The Ministry of Information asked Mam Sonando, owner of the independent Beehive Radio station, to meet Friday after repeatedly rejecting a request he has made since 2005 for the expansion of his station’s reach into provincial areas. Mr. Sonando’s assistant, Huon Pannary, said that Buth Bou <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-of-information-to-meet-sonando-as-protests-loom/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Rights group Adhoc on WednesdAy helped 105 communities locked in long-running lAnd disputes Across the country refile their complAints with locAl courts And other stAte Agencies in A concerted effort to push the government to finAlly resolve their cAses. Covering A broAd cross-section of the country’s <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/11000-fAmilies-refile-old-lAnd-dispute-complAints-nAtionwide/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Minister of Environment Say Sam El urged economic land concessionaire Union Development Group (UDG) &ndash; the mega-resort developer at the centre of a long-running Koh Kong province land dispute &ndash; to provide sufficient infrastructure in the relocation areas provided for residents it displaced, a ministry <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/relocated-need-more/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Eighteen fired bus drivers protesting for reinstatement at Phnom Penh Sorya Transportation were met yesterday by company staff who staged a counter-protest demanding that the fired drivers stop interrupting their work. The drivers, who claim they were fired earlier this month for trying to form <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/protesting-bus-drivers-met-by-counter-protest/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) leader Sam Rainsy said Thursday that the party will defy a government ban on rallies during a two-week commune council election campaign, which kicks off on Friday. “The ban is a violation of the law on election, which states that <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-opposition-to-defy-govt-ban-on-rallies-during-commune-election-campaign/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Two Cambodian deminers were killed on Saturday after an anti-tank mine exploded during a mine clearance operation in a former battlefield in Cambodia’s northwestern Battambang province, a local police officer said Sunday. The accident took place in Battambang province’s remote Samlot district when the two victims <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/two-deminers-killed-in-mine-explosion-in-northwestern-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Danet* is fourteen, and lives in a house built on wooden stilts, with no walls, and only tarpaulin for shelter. The ‘virginity trade’ is rampant in Cambodia, particularly in the capital, and is “a big problem”, says Tim Huon from action Pour Les Enfants (aPLE), <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/easy-currency-poverty-and-abuse-in-cambodias-virginity-trade/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TaITRa) yesterday insisted it has received the green light from the Cambodian government to open a Taiwan trade center in Phnom Penh. TaITRa, a non-profit trade promotion organization affiliated with the Ministry of Economic affairs, made the remarks in response <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/taitra-reiterates-phnom-penh-trade-center-approved/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and opposition leader Sam Rainsy on Thursday together paid a courtesy call on King Norodom Sihamoni and informed him about the end of a year-long post-election dispute, officials said. “The two leaders met the king at the Royal Palace in order <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-pm-opposition-chief-tell-king-about-end-of-political-dispute/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Human rights groups on Sunday criticized as inadequate a government proposal, announced on Friday, to require single women to deposit $10,000 into a Chinese bank before they are allowed to visit China as tourists, a move meant to curb the trafficking of Cambodian woman to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/deposit-for-brides-in-china-called-into-question/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Starting later this month, 10,000 small and medium-sized businesses will be queried as part of a Japanese government-backed economic census intended to take a snapshot of activity across the private sector. Beginning on February 23 and running through to March 31, Cambodia’s National Institute of Statistics <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/survey-seeks-info-on-cambodian-business-health/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The 8th EU-Cambodia Joint Committee was held in Brussels on Thursday, preceded by the subgroups on development cooperation, on trade and on institution building, administrative reform, legal and judicial reform, governance and human rights, the European bloc said in a press release. The two sides <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/eighth-eu-cambodia-joint-committee-concludes-in-brussels/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Police raided a discount store in Phnom Penh and seized more than 1,000 bottles of beauty products on Monday after receiving a tip that the shop was selling counterfeit goods, an official said. Police confiscated 872 bottles of shower gel and 280 bottles of whitening cream <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/police-raid-store-seize-fake-beauty-products/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Phnom Penh municipal government issued a warning to those operating unlicensed sand quarries after a military helicopter plunged into one killing four people on Monday, but some questioned City Hall’s motives and commitment. The statement, dated Tuesday and signed by Governor Pa Socheatvong, came a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/questions-raised-over-quarry-crackdown/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Construction is to begin this month on a $40 million water treatment plant to help Phnom Penh meet a growing demand for clean water, following an official contract signing ceremony Friday. The plant, called Niroth 2, is the second stage in a massive water treatment facility <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/phnom-penh-to-get-new-water-treatment-plant/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A dAy After three of their community members were Arrested following A violent encounter with police, About 50 villAgers from Kompong ChhnAng province forged AheAd with A peAceful mArch towArd Phnom Penh on WednesdAy, but were temporArily blocked by police officiAls in Russei Keo district. The <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/despite-police-blockAde-kdc-villAgers-reAch-phnom-penh/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A ruling pArty politiciAn hAs pledged to not only resolve A rAft of lAnd disputes, but push A policy of “on-site development” &ndAsh; redevelopment thAt does not remove people from their communities &ndAsh; over mAss relocAtions. SpeAking to A crowd of About 1,000 outside the NAtionAl <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/mp-vows-AgAin-to-settle-lAnd-disputes/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Cambodian government has given the final nod to the main opposition party to operate a radio station and broadcast throughout the country as part of a deal reached in July, opposition leader Sam Rainsy said Wednesday. Sam Rainsy said that the party will begin <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-opposition-gets-final-approval-to-broadcast-throughout-nation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Ignoring objections and even vague threats made by the Foreign affairs Ministry, Cambodian activists in South Korea plan to stage a protest on Sunday ahead of a five-day summit Prime Minister Hun Sen is scheduled to attend on December 10. around 1,500 opposition supporters intend to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/protest-still-on-youth-leader/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Newly released maps using U.S. satellite data show that Cambodia continued to suffer major deforestation in 2013, much of it in nominally protected forests and wildlife sanctuaries. In November 2013, the University of Maryland released what it said was the first study to combine a consistent <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-maps-show-heavy-deforestation-in-2013/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>