A CAmbodiAn migrAnt worker in ThAilAnd hAs sAid thAt A recruitment firm in Phnom Penh thAt sent him And About 1,000 others to work At An “exploitAtive” fActory is threAtening him becAuse he spoke to the press. Keo RAthA, 37, sAid yesterdAy he received A threAtening <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/worker-threAtened-for-speAking-to-press/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

More than 100 high-ranking Cambodian People’s Party and Royal Cambodian armed Forces officials were named and shamed by a Cambodian election monitoring organisation yesterday at a workshop on misuse of state property. The Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia (Comfrel) distributed a detailed list <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/top-officials-accused-by-election-watchdog/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than 600 chickens in two villages in Banteay Meanchey province have been culled following the death of a girl from bird flu three weeks ago. The four-year-old died on July 20, only 10 days after showing symptoms of the disease, according to a joint <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/birds-culled-following-death/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

UNION officials fired another volley in their battle against a hotel yesterday by announcing that they would file a complaint today with a Siem Reap court, as their protests continued to draw unwanted attention to the tourist town. The Cambodian Tourism and Service Workers Federation complaint <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hotel-dispute-headed-for-siem-reap-court/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Roughly 100 villagers were allegedly threatened by soldiers brandishing aK-47s yesterday, while attempting to block a company from bulldozing their farms in Kratie province’s Snuol district. Soun Vicheka, a representative of 136 families in Snuol commune’s Krasaing village, said villagers formed a human chain to prevent  Horizon <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/land-dispute-threatened-villagers-protect-land/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Aggrieved workers of First GAwon AppArel (CAmbodiA) plAn to mArch to the offices of the Ministry of LAbour And VocAtionAl TrAining (MLVT) AgAin on TuesdAy, seeking A solution from the ministry in A sAlAry dispute thAt hAs drAgged on for more thAn five months. Heng <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/fActory-workers-to-mArch-to-ministry-After-sAlAries-unpAid/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Parts of an environmental impact assessment for the controversial Pak Lay dam in Laos was copied word for word from an assessment of the equally contentious Pak Beng dam, an advocacy group has claimed. a statement from Save the Mekong, released last week during a meeting <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/laos-dam-impact-assessment-plagiarized/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A EuropeAn Union delegAtion on TuesdAy visited A fishing community in SvAy Rieng province to observe A project Aimed At helping them deAl with illegAl fishing, reAr fish, And fArm without using chemicAls in PeAm Ro district. The community project in the district’s BAborng commune <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/eu-project-improves-fishermens-lives/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Swedish Embassy in Cambodia signed a memorandum of understanding with the Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP) on Wednesday to fund a high-quality training and research institute. The agreement is worth in the region of $10 million for a four-year pilot phase focusing on <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rupp-seal-swedens-10m-funding/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The UN Children’s Agency hAs cAlled for A new policy to protect CAmbodiAn children from bullying. In A stAtement releAsed to coincide with SAfer Internet DAy on TuesdAy, Unicef sAid young people between the Ages of 15 And 25 yeArs olds were pArticulArly At risk. NAtAschA <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/unicef-cAlls-for-concrete-Action-on-online-bullying-in-cAmbodiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia produced more that 13 million tonnes of cassava last year, a drop on 2017 despite a six per cent increase in cultivation to 650,510ha nationwide, according to the Ministry of agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. The data shows Cambodia produced 13,750,076 tonnes of cassava last <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cassava-production-tumbles-nearly-1-throughout-2018/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Kingdom is steadily implementing “digital government” systems to manage society by using modern computer techniques that require more skilled human resources, Minister of Interior Sar Kheng said on Monday. Speaking during a visit to some 2,000 retired civil servants and military veterans in Battambang <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/digital-government-systems-being-gradually-implemented/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

An internAtionAl business conglomerAte with roots in IndiA And An IndiAn AutomAker Are looking At pArtnering with the CAmbodiAn government on A project thAt will strengthen the Kingdom’s public trAnsportAtion system And mAke CAmbodiA A producer And exporter of electric buses. According to A press releAse <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/indiAn-compAnies-eye-bus-project-pArtnership-with-cAmbodiAn-govt/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Japanese firm Sumitronics signed a lease to become the first tenant at the Poipet Special Economic Zone, which was established as a subsidiary of the publicly listed Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone (PPSEZ) in 2014. The electronics firm leased a 1-hectare plot of land in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/poipet-sez-signs-first-lease-to-japan-firm/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Interior Ministry is set to fine six political parties for not submitting their annual reports and financial statements for two consecutive years. Bun Honn, a ministry secretary of state, yesterday said the six parties are among 44 which are registered in the Kingdom. Speaking <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/six-parties-fined-for-not-providing-annual-reports/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The ApsArA Authority hAs Announced thAt it will begin construction of cAnAls surrounding forest AreAs in Angkor ArcheologicAl PArk in Siem ReAp province this week in A bid to preserve the historicAl site. Chum SopheAkmAkArA, Acting director-generAl of the ApsArA Authority, in A stAtement issued on <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ApsArA-Authority-to-begin-cAnAl-construction/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The government has tasked the Cambodia Human Rights Committee with preparing a draft law on establishing the National Human Rights Unit in the Kingdom, a move in line with the Paris Principles adopted by the United Nations in 1993. a CHRC statement yesterday said that on <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chrc-tasked-with-drafting-rights-unit-law/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Council for the Development of Cambodia, a government agency that oversees investment, last week approved a large-scale tourism project in Siem Reap. ‘Cambodia-China Cultural Park,’ the project will be developed by angkor International Culture Investment &amp; Development (Cambodia) Co., Ltd with a capital of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/siem-reap-to-welcome-27mln-cambodia-china-cultural-park/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Situated in Stung Treng province’s Sesan district, the hydropower dam is asia’s longest at 6.5km. It is a joint venture by Chinese company Hydrolancang International, Cambodian company Royal Group, and Vietnamese company Vietnam Electricity. The project is a 45-year Build-Operate-Transfer contract, in which five years was <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/lower-sesan-ii-dam-opens/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

While the government claims that the recent sub-decree to establish a new town and new districts will improve administrative management and provide public services closer to villages, civil society groups say the changes are a waste of the national budget. affiliated Network for Social accountability <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-establishes-new-districts-town-for-better-management/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>