Nearly 40 people representing 59 families from a village in Battambang province have submitted a petition asking Prime Minister Hun Sen to help solve their land dispute with soldiers.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-asked-to-stop-military-land-seizure/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

At A procession thAt drew thousAnds of supporters in Phnom Penh on SAturdAy, pArty president Kem SokhA promised A number of reforms once&mdAsh;not if&mdAsh;his pArty comes to power next yeAr. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/chAnge-is-coming-kem-sokhA-promises-At-mAss-cnrp-rAlly/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A SingApore-bAsed privAte equity fund mAnAger hAs Acquired A significAnt minority stAke in iCAre Benefits (CAmbodiA) Co Ltd, An employee benefits progrAmme offered to enterprises thAt operAte in the Kingdom. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/equity-fund-tAkes-stAke-in-icAre/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Prime Minister Hun Sen’s lawyer yesterday filed a lawsuit against former Deputy Prime Minister Lu Lay Sreng for defamation over comments made during a private phone conversation leaked to social media. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-sues-lay-sreng-for-defamation-over-phone-call-comments/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government unveiled a long-awaited national plan to combat violence against children yesterday, four years after a countrywide survey revealed that more than half of children in Cambodia are physically abused. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/child-protection-plan-rolled-out/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The AustrAliAn PArliAment is considering A motion to condemn CAmbodiA’s politicAl crAckdown, with lAwmAker MArk Butler declAring AustrAliA hAs “A solemn duty” to tAke Action to defend CAmbodiA’s “fledgling democrAcy”.​ <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AustrAliA-debAtes-motion-to-condemn-cAmbodiAs-politicAl-crAckdown/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Entertainment Gaming asia, an american Stock Exchange-listed company with a regional presence in both Cambodia and the Philippines, will launch its Dreamworld Casino in Pailin province on Wednesday, according to a company statement. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pailin-casino-dreamworld-opens-may-9/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Lawyer and government advisor Sok Siphana has made his law firm, Sok Siphana &amp; associates, a member of ZICOlaw, a leading regional law firm based in Kuala Lumpur and focused on the aSEaN region. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sok-siphanas-law-firm-joins-zicolaw/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Factory workers should get a reduction or exemption from paying income tax as the deductions are forcing them into poverty, the Free Trade Union (FTU) wrote in a letter to Finance Minister Keat Chon. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/union-seeks-tax-reduction-for-garment-workers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Hundreds of families in Banteay Meanchey province’s Thma Puok district filed a complaint yesterday to rights group adhoc, claiming their community farmland is being bulldozed by a company under the protection of soldiers. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/firm-has-soldiers-in-pocket-say-villagers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Greg Thomas Fryett, a British businessman arrested by the anti-Corruption Unit last year for alleged links to a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme, went on trial on Friday at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/judge-agrees-to-delay-trial/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia had recorded 179 dengue fever cases in the first three months of this year, a 87 percent decrease from 1,393 cases over the same period last year, a health official said Friday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-sees-87-pct-drop-in-dengue-fever-cases-in-q1/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, Sar Kheng, is to meet Sam Rainsy, the opposition leader, this morning to find a solution to a current political deadlock, Prime Minister Hun Sen said today. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/interior-minister-to-negotiate-with-sam-rainsy-on-post-election-crisis/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Students, activist monks and land rights demonstrators will hold a march in Phnom Penh on Friday in protest of a controversial refugee resettlement agreement between australia and Cambodia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/students-to-protest-australia-refugee-deal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Two Vietnamese women were sentenced yesterday by Phnom Penh Municipal Court to two-and-a-half years in prison each for trafficking five Vietnamese women to have sex with wealthy men in a hotel. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/two-given-jail-time-for-trafficking/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

BCD Travel is venturing into Cambodia by tying up with Tonle Travel, a local corporate travel and inbound tour specialist with whom it has already enjoyed a working relationship of more than four years. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bcd-travel-picks-tonle-travel-as-partner-for-cambodia-foray/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

An unmAnned AeriAl vehicle (UAV) exploded in the sky over CAmbodiA’s PreAh ViheAr temple, A world heritAge site, on SundAy, cAusing pAnic Among troops stAtioned Along the CAmbodiAn-ThAi border, A CAmbodiAn spokesmAn sAid. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/unmAnned-drone-explodes-in-sky-over-cAmbodiAs-preAh-viheAr-temple-AreA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The World Health Organization has declared Cambodia measles-free, having not registered a confirmed case in over three years, marking a success in combating what was once the country’s most deadly communicable disease. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-measles-free-who-reports/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Nine illegal Vietnamese immigrants were arrested during a raid on a coffee importer in Phnom Penh on Monday as part of an ongoing nationwide census of foreigners in the country, an immigration official said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/raid-on-coffee-business-nets-9-illegal-vietnamese/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The third day of negotiations between members of a working group trying to reach a consensus on the minimum monthly garment wage remained stagnant yesterday, as manufacturers refused to budge from their $110 offer. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/wage-talks-remain-in-deadlock/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>