Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has stirred disquiet after praising a military unit which has been heavily implicated in human rights abuses and political killings. The former Khmer Rouge commander &ndash; who has been premier for more than 25 years &ndash; gave a speech Monday thanking the troops of the notorius Brigade 70 for their <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-pm-attacked-for-praising-notorius-military-unit/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A British lAwyer hAs filed new documents AgAinst senior CAmbodiAn officiAls At the InternAtionAl CriminAl Court, Accusing them of systemAtic lAnd grAbs thAt constitute humAn rights Abuses. A communicAtion filed on Oct. 7 clAims thAt over the lAst 14 yeArs, An estimAted 770,000 CAmbodiAns, or <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/lAwyer-files-complAint-At-internAtionAl-court-over-lAnd-grAbs/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Three Cambodian men arrested in Thailand last week were returned to Preah Vihear province on Monday and claim they were tortured by the Thai military before being released, according to a military colonel in the area who provided a video of the men’s accounts. according <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/villagers-claim-torture-by-thai-soldiers-after-their-release/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Commerce launched its long-awaited online system to generate certificates of origin (COs) yesterday. The new system, developed in partnership with Singapore-based Crimson Logic, is expected to speed up and simplify the process of getting a CO, a document which identifies where a product <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/certificate-of-origin-process-moves-online/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Coca-Cola will build a second factory in Cambodia, investing $100 million into a new plant in the Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone that will more than triple its current output, company officials said yesterday. The news comes on the heels of a meeting in November during <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/coke-to-build-100m-plant-at-ppsez/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Government’s outspoken critic has applied to be a member of a new National Election Committee (NEC). The Permanent Committee of the National assembly will hold a meeting on 7 april to examine the list of candidates applying to be members of new National Election Committee <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/governments-critic-applies-to-be-nec-member/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A British lAwyer hAs Asked the InternAtionAl CriminAl Court to investigAte “widespreAd And systemAtic” lAnd grAbbing in CAmbodiA over the pAst 14 yeArs As A crime AgAinst humAnity. The complAint filed in The HAgue yesterdAy by lAwyer RichArd Rogers, who is officiAlly representing 10 CAmbodiAn victims, <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/lAnd-grAb-complAint-filed-At-internAtionAl-criminAl-court/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

ApproximAtely 1,500 young CAmbodiAn people on SAturdAy performed the “MAdison,” A populAr dAnce during Khmer wedding receptions And New YeAr celebrAtions, here in order to cAll for An end of violence AgAinst women And girls, An orgAnizer sAid. InAlA FAthimAth, A gender progrAm speciAlist At the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiAn-youths-dAnce-to-urge-end-of-violence-AgAinst-women/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A stAte secrets lAw being drAfted by the Interior Ministry will not be used to tArget reporting on sensitive issues such As corruption, A senior militAry police officiAl sAid yesterdAy. The NAtionAl Police Announced thAt the lAw wAs being drAfted lAte lAst month following A <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/stAte-secrets-lAw-wont-stifle-press-officiAl-sAys/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Commerce Minister Sun Chanthol said yesterday that his ministry was initiating reforms that would see Cambodia’s ease of starting a business ranking leap from the current 184 to 21. He said the government would also need to make changes to the Company Registration Law, reduce <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/moc-says-registration-online-will-boost-rank/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Several elderly HIV-positive villagers in Battambang’s Roka commune are seriously ill, local authorities have said, with some of their families having called monks to bless them as they believe death may be imminent. Five people living in the commune have died since a massive HIV outbreak <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/monks-bless-elderly-sick-in-fearful-hiv-commune/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s growth largely depends on a labor-intensive economy in agriculture, garment factories, and goods and services. Due to lower wages and poor incentives, there is a large outflow of Cambodian workers to Thailand, Malaysia, South Korea and China, and that, in the long run, could cause <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/economic-growth-could-slow-as-workers-migrate/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As the ruling pArty prepAres this week to elect A president And deputy president following CheA Sim’s deAth on June 8, the Ministry of Interior hAs lAshed out At An internAtionAl rights group thAt lAst week linked Sim to Khmer Rouge Abuses. Though he wAs lAuded <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/govt-rebukes-hrw-director/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Boasting of his more than 30 years’ ruling Cambodia, Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Saturday that he could teach a thing or two to the West about running a country while managing demands for change.The premier, who is Southeast asia’s longest-serving current leader, recalled <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-takes-one-last-shot-at-todd/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A representAtive of A cAshew growing AssociAtion hAs sAid thAt mArket prices for the fruit hAve drAmAticAlly decreAsed in the lAst fortnight, blAming border restrictions And A reduction in demAnd. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAshew-nut-growers-feel-the-pinch-As-their-price-plunge/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The European Union had provided more than US$265,000 to a land reform project that aimed to shift political will and opinion towards land and human rights in Cambodia, development partners said yesterday. The Cambodian Centre for Human Rights will spearhead the Cambodian Land Law Reform Project, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/eu-assists-land-reform/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The ministry of agriculture, forestry, and fisheries’ potato production in Mondulkiri, a northeastern province of Cambodia, has been hampered by a lack of seed, a provincial senior official revealed. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mondulkiris-potato-production-is-struck-by-seed-shortage/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A 200MW solAr project bAcked by A $200 million investment from two lArge compAnies will be built in AorAl Eco-City, A joint stAtement sAid on April 26. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/200mw-solAr-fArm-set-for-kAmpong-speu/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A group of fAmilies who tried to file A community property lAnd title hAve filed A complAint with the Anti-Corruption Unit AgAinst KAmpot provinciAl officiAls for conspiring to illegAlly sell their lAnd. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Acu-complAint-AgAinst-officiAls-for-lAnd-grAbbing/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The government has set up a working group to develop land management and policy in Sihanoukville as part of a plan to turn the province into a multi-purpose special economic zone (SEZ). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/technical-team-to-study-land-use-in-planned-sihanoukville-economic-zone/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>