Failed Cambodian telco Mfone owes at least $65 million to multiple creditors that sources say include the government. a court injunction to freeze Mfone‘s assets, obtained by the Post yesterday, shows Mfone owes Chinese telco provider Huawei Technologies more than $65 million. Phnom Penh Municipal Court judge <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mfone-65-million-in-debt/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Hard Rock Cafe, the iconic U.S. restaurant franchise known for its collections of rock ‘n’ roll memorabilia, will open restaurants in Siem Reap and Phnom Penh, in a deal with a local firm owned by the niece of Prime Minister Hun Sen, company representatives said <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sens-niece-brings-hard-rock-restaurant-to-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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Cambodia’s garment industry is experiencing a worrying rise in fire safety violations as factories struggle to cope with a sharp increase in the number of orders they are receiving, the International Labor Organization’s (ILO) Better Factories Cambodia program (BFC) said in a report on Thursday. The <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ilo-says-fire-safety-measures-lacking-in-garment-sector/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia imported 412,190 tons of Crude Oil in Q-1 of Y 2013, a 12% fall compared with the 471,000 tons it imported at the same period last year, the Commerce ministry’s report showed Saturday. During the January-March period this year, the country spent US$ 397-M to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-crude-oil-imports-fall-12-pct-in-q-1/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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Some 24 Ford Explorer sport utility vehicles in Cambodia are being recalled to fix a potential fuel leak that could cause a fire, company representatives said. The move comes amid a much larger recall of 465,000 units manufactured by the Dearborn, Michigan-based automaker, raising doubts over <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mass-ford-recall-makes-local-dent/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Siem Reap Provincial Court charged three men Wednesday with illegally logging luxury rosewood inside the angkor archaeological Park, a Unesco world heritage site, officials said. Provincial prosecutor Heng Pheng said the suspects had been identified as Sun Phearak, 20, Phay Sophea, 18, and Phin Ron, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/three-charged-for-logging-rosewood-in%e2%80%88angkor/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen has called on the Ministry of Information to accelerate the drafting of a long-awaited freedom of information law that could see more transparency in the Kingdom’s government. according to a press release issued by the Council of Ministers after a cabinet meeting <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/speed-up-foi-law-pm-says/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Three alleged members of a money-laundering operation worth more than $11 million who were arrested earlier this year in Phnom Penh have had their cases sent to court and are now awaiting trial, Om Yentieng, head of the anti-Corruption Unit, said yesterday. The three suspects &ndash; <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ponzi-scheme-suspects-cases-sent-to-court-acu/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The National Police commissioner has ordered police chiefs to stop taking money from law enforcement officials’ salaries for apparent good causes. a statement signed by General Neth Savoeun, dated august 22 but obtained Thursday, said police chiefs at all levels must cease the practice, which takes <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/police-chiefs-told-to-stop-taking-wages/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Far stricter monitoring of the recruitment and employment of Cambodians and other migrant labourers is needed to ensure the future of the Thai fishing industry, a new study by the International Labour Organization warns. Two and a half per cent of the 241 Cambodians interviewed <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/thai-fishing-industry-under-spotlight/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Senior officials at the Military Court and Ministry of Defense said Tuesday that they have not received a request from Council of Ministers Secretary of State Phay Siphan to investigate an article published in an opposition newspaper. Mr. Siphan on Monday said he had submitted a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/military-denies-receiving-request-to-examine-news-report/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Seven Vietnamese nationals arrested during simultaneous raids on a pair of massage parlors in central Phnom Penh on Thursday night have been sent to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court for their role in the alleged trafficking of minors, police and a child-protection NGO said Sunday. “We <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/massage-parlor-raid-suspects-sent-to-court/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Social accountability East asia and Pacific, a regional non-profit organization devoted to improving governance and social accountability, congratulated the anti-Corruption Unit (aCU) of Cambodia for requiring government institutions to set a standard public service fee for items such as; certificates and ID cards. The aCU <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/social-accountability-east-asia-and-pacific-congratulates-acu/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Siam Kubota Corporation (SKC), a leading farm truck maker, has partnered with Group Lease to enter the agriculture machine market in Cambodia. Mitsuji Konoshita, chief executive of Group Lease, said the partnership with SKC is a bid to extend leasing service to Kubota’s clients in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kubota-enters-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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On the second day of Phnom Penh’s monthlong public bus experiment, there was a visible uptick in passengers Thursday traveling the single route along Monivong Boulevard. about a dozen passengers interviewed, who included civil servants, NGO staff and a large number of uniformed students, were <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/phnom-penh-warms-to-new-buses-on-second-day-of-service/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The number of workers fainting in garment and footwear factories halved in 2013, a National Social Security Fund (NSSF) report released last week claims &ndash; a decline the Ministry of Labour puts down to increased education. The NSSF, which is part of the ministry, recorded 823 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/faintings-halved-in-2013-govt/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Try Chamroeun, a 19-year-old student, was planting soybeans on Sunday along with fellow villagers on a two-hectare (half-acre) plot in Preah Vihear province, when soldier Poeun Tash demanded that he stop, claiming the land belonged to his military boss, according to London-based environmental advocacy group <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rights-group-slams-cambodian-government-over-land-dispute-death/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>