The Court of AppeAl on FridAy overruled A decision by the MunicipAl Court ordering the compAny 7NG Group to provide A totAl of $195,000 in compensAtion to 13 fAmilies whose houses were destroyed during the violent eviction of the Dey KrAhorm community in 2009. “The Court <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/court-overrules-decision-to-compensAte-dey-krAhorm-fAmilies/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

When Sor Songheng, a manager for an accountancy firm, wanted to replace his cheap Nokia phone a few months ago, he set his heart on a top-of-the-line iPhone 5S worth $780&mdash;nearly his entire monthly salary of $800. But instead of scrimping and saving for months to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/aeon-microfinance-booms-with-mall-on-horizon/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

AseAn member countries were cAlled on yesterdAy to work towArd A “100 percent smoke-free” region, And CAmbodiA’s most fAmous smoker, Prime Minister Hun Sen, is behind the initiAtive, A government spokesmAn sAid. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/smoke-free-AseAn-region-will-get-hun-sens-support/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The government yesterday announced its intention to pitch a new project to China that would consist of a road along the border with Thailand connecting the provinces of Pailin and Koh Kong. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/prime-minister-unveils-plan-for-new-road-along-thai-border/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

​China’s environment deputy minister, Zhao Yingmin, is due to pay a visit to Cambodia to sign a number of agreements focusing on clean water production, according to the Ministry of Environment. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-praises-china-as-chinese-environment-minister-set-to-visit-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Public Works and Transportation Ministry yesterday signed a contract with South Korea’s Dohwa Engineering Company to develop a multi-million dollar water treatment facility in Kandal province’s Takhmao city. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-inks-63-million-water-treatment-project/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The import of agricultural pesticides and herbicides resumed yesterday after a two-week ban that was prompted by a poisoning case in Kratie province that hospitalised hundreds and left 13 people dead. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-lifts-ban-on-herbicides/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A group of independent unions sAy they will push for A new monthly minimum wAge of $207 for gArment workers when three-wAy negotiAtions with the government And fActories begin in eArnest next week. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/independent-unions-rAise-minimum-wAge-demAnd/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Ethnic minorities in Ratanakkiri province have accused local authorities of selling community forest land to a provincial court official and threatening to put them in jail, according to a complaint filed yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ratanakkiri-minorities-say-land-stolen/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A driver’s AssistAnt hAs been Arrested for smuggling 18 turtles hidden in mAttress covers in A truck from ThAilAnd on SAturdAy in KAmpong ChhnAng’s Toul KrAlAnh villAge, According to officiAls. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/smuggled-turtles-discovered-in-kAmpong-chhnAng-province/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Minister of Agriculture Forestry And Fisheries hAs Announced A bAn on All imported low-grAde meAt from neighboring countries As pArt of A nAtionAl reform of the Kingdom’s meAt industry. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Agriculture-minister-to-bAn-low-grAde-imported-meAt/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Fisheries AdministrAtion submitted A proclAmAtion on mAnAgement meAsures for sustAinAble snAkeheAd fish fArming to the Ministry of Agriculture lAst week, A member of the Fisheries AdministrAtion confirmed yesterdAy.   <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/snAkeheAd-fish-fArms-to-rely-on-AnimAl-cArcAsses/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia has appealed to Germany &ndash; a country renowned for its skilled technicians and engineers &ndash; to provide vocational training to support the Kingdom’s growing industrial sector, a Commerce Ministry official said yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/proposal-for-training-to-enhance-factory-skills/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The governor of Ratanakkiri’s Banlung town was sued on Wednesday by a local resident and army veteran for allegedly seizing construction materials and violating private property rights without a court warrant. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/construction-feud-embroils-local-gov-in-ratanakkiri/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Tag Wealth International, a subsidiary of australian financial services company Tag Group, will establish a permanent office in Phnom Penh to provide services for expatriates living in Cambodia, its director said yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/firm-to-advise-on-offshore-financial-products/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A kilogrAm of methAmphetAmine wAs confiscAted And two men were Apprehended in PursAt province on TuesdAy by police who sAid the Arrests hAd uncovered A new drug supply route in the country. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/two-Arrested-Along-new-drug-route-in-pursAt/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Lawmakers from the CPP and CNRP will convene on Tuesday for the first meeting of a new, ad hoc committee formed to hash out their differences over a controversial draft union law. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cpp-cnrp-set-meeting-on-draft-union-law/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Russian authorities have temporarily detained a cargo ship flying the Cambodian flag near Crimea in the Black Sea on January 3, a spokesman for Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cargo-ship-with-flag-of-cambodia-detained/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Mobile SIM card sales slowed to a crawl in 2015 while the number of new subscribers using mobile internet services leaped by 30 per cent, according to a Ministry of Telecommunications factsheet. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sim-sales-stagnate-as-internet-use-soars/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A government Anti-trAfficking committee is in the finAl steps of drAfting A memorAndum of understAnding (MoU) to crAck down on humAn trAfficking between CAmbodiA And ChinA, An officiAl sAid yesterdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/chinA-kingdom-mou-tArgets-illicit-bride-mArket/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>