The government and international funders have committed a further $66 million to a project to increase small farmers’ productivity, after yesterday claiming success in the program’s initial seven-year period. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/farming-project-gets-extension-66m/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Takeo province Military Police on Tuesday confiscated more than a tonne of rosewood that was stored at an abandoned house belonging to a Koh andet district police official, authorities said today. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/takeo-military-police-confiscate-timber-from-district-polices-house/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A cAse filed by A youth orgAniser AgAinst Prime Minister Hun Sen, in which the premier wAs Accused of illegAlly ceding CAmbodiAn territory to VietnAm, hAs been dropped by Phnom Penh MunicipAl Court. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/court-drops-cAse-AgAinst-pm-hun-sen/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Ministry of Defence will dispatch more than 300 members of the Royal Cambodian armed Forces (RCaF) to Mali as part of a United Nations peacekeeping mission, a senior government official said yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/demining-mali-goal-for-troops/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A reshuffle of top officiAls Across districts in Phnom Penh wAs Announced yesterdAy by City HAll. Long DimAnche, City HAll spokesmAn, sAid A number of district officiAls will be trAnsferred into new roles. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/district-chAnges-top-officiAls-trAnsferred-in-reshuffle/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Villagers in Stung Treng province displeased local authorities on Saturday by holding a traditional ceremony calling upon a powerful local spirit to curse those behind the construction of the Lower Sesan 2 dam. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/villagers-call-on-spirit-to-curse-officials-company-behind-dam/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Four military police officers have been suspended from their duties after an incident last week in which officials shot at, arrested and beat two men driving a rice truck that ran a checkpoint. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/military-cops-suspended/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha has been summoned to appear before the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday in relation to a case from last year, a Ministry of Justice spokesman said Friday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kem-sokha-summoned-to-appear-at-court/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Power system engineering and technical solutions provider Pestech International Bhd has become a concession owner in Cambodia after it secures a project worth RM1.59bil. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pestech-gets-rm1-59bil-concession-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday began questioning members of a suspected drug smuggling ring who are accused of trafficking crystal methamphetamine into the country from Laos, according to a police official. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/drug-smuggling-suspects-questioned-at-court/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A booming nAturAl rubber mArket fueled by the globAl tire industry is proving “cAtAstrophic” for endAngered species in CAmbodiA And the rest of SoutheAst AsiA, U.K. reseArchers Argue in A new pAper. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/uk-study-wArns-of-rubber-mArkets-impAct-on-locAl-wildlife/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A militAry police officer wAs Arrested MondAy night At A border checkpoint in KAmpot province As he Attempted to cross into VietnAm with Almost 700 kg of illegAlly logged wood, police sAid WednesdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/militAry-police-officer-cAught-smuggling-wood/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Forestry officials in Oddar Meanchey province on Wednesday discovered a timber processing plant and thousands of lengths of luxury-grade wood in a remote forested area populated only by soldiers, officials said Thursday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sawmill-discovered-in-oddar-meanchey-forest-wood-seized/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Commerce Ministry on Wednesday released a draft of the country’s first food law, which establishes a Food Safety authority charged with protecting domestic consumers and ensuring that exports meet international standards. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-releases-draft-law-on-food-safety/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Interior Ministry officially registered the Khmer Power Party on Friday, after years of insisting&mdash;despite a lack of evidence&mdash;that its parent group, the Khmer People Power Movement, was a terrorist organization. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/one-time-terrorists-get-political-partythe-interior-ministry-officially-registered-the-khmer-power-party-on-friday-after-years-of-insisting-despite-a-lack-of-evidence/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A CAmbodiAn court on WednesdAy chArged three Activists from the opposition CAmbodiA NAtionAl Rescue PArty with insurrection in connection with A protest lAst yeAr thAt turned violent. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/more-cAmbodiA-opposition-Activists-chArged-with-insurrection/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A forestry officiAl in Mondulkiri province wAs surrounded by tAxi drivers yesterdAy As they Allegedly prevented him from tAiling A suspected illegAl timber deAler who wAs heAding towArds the VietnAm border. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/tAxis-swArm-forestry-officiAl-pursuing-vAn/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

One of the four refugees resettled in Cambodia as part of a multimillion-dollar deal signed with australia wants to return to the country he escaped from, according to a report. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/refugee-reportedly-seeking-repatriation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday ordered embattled union leader ath Thorn to stay away from the SL garment factory and its workers and to avoid any public gatherings that could “damage public order,” drawing a tight circle around one of the country’s most <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/harsh-restrictions-imposed-on-union-leader/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Trade unions may have failed to get a stay-at-home strike for higher wages off the ground after the Khmer New Year earlier this month. But a strike for bonus pay is picking up steam in Svay Rieng Province, where some 20,000 garment workers protested at <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bavet-city-garment-strikes-gain-momentum/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>