Thai company to build $30 million factory
One of Thailand’s leading agricultural groups and a major producer of animal feed will build a $30 million factory in the Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone, company officials announced last week. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/thai-company-to-build-30-million-factory/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22973/thai-company-to-build--30-million-factory/
Thai membership card seeks Cambodian elites
A ThAi privilege cArd progrAm thAt costs neArly $15,000 to join is bAnking on CAmbodiA’s robust yet deeply polArised economy to provide up to 60 new cArd members A yeAr. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/thAi-membership-cArd-seeks-cAmbodiAn-elites/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/thai-membership-card-seeks-cambodian-elites
PM warns against ‘politicizing’ drought, attacks opposition
Prime Minister Hun Sen once again appealed to citizens to help distribute water to those suffering from the worst drought in over 50 years, during a speech at a graduation ceremony yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-warns-against-politicizing-drought-attacks-opposition/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24389/pm-warns-against----politicizing----drought--attacks-opposition/
Parliament passes Juvenile Justice Law
A new juvenile justice lAw designed to steer youth offenders towArd restorAtive justice insteAd of incArcerAtion wAs pAssed by the NAtionAl Assembly on MondAy After more thAn A decAde in the works. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/pArliAment-pAsses-juvenile-justice-lAw/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/parliament-passes-juvenile-justice-law-113251/
No fake license plates found at military police headquarters
The first two days of a new crackdown on the improper use of military license plates have focused on vehicles parked at the National Military Police Headquarters in Phnom Penh, a spokesman said Tuesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/no-fake-license-plates-found-at-military-police-headquarters/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/no-fake-license-plates-found-at-military-police-headquarters-98521/
Mong Reththy: cooperation key to solving land disputes
Mong Reththy, a senator for the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and an agro-industrial tycoon, said land disputes between companies and local residents occur because of a lack of understanding on both sides. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mong-reththy-cooperation-key-to-solving-land-disputes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Chea Takihiro
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17444/mong-reththy--cooperation-key-to-solving-land-disputes/
PM calls for crackdown on armed gangs after crime wave
Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered authorities around the country to “crack down” on groups involved in armed robberies following a recent crime wave that has left a number of people killed and injured. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-calls-for-crackdown-on-armed-gangs-after-crime-wave/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khy Sovuthy and Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/pm-calls-for-crackdown-on-armed-gangs-after-crime-wave-103022/
It’s back to school for real estate agents
The Cambodian Valuers and Estate agents association (CVEa) will set out a framework to build a professional training school by april to enable its agents to compete with those from other countries. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/its-back-to-school-for-real-estate-agents/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22926/it---s-back-to-school-for-real-estate-agents/
NGOs lay out plans for election
A coAlition of wAtchdogs And other civil society groups yesterdAy Announced their intention to form A “situAtion room” for the 2017 commune elections in order to monitor the voting process for irregulArities. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ngos-lAy-out-plAns-for-election/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngos-lay-out-plans-election
Pursat river pleasure cruises planned
Tourists will soon be able to cruise along the Pursat river in rowing boats and pedalos, under plans to develop the waterway as a tourist attraction, according to a senior provincial official. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pursat-river-pleasure-cruises-planned/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38690/pursat-river-pleasure-cruises-planned/
Spike in workers deported
Immigration police say there has been a spike in the number of Cambodian migrant workers being deported from Thailand following a royal decree on the management of foreign workers. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/spike-in-workers-deported/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39855/spike-in-workers-deported/
Guilty walk free in land sale case
Two Ministry of Mines officials were convicted on corruption charges yesterday in a Phnom Penh court after confessing to selling state land, but nonetheless walked free after a judge reduced their sentences. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/guilty-walk-free-in-land-sale-case/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/guilty-walk-free-land-sale-case
Airport railway project halted
Following multiple protests by local villagers, the Ministry of Public Works and Transportation has announced a halt to a railway project meant to lead to Phnom Penh International airport. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/airport-railway-project-halted/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5077929/airport-railway-project-halted/
Land dispute protest drags on
Representatives of 175 families in Koh Kong province gathered once again in front of the Ministry of Land Management yesterday to ask for a quicker resolution to a decade-long land dispute. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/land-dispute-protest-drags-on/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5094769/land-dispute-protest-drags/
Chinese investment in Cambodian province pushes up crime rate, says governor
China’s growing presence and investment in a fast-developing Cambodian port and province have pushed up the crime rate and brought instability, its governor said in a letter to the government. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chinese-investment-in-cambodian-province-pushes-up-crime-rate-says-governor/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Prak Chan Thul
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cambodia-china/chinese-investment-in-cambodian-province-pushes-up-crime-rate-says-governor-idUSKBN1FF0XP
Hun Sen claims glowing review by UN
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday claimed that Cambodia received an exceedingly positive review during a yearly assessment with United Nations representatives, even as the UN published a statement slamming recent legal amendments. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-claims-glowing-review-by-un/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Ben Sokhean and Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-claims-glowing-review-un
Wives bearing brunt of HIV
A toxic culture of mAsculinity in CAmbodiA is contributing to the spreAd of HIV from husbAnds to wives, According to A study in the AmericAn JournAl of Men’s HeAlth. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/wives-beAring-brunt-of-hiv/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Cristina Maza
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/wives-bearing-brunt-hiv
Platform to unify online trading for CSX
A centrAl online trAding plAtform expected to lAunch by the end of the yeAr will Allow investors to trAde securities listed on the locAl stock mArket using A desktop computer or smArtphone. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/plAtform-to-unify-online-trAding-for-csx/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Brian Ng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/platform-unify-online-trading-csx
Kampong Thom's Sambor Prei Kuk gets Unesco listing
The Sambor Prei Kuk archaeological site, a cluster of ancient brick temples scat-tered in the forest in Kampong Thom province, was listed as a World Heritage Site of Unesco on Saturday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kampong-thoms-sambor-prei-kuk-gets-unesco-listing/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Jovina Chua and Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampong-thoms-sambor-prei-kuk-gets-unesco-listing
City sewage plan mooted
The Japan International Cooperation agency (JICa) has finalised a sewage management master plan for Phnom Penh, which is in dire need of a wastewater treatment plant, officials said yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/city-sewage-plan-mooted/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/city-sewage-plan-mooted