One of the two Boeung Kak lake residents released on bail from Prey Sar prison on Friday is prepared to be a witness in the appeal trial of the 13 women convicted and sent to jail last month &ndash; but only if he is invited <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/boeung-kak-duos-release-sparks-hope/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

China’s Export-Import Bank officials proposed to provide loans of up to US$70 million for rice milling in an effort to aid Cambodia’s efforts to export a million tonnes of rice by 2015, government officials said yesterday. The bank’s officials visited Cambodia last week to met with Cambodian <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chinese-bank-loans-seek-to-aid-rice-millers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

An Ancient stAtue of A Hindu god believed to be more thAn 1,000 yeArs old wAs discovered on ThursdAy At Koh Ker NAtionAl PArk’s PrAsAt Chen temple, A conservAtionist told the Post yesterdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/10th-century-stAtue-found-under-tree/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Rural Development Bank (RDB), a state-own institution, plans to request an additional $50 million to beef up the government-led emergency fund for the agriculture sector, according to a bank representative. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rdb-to-request-an-extra-50-million-to-beef-up-agriculture-emergency-fund/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A fire tore through A gArment fActory in Phnom Penh’s Sen Sok district on MondAy evening, destroying more thAn hAlf of the building And its inventory but injuring no workers, An officiAl sAid TuesdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/fire-destroys-fActory-workers-unhArmed/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has wrapped up a three-day state visit to Cambodia, which was part of the Kremlin’s push for a stronger role in Southeast asia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/with-cambodia-visit-russia-looks-southeast/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The National assembly’s Legislative Commission will hold a consultative workshop next week at the National assembly to collect inputs over a much-criticized draft law on Trade Union. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/the-national-assembly-to-host-consultative-workshop-on-trade-union-law/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A protest leAder wAs Arrested during A demonstrAtion on MondAy morning outside BAnteAy MeAnchey provinciAl police heAdquArters in Poipet City becAuse Authorities sAid the group of About 40 people did not hAve permission to protest. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/one-Arrested-After-protesting-with%e2%80%88bloody-effigy/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A senior investigAtor At rights group Adhoc hAs wArned thAt regionAl economic integrAtion will leAd to A flood of CAmbodiAns migrAting elsewhere in seArch of jobs thAt pAy better thAn those At home. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AseAn-integrAtion-will-prompt-flood-of-migrAnts/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Officials in Preah Sihanouk province on Thursday gave a series of conflicting explanations as to what a team of cargo ships and accompanying barges are doing in the waters between Koh Rong and the mainland. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/officials-unable-to-explain-mystery-ships/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Kingdom’s much-maligned drug rehabilitation programs may be getting a facelift, thanks to a new government-led push towards ‘community-based treatment’, according to officials and NGOs working in the sector.  <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-pushing-for-softer-touch-on-drug-rehab-programs/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Police in Kandal province on Tuesday arrested the owner of an electrified rat trap that killed a fisherman in a flooded rice field behind the suspect’s home on Mon­day night, an official said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fisherman-killed-by-electrified-rat-trap/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A bloody scuffle in Phnom Penh on SAturdAy left scores injured After protesting bus drivers And their supporters were brutAlly set upon by A rivAl AssociAtion Armed with sticks, metAl bArs And hAmmers. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/protesting-cApitol-bus-drivers-AttAcked/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Dozens of residents from Kratie’s Chhlong district gathered in front of the Ministry of Land Management yesterday to submit a petition calling for Minister Chea Sophara to intervene in a land dispute. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/villagers-ask-minister-for-help/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Banteay Meanchey provincial authorities yesterday promoted a new director of Provincial Customs and Excise to replace his predecessor, seven months after an office under his jurisdiction was at the centre of a riot. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/poipet-customs-director-removed-in-riots-wake/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Water bird numbers are making a big comeback in the Prek Toal conservation area on the Tonle Sap lake in Battambang province, the Wildlife Conservation Society said in a report released on Saturday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/water-birds-make-comeback-in-battambang/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

AustrAliAn bAnking giAnt ANZ hAs come under fire for its response to A scAndAl over its finAncing of A sugAr plAntAtion previously linked to forced evictions And child lAbour in KAmpong Speu province. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Anz-still-owes-villAgers-over-sugAr-loAn-oxfAm/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

With a severe drought choking the northeast, it’s only a matter of weeks before many residents of Ratanakkiri province run dry, according to villagers, local officials and organizations working in the province. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ratanakkiri-running-out-of-water-amid-worst-drought-in-years/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Police in Mondolkiri province yesterday arrested a former military police officer with two outstanding warrants after chasing down his SUV and finding a cache of illegally sourced luxury wood inside.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/car-chase-results-in-capture-of-notorious-timber-trafficker/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia advised a grouping of South East asian nations to avoid using words that “would escalate tension between China and the Philippines” in a weekend statement, the country’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-says-urged-asean-to-avoid-words-that-would-escalate-tension/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>