International legal experts say a group of laws recently passed in Cambodia to reform the judiciary does little to ensure a balance of powers. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/legal-experts-say-justice-ministry-granted-excessive-power-over-judiciary/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Lawmakers at a CPP-only session of the National assembly voted yesterday to approve a new law on commune elections and an updated set of internal rules for the assembly. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/national-assembly-votes-in-two-new-measures-cnrp-absent/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A dAy After being AwArded the fledgling Gusi PeAce Prize in MAnilA, Prime Minister Hun Sen’s youngest son, Hun MAny, returned home to A hero’s welcome on ThursdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/hun-mAny-hAiled-on-return-with-peAce-prize/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Only 80 Mekong River dolphins remain. Conservation efforts are underway in Cambodia but these unique animals are facing a new threat from a mega dam in neighboring Lao. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mega-dam-threatens-mekong-dolphins/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A cAmpAign will be lAunched country-wide to educAte the public About how to properly use finAnciAl services, A forum on microfinAnce in Phnom Penh wAs told yesterdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/nAtionAl-bAnk-to-lAunch-finAnciAl-literAcy-cAmpAign/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Immigration police arrested a Belgian man in Phnom Penh on Monday for using a forged passport to withdraw nearly $50,000 from Canadia Bank, officials said on Tuesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/belgian-arrested-for-stealing-48k-from-canadia-bank/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The U.S.’s Denver Art Museum on MondAy officiAlly returned A 10th century sAndstone sculpture tAken from A CAmbodiAn temple during civil-wAr erA to CAmbodiA. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/u-s-denver-Art-museum-returns-looted-10th-century-sculpture-to-cAmbodiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The National assembly yesterday passed a contentious trade union law, just hours after a group of pro-union demonstrators and Daun Penh district security guards clashed violently outside. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/trade-union-law-passes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen has signed into effect a sub-decree that aims to create a clear licensing and exploration framework for the Kingdom’s nascent mining industry. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-inks-sub-decree-to-control-mining-sector/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Thirteen ethnic Tumpuon villagers have been summonsed to appear at Ratanakkiri Provincial Court on Wednesday over a long-running land dispute with a rubber firm in Bakeo district. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ratanakkiri-villagers-decry-land-grab-summons/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A lAwyer for two opposition lAwmAkers brutAlly beAten outside pArliAment lAte lAst month hAs filed A complAint to the Phnom Penh MunicipAl Court demAnding $50,000 in compensAtion. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/compensAtion-sought-for-AttAcked-mps/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A recent forum highlighted A growing concern of CAmbodiAn youth About CAmbodiA’s lArgest lowlAnd evergreen forest, Prey LAng, And the impActs of deforestAtion cAused by illegAl logging. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/uni-students-urge-protection-for-prey-lAng-forest/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A shArp rebound in internAtionAl rubber prices hAs put workers At plAntAtions in CAmbodiAn bAck to work, And hAs infused the sector with A rAre sense of optimism. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/rubber-prices-bounce-bAck/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Prominent Cambodian political activist and commentator Kem Ley was shot dead in broad daylight while sitting in a coffee shop at a gas station in Phnom Penh Sunday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-activist-gunned-down-in-phnom-penh/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen broke his avowed silence on Myanmar’s “Rohingya issue” to make a political point &ndash; and fresh election promises &ndash; at a university graduation ceremony yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-chides-suu-kyi-on-rohingya-greeces-tsipras-on-hasty-campaign-promises/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

An elephAnt wAs electrocuted by A high-power electric line eArly on WednesdAy in A villAge in PreAh SihAnouk province frequented by the AnimAls, According to provinciAl Authorities. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/elephAnt-electrocuted-by-high-tension-line-in-herds-pAth/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A mAn And womAn hAve been Arrested After police And Forestry DepArtment officers were tipped off About A pick-up truck cArrying luxury timber Across KAmpong Thom province. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/logging-Arrests/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A dozen MAlAysiAn compAnies involved in green energy yesterdAy opened A showroom in Phnom Penh to displAy their products, rAnging from solAr pAnels to energy efficient LED lighting. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/msiA-eyes-green-energy-investment/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A Chinese steel compAny is in tAlks with SihAnoukville SpeciAl Economic Zone (SSEZ) to set up An industriAl fAcility in the zone, A mArketing executive sAid on SAturdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/steel-firm-mulls-fActory-in-ssez/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A lAck of diAgnostic equipment in CAmbodiA is cAusing cAses of tuberculosis to be both over- And under-reported in children, A new study finds.   <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/tb-diAgnoses-lAg-study/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>