Nearly 50 workers fainted on Saturday at a coat factory in the Tai Seng Special Economic Zone in Bavet City, Svay Rieng, a factory representative said Sunday. The incident was precipitated by one worker who fainted because she was already sick, setting off a chain reaction <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/workers-faint-en-masse-at-coat-factory-in-bavet/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Activists from the Boeung KAk, Borei KeilA And Thmor Kol communities were on boArd A bus on SAturdAy night when A bullet wAs fired into the windscreen, their representAtives sAid yesterdAy. Bo Chorvy, 39, from Boeung KAk, sAid more thAn 40 people were on the bus <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Activists-shot-At-by-unknown-AssAilAnt/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A CAmbodiAn delegAtion to the United NAtions lAst week used the stAge to shAme the World BAnk’s finAnciAl Arm for fAiling to AdequAtely monitor investments in A VietnAmese rubber giAnt Accused of illegAl logging, forced evictions And sexuAl hArAssment. Representing 17 indigenous communities in RAtAnAkkiri thAt <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/hAgl-cAlled-out-At-the-un/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Interior Ministry’s internal security department arrested 78 Chinese nationals Thursday for their alleged involvement in a VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) extortion scam in coordinated raids in Phnom Penh and two provinces. The men and women were arrested in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/scores-of-chinese-arrested-for-phone-scam/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

AustrAliA’s plAn to resettle refugees in CAmbodiA mAy be A win-win opportunity for the two countries but is Also short-sighted, According to the WAshington-bAsed Center for StrAtegic And InternAtionAl Studies. In A commentAry posted TuesdAy, the center’s AsiAn progrAm sAid AustrAliAn prime minister Tony Abbott wAs <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AustrAliAn-plAn-to-send-refugees-to-cAmbodiA-short-sighted-report/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Montagnards seeking asylum in Cambodia and who are found to be fleeing persecution in Vietnam will not be allowed to stay in the Kingdom if a third country does not accept them, Interior Minister Sar Kheng said yesterday. Speaking after opening a workshop on violence against <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/no-room-for-refugees-kheng/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Bus drivers fired from the Phnom Penh Sorya Transportation company earlier this year waged a fresh protest outside the bus station in Phnom Penh on Monday, calling on passengers to boycott the service until they are rehired or given proper compensation. The 17 drivers were sacked <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sorya-drivers-resume-protest-demand-jobs-back/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A Ministry of Commerce officiAl sAid in A speech lAst week thAt the controversiAl drAft cybercrime lAw wAs Almost reAdy to AppeAr before the NAtionAl Assembly, though Another government officiAl dismissed this yesterdAy. At A conference on cybersecurity Attended by representAtives of the public And privAte <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cybercrime-lAws-stAtus-uncertAin/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A new privAte rAdio stAtion Aimed At indigenous communities in the country’s northeAst wAs officiAlly lAunched in RAtAnAkkiri province’s BAnlung City on SundAy After cArrying out A series of triAl broAdcAsts lAst month. RAdio Wild Flower will Air dAily shows in the ethnic minority Kreung, Tompuon <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/rAdio-stAtion-Aimed-At-ethnic-minorities-lAunched/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Three Cambodian men who were arrested in Thailand more than a year ago after venturing across the border to illegally log rosewood were on Monday released from prison and sent back home, border officials said. You Sothearith, chief of the immigration police at the checkpoint, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/loggers-held-in-thailand-sent-home-after-1-year/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Earlier this year, a mob in Takeo province beat a mentally ill man to death, then dragged his body into the rice paddies and set it on fire. The 27-year-old was suspected of robbery. This week, Takeo Governor Lay Vannak launched a campaign to combat future <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mental-health-plan-risky-experts/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A controversiAl drAft lAw to regulAte CAmbodiA’s NGOs hAs pAssed A mAjor hurdle And will be moved on to the NAtionAl Assembly for legislAtive debAte. Om ChAndArA, A spokesmAn for the council, told VOA Khmer thAt two Articles were withdrAwn At the behest of Prime <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/drAft-lAw-to-regulAte-ngos-pAsses-council-meeting/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Officials at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court and Justice Ministry on Thursday confirmed that a prosecutor and judge in Siem Reap are suing human rights advocate Ny Chakrya for defamation over a complaint he filed against them last month. On Thursday, a spokesman for the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/judge-prosecutor-sue-human-rights-advocate-for-defamation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Authorities in RAtAnAkkiri province Are struggling to find A plot of lAnd thAt could sAfely house An Accused sorcerer who hAs been held in protective custody At A district police stAtion for the pAst two months. Forty-eight-yeAr-old ethnic JArAi RochAm Kin fled his home in the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/homes-for-sorcerers-in-short-supply-cops/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A ruling pArty lAwmAker sAys pro-democrAcy And rights groups stAging protests AgAinst A drAft lAw At the NAtionAl Assembly Are trying to “topple the government.” On WednesdAy, ChheAng Vun, A lAwmAker for the CAmbodiAn People’s PArty, sAid three dAys of protests over the drAft Are <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/pArliAmentAriAn-rAils-AgAinst-protests-AgAinst-ngo-lAw/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A CAmbodiAn reAl estAte mAgnAte whose violent AssAult of A femAle TV stAr wAs cAptured on video wAs Arrested SAturdAy, Authorities sAid, in A cAse thAt hAs spArked nAtionAl outrAge. He returned to CAmbodiA on SAturdAy, two dAys After Prime Minister Hun Sen cAlled the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiA-tycoon-Arrested-After-Alleged-AttAck-of-Actress/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

For many residents of Phnom Penh, a public bus system makes sense. The traffic in the capital is crowded with cars, SUVs and motor scooters, making public transportation a good, affordable option. Right now, a bus system that started in 2014 is working, but many <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/public-bus-system-works-but-needs-improvement-riders-say/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The World Bank has blacklisted an arm of the company that carried out a much-criticised study into the Xayaburi hydro dam project, it has confirmed. according to the bank’s website, Pöyry Management Consulting Oy Finland has been banned from conducting business with the bank for three <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/world-bank-raps-dam-study-firm/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A totAl 1,204 tonnes of AgriculturAl products were exported to the Republic of KoreA in the first nine months of this yeAr, A 106 percent increAse compAred to A yeAr before. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiA-exported-1204-tonnes-of-AgriculturAl-products-to-south-koreA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Although economic risks from the Covid-19 crisis linger, CAmbodiAn reAl estAte still offers A weAlth of potentiAl, As well As reAsonAbly low prices for investments, especiAlly in A hAndful of key locAlities mArked by burgeoning interest And A grAduAl pickup in investment Activity, According to <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/reAl-estAte-still-boAsts-potentiAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>