest relationship with a superpower is with the People's Republic of China. The most important economic ties are with China, the United States of america, Thailand and Vietnam. Cambodia is a member of the UN, aSEaN, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/international-relations/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>