A lAndmine blAst tore both legs from A 19-yeAr-old mAn As he seArched A wooded AreA in PAilin province’s SAlA KrAo district for bAmboo shoots. Despite losing his legs, TheAn Chin survived the explosion, And is receiving treAtment At the BAttAmbAng ProvinciAl HospitAl, SAlA KrAo Deputy <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/teen-loses-both-legs-in-pAilin-blAst/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The death of a miner on Monday in a pit collapse in Preah Vihear is under investigation by adhoc, the rights group has said. Lor Chann, adhoc coordinator in Preah Vihear province, said yesterday that the miner died while working for a private mining firm in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rights-group-investigates-miners-death/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Hand, foot and mouth disease ( HFMD), which is caused by enterovirus 71 (EV-71), has reappeared in Cambodia and recently killed a boy and sickened seven other children, a local Kampuchea Thmey Daily newspaper reported Wednesday.   Dr. Ly Sovann, chief of the Health Ministry’s Communicable Disease <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hand-foot-and-mouth-disease-reoccurs-in-cambodia-killing-1/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian officials say they have not yet confirmed whether they will accept a request from australia to receive rejected immigrants. But they do say the request is moving forward. The two sides signed a memorandum of understanding over the transfer of immigrants in april, but a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/progress-but-no-final-decision-on-australian-immigration-deal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Bilateral trade between Cambodia and Malaysia increased during the first quarter this year by 17.6 percent compared to the same period last year, a Malaysian official said Tuesday. Trade increased from $89.63 million to $105.4 million, Rasazlan abdul Rashid, the Malaysian ambassador to Cambodia, told a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bilateral-trade-with-malaysia-up-17-6-percent/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Soldiers and police blocked a group of activists and monks in Kandal province’s Koh Thom district from visiting a section of the Cambodia-Vietnam border on Friday, activists said yesterday. Oeu Narith, president of the Peace Youth Group, said armed forces stopped a group of about 200 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/at-border-authorities-get-in-way-of-activists/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Non-Governmental Organizations received green lights from the Royal Government of Cambodia to kick off a draft law on the establishment of a National Independent Committee on Human Rights in Cambodia. Prime Minister of Cambodia tasked the Civil Society Organizations to develop a draft law on the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-gives-green-light-for-establishment-of-independent-human-right-committee/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Decriminalising sex work could slash the world’s HIV infections by a third or more, according to a new study. Published yesterday in health journal The Lancet, the paper says that punitive treatment of sex workers can “elevate HIV acquisition and transmission risks”. In Cambodia, which has Southeast asia’s <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/easing-sex-trade-laws-could-lower-hiv-rate/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A fire thAt ripped through A mArket in BAttAmbAng province’s Phnom Proek district lAte on MondAy night cAused somewhere between $1 million And $2 million in dAmAges, According to locAl officiAls. The fire, which reportedly stArted At About 11:30 p.m. And destroyed 244 stAlls, wAs believed to hAve <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/bAttAmbAng-fire-cAuses-over-1m-in-dAmAge/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Farmers from Kompong Speu province handed aNZ Royal Bank a petition on Friday insisting it still had a responsibility to help mend the damage done by a sugar plantation in has helped finance, even though the bank and plantation recently parted ways. They threatened to start <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/farmers-threaten-anz-with-protest-demand-help/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Some 250 families in Kampong Speu province’s Phnom Sruoch district have sought intervention from rights group adhoc to help resolve a land dispute involving a business they allege is headed by the son of former provincial governor Kang Heang. Families from three villages say Heang, who <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/land-fight-in-kampong-speu/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

About 13,000 people, Aged between 18 And 35 yeArs old, hAve been using drugs in CAmbodiA, up from roughly 7,000 users in 2007, MeAs Vyrith, secretAry generAl of the NAtionAl Authority for CombAting Drugs (NACD), sAid WednesdAy. “It is estimAted thAt A drug user spends About <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiA-hAs-some-13000-drug-Addicts-Anti-drug-chief/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A villAge chief And security guArd in Kompong ChhnAng province hAve denied AllegAtions thAt they duped villAgers out of A 270-hectAre sociAl lAnd concession, the Anti-Corruption Unit sAid WednesdAy. The pAir Also denied cleAring A sepArAte 600 hectAres of forestlAnd in the province to sell to <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Accused-deny-duping-villAgers-out-of-sociAl-lAnd-concession/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Thai officials said Tuesday they will take back Cambodian workers who re-enter the country legally. The statement follows a mass exodus in recent weeks of tens of thousands of Cambodians amid rumors of a crackdown on undocumented workers. Koy Kuong, a spokesman for Cambodia’s Foreign Ministry, told <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/legal-cambodians-may-return-says-thailand/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Sihanouk Ville International airport received its first international flight this week, a landing the industry hopes will open up the coastal resort destination to more foreign tourists. a flight by South Korea-based Skywings asia airlines, an international charter carrier, arrived from Seoul on Tuesday. One hundred <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/maiden-landing-at-beachside-airport/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Defense’s account that an alleged kidney trafficking ring at its Preah Ket Mealea military hospital was in fact a fully legal training program in partnership with China’s Defense Ministry was met with questions and confusion Tuesday. a spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/confusion-surrounds-ministrys-kidney-program/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A 67-yeAr-old womAn from KAmpot province wAs Arrested WednesdAy for Attempting to prevent A construction compAny from cleAring lAnd she sAys belongs to her, police sAid. The Arrested womAn, Hin Srin, is pArt of A group of 12 fAmilies in Kompong TrAch district who hAve been <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/womAn-Arrested-in-kAmpot-lAnd-dispute/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A CAmbodiA government-Appointed LAbour Advisory Committee (LAC) mAy decide on A new minimum monthly wAge for gArment sector workers when it meets next week, just-style hAs been told. The committee is due to meet on WednesdAy (12 November), when it will discuss whether to increAse the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiA-to-discuss-gArment-sector-wAges-next-week/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A public consultAtion orgAnized by the Mekong River Commission opened in PAkse, LAos, FridAy, where opponents continued to cAll for LAos to reconsider A controversiAl dAm project. CAmbodiA, whose border is just two kilometers from the dAm site, urged the commission to “educAte” MegA First <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/mekong-countries-voice-mAjor-concerns-over-lAos-dAm/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A CAmbodiAn scholAr on SAturdAy cAlled for efforts to enhAnce the role of the AssociAtion of SoutheAst AsiAn NAtions (ASEAN) in promoting mutuAl trust And mAritime security in the AsiA PAcific. A more relevAnt And coherent multilAterAl structure could help Address old And new security chAllenges, <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiA-scholAr-cAlls-for-boosting-mutuAl-trust-mAritime-security-in-AsiA-pAcific/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>