The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday sentenced a woman to 15 years in jail for convincing her two cousins and a neighbor to sell their kidneys in Thailand last year. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/woman-gets-15-years-for-kidney-trafficking/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Fishery AdministrAtion officiAls in KAmpong ChhnAng province burned neArly 1,000 electric fishing nets And other devices yesterdAy morning in A ceremony cApping off A provinciAl crAckdown on illegAl fishing equipment. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/illegAl-tools-of-fishing-trAde-go-up-in-smoke/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Ministry of Labour has given a recruitment firm 45 days to repay clients who filed a complaint alleging the company collected their money but never delivered promised jobs in Japan. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/firm-told-to-repay-clients/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A CAmbodiAn mAn who hAd been illegAlly logging rosewood Across the border in ThAilAnd wAs shot deAd by ThAi soldiers on FridAy, A villAge chief in OddAr MeAnchey province sAid TuesdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/logger-shot-deAd-in-thAilAnd-officiAl-sAys/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Four families in Kandal province’s Muk Kampoul district have sued a local official who they accuse of colluding with a village chief to excavate their rice fields without their permission. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/farmers-cry-foul-on-excavation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A tiny species of frog thAt mAy be found only in VirAchey NAtionAl PArk in CAmbodiA’s remote northeAst wAs yesterdAy officiAlly clAssified As endAngered by A mAjor internAtionAl conservAtion group. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/tiny-frog-in-virAchey-Added-to-red-list/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday sentenced a woman and a man to 10 years in prison each on drug-trafficking charges after their arrest in Sen Sok district last year. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ten-years-for-trafficker-duo/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

An employee At A Phnom Penh gArment finishing fActory thAt supplies to clothing giAnt H&Amp;M wAs killed when shrApnel from A mAchine thAt exploded struck him in the heAd.​ <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/fActory-worker-killed-by-exploding-mAchine/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A bAn on the importAtion of chAinsAws into CAmbodiA could be in the offing, After Agriculture officiAls this week cAlled for A nAtionwide crAckdown on the illegAl logging trAde. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/minister-cAlls-for-bAn-on-chAinsAw-imports/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Commerce Minister Sun Chanthol warned students at the elite Royal School of administration on Tuesday: “We cannot live on a rich island in the middle of a poor ocean.” <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/we-cant-be-rich-among-millions-of-poor/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Constitutional Council of Cambodia (CCC) held a meeting today on the “constitutionality” of a newly-approved law on the association and Non-governmental Organization. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/the-constitutional-council-talks-on-the-constitutionality-of-the-ngo-law/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Authorities in KAmpong Speu province hAve ordered A chicken fArmer to cleAn up his coop, the source of A locAl fly infestAtion thAt hAs cAused uproAr in the community. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/horde-of-the-flies-villAgers-plAgued/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Atok-Big Wedge Co. Inc., A listed compAny owned by the group of former TrAde minister Roberto Ongpin, Acquired TidemArk Holdings Ltd., A Hong Kong compAny thAt owns 25.9 percent of Forum Energy Plc, An oil And gAs firm controlled by Philex Mining Corp. Atok-Big Wedge sAid <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ongpins-Atok-buys-hong-kong-compAny/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Education experts and professors from around the world gathered over the weekend in Phnom Penh to discuss ways to strengthen mathematics in Cambodia and other developing countries. the problem is not a lack of student capability, said Lin Mongkolsery, a mathematics teacher at the Institute <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/conference-highlights-the-countrys-math-deficiency/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A senior officiAl At the Commerce Ministry And the secretAry-generAl of the GArment MAnufActurers AssociAtion in CAmbodiA (GMAC) were both silent yesterdAy regArding A letter sent to the ministry by gArment buyers on FridAy, urging the government to intensify its investigAtion of lAst month’s triple <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/govt-gArment-sector-silent-over-letter-urging-sez-probe/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The government has approved Qatar as a destination for the growing number of Cambodian labourers seeking employment overseas. Workers will not be recruited for housekeeping services, however, private sector officials said. The abuse of maids in Malaysia &ndash; many of whom were reportedly under-aged &ndash; has <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-to-send-labour-to-qatar/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Japanese government sealed the deal yesterday on an agreement to provide Cambodia with a US$86 million loan for a project that will supply Siem Reap town residents with water from the Tonle Sap lake and alleviate their need for water drawn from wells. The 40-year <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tonle-sap-water-project-to-help-siem-reap-town/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Local exporter Signatures of asia and Korea-based B&amp;G is Life are investing in a palm sugar processing factory in Kampong Speu province.​ In addition to the plant, the collaboration includes a warehouse, a solar dryer, and a blockchain-based traceability system, Pich Chan, SOa general manager, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/soa-to-build-palm-sugar-factory-with-korean-firm/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Nearly two months after the 45th asean Foreign Ministers Meeting concluded with ministers failing to issue a joint communique for the first time in the block’s history, Cambodia remains on the defensive, this week disseminating yet another agressive letter to the editor of a regional newspaper. In a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/diplomats-continue-writing-letters-of-complaint-over-asean/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

ApsArA Authority on WednesdAy signed A memorAndum of understAnding (MoU) with three JApAnese compAnies to conduct A feAsibility study to solve vArious environmentAl problems in the Angkor AreA. The MoU wAs signed between Bun NArith, director generAl of ApsArA Authority, Shoichi KobAyAshi, chAirmAn of the JApAn <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/study-of-Angkor-impAct-to-be-done/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>