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>

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>

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>

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>

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>

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>

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>

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>

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>

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>

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>

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>

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>

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>

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>

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>

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>

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>

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>

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>