The governor of Kompong Speu on Tuesday ordered 10 armed soldiers to help a team of environmental officials confront a group of “anarchic” farmers clearing state forestland in the province. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/troops-mobilized-to-disperse-farmers-clearing-state-forest/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

About 200 villAgers gAthered in RAtAnAkkiri’s provinciAl cApitAl of BAnlung town yesterdAy, cAlling for A resolution to A longstAnding lAnd dispute in the province’s gem-rich BAkeo district. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/gem-miners-protest-in-rAtAnAkkiri/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A recent surge in the development of nAtionAl stAndArds for mAnufActured goods And food products is creAting more opportunities for locAl products in regionAl mArkets, A government officiAl sAid yesterdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/surge-in-new-product-stAndArds-As-tAriffs-fAll/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A civil society group yesterdAy rebuked A recent report by the AseAn PArliAmentAriAns for HumAn Rights (APHR), clAiming the scAthing report on the country’s legislAtive prActices violAted AseAn principles. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ngo-criticizes-rights-report/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Rice millers have taken up less than a quarter of a $27 million emergency loan fund to stabilise prices of the grain, blaming late disbursement for the poor take up. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/millers-shun-rice-crisis-loan-fund/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s garment manufacturing industry has eclipsed rival Vietnam as a supplier of products to the European Union and is on course to overtake India, a visiting industry insider said yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/garment-exports-surge-up-eu-list/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A rAid on MondAy of A womAn’s house in Prey Veng province turned up hundreds of AnimAls, deAd And Alive, set to be sold in the illegAl wildlife trAde. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Authorities-seize-hundreds-of-AnimAls/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Canadian mining firm angkor Gold Corp has discovered a new copper system during exploratory drilling of its Oyadao South licence in Ratanakkiri province, the company said in a press release. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/copper-found-at-angkor-gold-mining-site-in-ratanakkiri/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Thirty pieces of unexploded ordnance were found and collected by the Cambodian Mine action Centre yesterday in Pursat province after they were discovered by a villager at a construction site. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cmac-clears-30-pieces-of-ordnance/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government has signed off on a proposal to build a new airport to serve Phnom Penh and has earmarked land in Kandal province for the $1.5 billion project. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-approves-plan-to-relocate-phnom-penhs-airport/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodian Mine action Center (CMaC) found two unexploded bombs containing dangerous chemical substances at a primary school and a pagoda in Svay Rieng province’s Romeas Hek district yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/us-chemical-bombs-found-in-svay-rieng/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The chief of a Buddhist pagoda, a village chief and six laymen will appear in Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday after accusations they sold public land worth $50,000. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/monks-sell-off-public-land/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen again met with garment sector workers yesterday, adding a boost to maternity leave salaries to a range of promises he had made to them on Tuesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-announces-boost-to-maternity-leave-salaries/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Local real-estate firm Grand Lion Group reached a deal with US-based Marriott group to manage and operate a new five-star hotel in the coastal city of Sihanoukville. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sihanoukville-to-welcome-new-marriott-hotel/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The EU’s high representative for foreign affairs, Frederica Mogherini, yesterday released a letter outlining Europe’s continued concern with what it perceives as a deteriorating political situation in Cambodia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/eu-talks-election-climate/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Labor Minister yesterday lauded the government’s crackdown of a garment worker protest back in late 2013 and early 2014, which he claimed was necessary to avoid a war. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/minister-praises-2013-protest-crackdown/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government is preparing legislation aimed at ensuring tighter control over the nation’s pawnshops to ensure professionalism in a sector that has grown rapidly and lacks a supervisory framework. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-vows-to-tighten-control-over-kingdoms-pawnbrokers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A militAry lieutenAnt is suing 13 fAmilies in OddAr MeAnchey for Allegedly fArming his lAnd, which lies within A protected community forest in Anlong Veng district, locAl Authorities confirmed yesterdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/soldier-suing-oddAr-meAnchey-villAgers-over-lAnd-dispute/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A mAssive fire killed two people, one of them A child, And destroyed At leAst 220 mArket stAlls in Mondulkiri’s provinciAl cApitAl of Sen Monorom town eArly on SAturdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/huge-fire-kills-Adult-And-child-in-mondulkiri/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

In a bid to increase fair competition in the abattoir business, the Ministry of agriculture issued a new directive last week that eradicates exclusive rights to operate abattoirs in Cambodia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-acts-to-end-monopolies-in-abattoir-business-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>