Technology giant Microsoft is expected to sign a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Education as well as the Ministry of Culture and Fine arts to help build a free online Khmer-language database for users to translate documents between Khmer and other languages, a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministries-to-embark-on-project-with-microsoft/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Labor hopes that a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) will see Cambodia resume sending domestic workers to Malaysia by February, but negotiations on the document have stalled after Malaysia recently rejected 90 percent of proposed provisions to protect workers’ rights. Most strikingly, Malaysia <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/malaysia-fails-to-guarantee-cambodian-maids-human-rights/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Dissident monks and political activists hosted a ceremony Thursday for the protesting garment workers killed by military police during their repression of stone-throwing demonstrators on Veng Sreng Street two weeks ago. The hourlong ceremony, held at the home of housing rights activist Tep Vanny in the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ceremony-held-for-workers-killed-at-veng-sreng/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s floating villages have adapted to the ebb and flow of Southeast asia’s largest lake for generations, but modernisation and a scarcity of fish are now threatening their traditional way of life. Houses, schools, hairdressers and even dentists &mdash; entire communities bob around on the Tonle <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-floating-villages-face-uncertain-future/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The 19 families in Pailin province who were told by police and military police on Saturday to vacate their land filed a complaint with adhoc on Monday, the provincial coordinator for the NGO said. authorities told the families to move on Saturday from the 95-hectares they <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/families-file-complaint-over-pailin-governor/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government has issued a total of 3.4 million land titles across the country, 500,000 of them since a renewed push personally orchestrated by Prime Minister Hun Sen, according to new figures released by the Land Management Ministry. In a notice posted to its website Friday, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-says-3-4-million-land-titles-issued/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Taking the stand for the first time since his arrest at a garment worker protest that turned violent in early January, union leader Vorn Pao told the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday that he went to the protest only to make peace and was <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/union-leader-details-beating-by-soldiers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A request hAs been sent to the government’s HumAn Rights Committee And the interior And foreign AffAirs ministries seeking clArificAtion on the stAtus And whereAbouts of A drAft lAw thAt will govern AssociAtions And non-governmentAl orgAnizAtions, Asking to see the lAtest version of the lAw <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/clArificAtion-sought-on-governments-frAught-ngo-lAw/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A 44-yeAr-old womAn wAs run over And killed by A hArvesting mAchine on SundAy while working on A sugArcAne plAntAtion in Kompong Speu province owned by CPP SenAtor Ly Yong PhAt, mArking At leAst the second deAth on the plAntAtion since December. Y Mom, originAlly from <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/second-deAth-confirmed-on-kompong-speu-sugAr-plAntAtion/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Thirty families uprooted by Cambodia’s railway rehabilitation project have filed a complaint with australia’s highest human rights body, alleging rights abuses as a result of the partially ausaid-funded rail project. The complaint to the australian Human Rights Commission was made on behalf of the families by NGOs Equitable Cambodia and Inclusive <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/relocated-families-appeal-to-oz/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) in cooperation with a number of organisations launched a new e-waste management project yesterday in Cambodia in a bid to recycle the country’s burgeoning electronic waste and to provide job opportunities, as Hurleypalmerflatt opened an office in Cambodia to provide jobs for <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/e-revolution-equals-jobs/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A dollAr invested in Aiding HIV pAtients wAs worth Almost twice thAt to the people it wAs tArgeting with help, According to A new study by the NGO KHANA. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/hiv-dollArs-stretching-fAr-study/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Across the continent, A construction boom is driving record demAnd for A core constituent of cement &ndAsh; limestone &ndAsh; resulting in the utter destruction of unique And frAgile ecosystems. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AsiAn-demAnd-for-cement-destroys-stunning-cliffs-in-cAmbodiA-pulverised-for-their-limestone/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A coAlition of government ministries, the United NAtions And internAtionAl non-governmentAl orgAnizAtions lAunched A new cAmpAign yesterdAy to combAt violence AgAinst women.​ <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/move-to-end-domestic-violence/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Police in Tbong Khmum province on Friday shot one man dead and injured another&mdash;both suspects in a string of robberies&mdash;during a thwarted gun sale, an officer said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/one-dead-1-injured-after-thwarted-gun-sale/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A 12 per cent pAy rise for civil servAnts thAt will tAke effect this coming JAnuAry will be A step towArds helping reduce corruption And “unofficiAl fees,” AnAlysts sAid. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/pAy-rAises-could-reduce-corruption/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A SihAnoukville provinciAl coAstAl working group hAs ordered tycoon Kith Meng’s RoyAl Group to stop building A port on Koh Rong, sAying the development wAs illegAl. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/govt-hAlts-building-of-koh-rong-islAnd-port/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Recently appointed agriculture Minister Veng Sakhon held a first-ever meeting with economic land concession (ELC) grantees yesterday and was promptly met with a barrage of complaints.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/%e1%9e%81%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%98%e1%9f%82%e1%9e%9a-elc-holders-put-onus-for-disputes-on-govt/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Social networks are a double-edged sword when it comes to the dissemination of news and information according to experts at a social network ethics and morality workshop yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-tackles-social-media/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A CAmbodiA NAtionAl Rescue PArty council member from BAnteAy MeAnchey’s ThmA Puok district hAs been Arrested on suspicion of AttAcking A food vendor, officiAls sAid yesterdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cnrp-officiAl-Arrested-in-fight/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>