A RAdio Free AsiA (RFA) reporter in RAtAnAkkiri province will be questioned At the provinciAl court todAy in relAtion to clAims thAt he incited villAgers to commit crimes AgAinst A rubber compAny thAt they hAve been locked in A lAnd dispute with since 2004. Lim ChAnlydA, <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/rAdio-free-AsiA-reporter-to-fAce-judge/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The printing industry, especially for packaging, is growing in Cambodia and the region, participants at a trade event in Phnom Penh said on Monday. “It has certainly developed, the demand is slowly rising,” Karen Prager, business unit manager at Rieckermann Cambodia, told the Post. The Drupa <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/printing-industry-growing-in-the-region/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Siam Commercial Bank will begin expanding its footprint across the region in anticipation of greater business opportunities and competitive pressures with the launch of the asean Economic Community in 2016. SCB, Thailand’s third-largest bank in terms of assets, operates branches in Laos, Singapore and Hong <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/scb-focus-on-myanmar-laos-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen mocked a group of ethnic minority villagers who tried to petition him on Friday about their land dispute in northern Cambodia’s Rattanakiri province, after they were stopped from presenting their complaint during his visit on a land-titling campaign. Hun Sen was <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-prime-minister-hun-sen-mocks-land-dispute/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

An Ambitions new AgriculturAl development project bAcked by A former US diplomAt is Aiming to drAmAticAlly revAmp the sector And bring profits bAck into the hAnds of fArmers. SichAn Siv, A CAmbodiAn with duAl citizenship who spent five yeArs serving As US AmbAssAdor to the UN, <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/co-op-scheme-Aims-to-boost-fArmers-profits/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Lucky Supermarket Group opened its seventh outlet in Cambodia on the ground floor of the Rose City building on Norodom Boulevard yesterday, with company representatives saying it believed it would attract more foreign customers. Richard Seah, CEO of DFI Lucky Private Limited, said the new <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/lucky-opens-seventh-outlet-not-concerned-by-aeon-mall/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s modern railway system on Friday commenced commercial rail operations on the 256- kilometer”Southern Line” between the capital city of Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville Port. The launching was made after years of renovation with the financial support from the asian Development Bank and development partners. “aDB <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-first-commercial-train-begins-operation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Thousands of garment workers yesterday protested outside a factory in Pur Senchey district making garments for the Swedish clothing company H&amp;M, demanding a raise to their minimum wage and meal benefits, workers and union representative said. The workers of Gladpeer Garments Factory (Cambodia) Ltd., are demanding <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/thousands-protest-at-hm-factory-demand-wage-hike/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian company Soma Group has signed a joint-venture agreement with Thai-based CP Intertrade to build and operate a $20 million rice mill that will process fragrant rice for export. Industry insiders say the mill will increase Cambodia’s rice export capacity and boost the Kingdom’s ability to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/20m-mill-will-lift-rice-exports/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

WITH the passing of a law on farmers’ co-operatives, the government hopes to streng-then the country’s growing agricultural sector, Prime Minister Hun Sen said in a speech at the National Institute of Education yesterday. “In time, I believe that economic growth will be tremendous in rural <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/co-op-law-will-bolster-agriculture-sector-pm/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Officials in Ratanakkiri province are investigating the provincial coordinator for rights group adhoc for incitement after he helped villagers organize a demonstration, ultimately canceled, against a Vietnamese rubber company in O’Yadaw district. Mr. [Chhay] Thy, [adhoc’s Provincial Investigator] said yesterday that he met with about <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/adhoc-investigator-under-investigation-for-inciting-protest/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Amid the mounting threAts of violence&mdAsh;be it through A coup or full-blown civil wAr&mdAsh;residents in Phnom Penh sAid WednesdAy they were unperturbed by such An eventuAlity And thAt the country hAs progressed beyond the dAys of wArfAre And politicAl upheAvAl. “I’m not thAt worried. I think <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/wArnings-of-violence-if-cpp-loses-election-fAll-on-deAf-eArs/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

In meetings with Interior Minister Sar Kheng held on Sunday, both the EU and British ambassadors said they did not want opposition demonstrations “which would frighten [the] Cambodian people,” state news agency aKP reported. While the US government has issued a strongly worded statement since <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/no-protests-please-eu-uk-push-for-peaceful-solution/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

E. Sun Commercial Bank (玉山銀行), the banking arm of E. Sun Financial Holding Co (玉山金控), yesterday announced plans to buy a 70 percent stake in Phnom Penh, Cambodia-based Union Commercial Bank PLC (UCB) for US$69.33 million to facilitate its expansion into Southeast asia. “We decided to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/e-sun-plans-to-purchase-stake-in-cambodian-bank/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than 30 families evicted from a former airport site in Preah Vihear province’s Chea Ksan district have filed four complaints with the provincial court since april against district governor Sok Hay. Lor Chan, provincial coordinator for rights group adhoc, said a total of 31 families <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/families-complain-governors-crooked/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A ceiling At A smAll fActory mAking shoes on the outskirts of the cApitAl of CAmbodiA collApsed on ThursdAy morning, killing At leAst two workers And underlining globAl worries About fActory sAfety in poor countries. Ken Loo, the secretAry generAl of the GArment MAnufActurers AssociAtion in <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ceiling-collApse-At-shoe-fActory-in-cAmbodiA-kills-2/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Taiwan-based Shanghai Commercial &amp; Savings Bank Ltd plans to open a representative office in Cambodia, joining an increasing number of Taiwanese banks and garment industry investors in the Kingdom. Shanghai Commercial &amp; Savings would enter a crowded sector, behind other Taiwanese-based financial intuitions [sic]. Hua <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bank-to-join-growing-group-from-taiwan/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Families who claim a foreigner fabricated documents to sell their land to port officials and a military commander more than seven years ago have desperately appealed to government bodies to intervene. The 104 families who have exhausted legal avenues after both the provincial and Supreme Court <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/desperate-families-pursue-final-options/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Four families in Oddar Meanchey province’s Samrong town have filed a complaint with their commune hall, alleging that a military official and a village chief are trying to block them from receiving land titles because the families support the Cambodian National Rescue Party. The families and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/political-bias-alleged/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Rights group Adhoc will tAke A complAint filed AgAinst A commune police officer Accused of colluding with illegAl loggers in RAtAnAkkiri’s LumphAt district to the provinciAl court todAy. The complAint, which villAgers in LbAing II commune filed with Adhoc on FridAy, Alleges thAt commune police officer <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/rAtAnAkkiri-cop-in-bed-with-loggers-villAgers-sAy/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>