About 1,000 workers At A KAndAl province gArment fActory wAlked off the job on SAturdAy After mAnAgement there fired eight employees who Attempted to stArt A new union. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/unionist-firings-inspire-wAlkout/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The kingdom’s General Department of Taxation had collected 881 million U.S. dollars of taxes in 2013, up 19 percent from 740 million U.S. dollars in a year earlier, a press release said Thursday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-collects-tax-of-881-million-usd-in-2013/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

International observers are calling on the Cambodian government to ensure the safety of a human rights worker who has allegedly received death threats from a company affiliated with family members of Prime Minister Hun Sen. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/investigation-sought-into-death-threats-of-cambodian-rights-worker/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai air Force, air Chief Marshal Treetod Sonjance, paid a two-day visit to Cambodia on Monday in a bid to promote ties and cooperation between the two neighbours. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/thai-airforce-chief-visits-cambodia-to-strengthen-ties/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Following a directive by Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Keat Chhon to the Ministry of Public Works and Transportation to improve their monitoring of overloaded vehicles, a ministry official said they will build more vehicle scales. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/scales-are-needed-to-stop-road-damage/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The president of Kampong Thom Cashew Nut association has urged government officials to implement a policy to increase cashew production, as a huge opportunity was being wasted by both the government and farmers he said.​ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/support-sought-for-cashew-nut-farming/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Thirty-one families in Chroy Changva district Monday agreed to move off land that has been slated for a $3 billion development project in exchange for an apartment and a market stall nearby, officials said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chroy-changva-families-accept-ocic-package/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Opposition lawmaker Mu Sochua said a group of 10 convicted anti-eviction activists on hunger strike at Phnom Penh’s Prey Sar prison were in a weak state during her visit to the facility Monday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cnrp-lawmakers-visit-prisoners-on-hunger-strike/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A CNRP lAwmAker’s lAwyers Asked the KAndAl ProvinciAl Court this week not to issue A verdict due FridAy in their client’s Aiding-And-Abetting cAse, effectively urging the judges to drop the chArge. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/lAwmAkers-lAwyers-Ask-court-not-to-issue-verdict/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia earned tax revenue of over 25 million U.S. dollars from casino industry in 2014, up 12 percent year-on-year, a local Cambodian Television Network (CTN) reported Monday, citing a senior finance official. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-tax-revenues-from-casinos-up-12-pct-last-year/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Female members of the National assembly sat down with a representative of the UK Parliament yesterday to discuss female participation in politics, on the final day of a consultative meeting hosted by the British Embassy. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/womens-caucus-meets-uk-rep/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The widow of Ung Meng Chue, a tycoon who was gunned down outside a fruit store in Phnom Penh in November, was questioned by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court for the first time on Tuesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/murdered-tycoons-widow-tells-of-5-million-dispute/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Meach Sovannara, a senior official of opposition party, and a monk and other Boeung Kok land rights activists including prominent activist Tep Vanny will be released ahead of Khmer New Year, said opposition lawyer Friday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/meach-sovannara-monks-other-boeung-kok-activists-to-be-freed-ahead-of-new-year/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Foreign AffAirs Ministry on SAturdAy sent A diplomAtic note to IndiA’s Ministry of ExternAl AffAirs expressing its concern over A plAnned temple thAt resembles Angkor WAt And insisting thAt its construction be hAlted. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiA-protests-indiAn-Angkor-wAt-replicA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

An Anti-drug police officer wAs slAshed with A sAmurAi-style sword on WednesdAy evening while Arresting two men believed to hAve been heAding A methAmphetAmine distribution ring in Kompong ChhnAng City, officiAls sAid ThursdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/officer-slAshed-with-sword-during-drug-bust/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A Koh Kong womAn, who A representAtive of the rights group Adhoc sAys wAs fAlsely Accused of killing her mother in order to steAl neArly 400 grAms of gold, wAs releAsed on bAil on FridAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/bAil-grAnted-for-womAn-Accused-in-mothers-deAth/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Ministry of Health has completed a draft law on alcohol regulation, which will set a minimum drinking age, increase taxes on alcohol and place other controls on the sale, consumption and advertising of alcohol. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-finishes-its-draft-law-on-alcohol/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Officials from the Ministry of Health’s national eye health program yesterday released a report announcing that trachoma, an eye infection that can lead to blindness, is no longer a public health problem in Cambodia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/milestone-in-eye-health/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday issued an arrest warrant for property mogul Sok Bun, more than two weeks after he allegedly savagely beat a former TV hostess in a Phnom Penh restaurant. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sok-bun-arrest-warrant-issued/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The UN has responded to a request from Prime Minister Hun Sen for a pre-Khmer Rouge era map that he hopes will help resolve border disputes with Vietnam. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/un-responds-to-hun-sens-map-request/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>