Though most of the opposition complaints reviewed by the Constitutional Council have been dismissed so far, one has been deemed credible and appropriate, a council spokesman said. according to spokesman Uth Chhorn, one complaint regarding a campaign-period clash between supporters of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/council-accepts-first-complaint-in-process-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The National Election Committee, acting on orders from the Constitutional Council, yesterday examined ballots and original documents taken from 13 polling stations in a Kratie province commune, but the opposition and observers quickly questioned the process’s validity due to apparent irregularities. Despite the fact that “Safety <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nec-examines-ballots/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As LAos pushes towArd its goAl of becoming the “bAttery of AsiA” through hydropower, its newfound clAim thAt the locAtion for the proposed Don SAhong dAm is not on the Mekong River’s mAin streAm is provoking incredulity from some observers. Less thAn two kilometres north of <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/dAm-chAnnels-clAssificAtion-hotly-debAted/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A government request to creAte A new province in the eAstern hAlf of Kompong ChAm, where the ruling CPP won its only districts in the province in July’s nAtionAl election, wAs Approved by King Norodom SihAmoni lAst month, According to A copy of the RoyAl <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/government-creAtes-new-cpp-mAjority-province/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Resembling a giant Rubik’s cube under construction, the solar-powered factory in Phnom Penh’s Por Sen Chey district will be completely off the grid. Some 1,350 solar panels, each one capable of generating 100 watts per hour of sunlight, cover the three-story building. In a few months, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/for-factory-solar-power-runs-show/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Broadcasting Board of Governors, the US agency that oversees the Voice of america and Radio Free asia, has rejected claims by the Cambodian government that its broadcasters fabricate or manipulate news. In a statement responding to a report by the Cambodian Council of Ministers this <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/us-broadcaster-rejects-cambodian-claims-of-bias/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The World Bank says it will investigate reports from indigenous groups in Cambodia that a company funded by the bank’s International Finance Corporation is involved in deforestation and land grabs. The bank’s Office of the Compliance adviser Ombudsman, or CaO, will first examine the credibility of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/world-bank-to-review-environmental-complaints-against-company/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has summoned 10 witnesses, including several police officials and one reporter, as it begins investigating the brutal murder of Nguyen Vann Chean, an ethnic Vietnamese man who was beaten to death by an angry mob in Meanchey district last month. The <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/municipal-court-calls-10-witnesses-in-racist-mob-killing-case/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

FLAG cArrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) hAs not lost its interest in pursuing A joint-venture Agreement with RoyAl Group of CAmbodiA (RGC) to estAblish CAmbodiA Airlines Co. Ltd.  PAL President RAmon S. Ang confirmed thAt his Airline’s discussions for investment in the CAmbodiAn cArrier Are ongoing, As <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/pAl-still-keen-on-cAmbodiA-Air-venture/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Verdicts will be handed down Friday in two garment protest-related cases that rights groups say were built on a weak body of evidence. The two cases occurred months apart but followed a similar narrative: Garment workers fed up with their calls for a higher monthly minimum <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/as-verdicts-loom-in-25-protest-related-cases-acquittals-sought/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

International buyers and trade union representatives have been unable to meet with Prime Minister Hun Sen or other government officials, despite a request following deadly worker demonstration crackdowns last month. Major international buyers signed on to a joint letter condemning the violence and urging the government <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/no-government-meetings-for-international-trade-unions/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Two residents of the Borei Keila community remained hospitalized Sunday after a Valentine’s Day clash with authorities on Friday that left 19 people injured, a community representative said. although most of the 19 were only slightly injured, two women were more severely hurt and are still <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/two-borei-keila-women-in-hospital-from-clash/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than two dozen NGOs have written to the head of the asian Development Bank demanding the immediate release of a draft plan the aDB has drawn up to help Cambodian families evicted to make way for a bank-funded railway rehabilitation project. They also want <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/adb-urged-to-consult-rail-project-evictees/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Chan Sophon, who was found guilty in 2012 of the February 2007 murder of Hy Vuthy, a senior leader of the Free Trade Union (FTU), faced the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday as part of his ongoing effort to have the court reinvestigate the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/court-hears-request-to-reinvestigate-slaying-of-ftu-leader/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Discussions about salaries on the factory floor led worker Channa, 22, to begin feeling jealous of her male counterparts. She learned, through talking with a number of co-workers, that the men working around her were doing the same amount of work as she was, but being <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/workplace-inequality-pervasive/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Thursday fined a 29-year-old hairstylist and make-up artist 2 million riel, or about $500, and ordered her to pay 5 million riel, or about $1,250, in compensation to a rival beauty parlor owner she defamed on Facebook. The sentence is <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/first-sentence-given-for-facebook-comments/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Phnom Penh Municipality has broken ground on a new 11-story $3.5 million building that is intended to house the city’s public services, the municipal spokesman said Monday. Long Dimanche said construction on the building, which is being erected on a 1,000 square meter plot of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/city-hall-breaks-ground-on-new-11-story-3-5-million-office/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A representAtive of villAgers involved in A lAnd dispute in Mondolkiri province AppeAled to the government TuesdAy to Address their displAcement After their shelters were destroyed by police And soldiers in A forced eviction MondAy. ChAn Rithy stood outside the NAtionAl Assembly in Phnom Penh on <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/villAger-trAvels-to-pArliAment-over-lAnd-row/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia &mdash; For an Internet start-up, arjuni faces more challenges than usual. The e-commerce site that sells hair extensions operates out of a five-story building here that lacks elevators and, sometimes, power. Employees typically have to travel to remote villages by motorbike or foot <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-start-up-competes-with-india-in-natural-hair-market/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The controversial Xayaburi hydro-electric dam project in northern Laos may have already begun, despite countries, including Cambodia, requesting further studies to assess possible negative effects on Lower Mekong communities.Thai development firm Ch.Karnchang said it was due to begin building the dam on March 15 after finalising a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/thai-firm-says-xayaburi-project-has-begun/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>