Just weeks after the country’s only independent teachers’ association staged a strike for higher wages, Phnom Penh’s education chief told teachers this week that they must stop taking bribes to comply with the government’s promised reform agenda. Speaking to about 500 educators, mainly school directors, from <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/teachers-told-to-expel-corruption-from-classrooms/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Kompong Thom provincial officials denied a media report yesterday that authorities had filed a legal complaint against two villagers and two human rights workers who campaigned in the province last week to demand protection for Prey Long forest <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/officials-deny-complaint-over-forest-protesters/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Two workers were blinded and three others were injured on Saturday after a fire they built on a cassava plantation in Kratie province set off an unexploded ordnance (UXO), Pi Thnou commune police chief Sum Hon said yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/five-cassava-plantation-workers-injured-by-uxo/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government yesterday said that it donated $100,000 in humanitarian aid to Laos as a relief package for thousands of victims affected by a collapsed dam that left dozens dead, hundreds missing and thousands displaced. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-donates-flood-aid-to-laos/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Some 400 people in Preah Sihanouk province’s Stung Hav district on Friday protested in front of the provincial court demanding the release of four protesters who have been detained over a land dispute with a tycoon. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/preah-sihanouk-protest-over-land-dispute/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Water Resources and Meteorology Ministry yesterday warned that 11 provinces risk flooding from heavy rainfall until next week.​ a ministry announcement said the heavy rains which began yesterday are due to a low pressure system.​ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-issues-flood-warning-for-11-provinces/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government has officially launched its new strategy for the cassava industry, which aims to position Cambodia as a reliable supplier of cassava-based products to the global market, according to a high-ranking government official. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/national-strategy-for-cassava-industry-launched/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

ApsArA Authority officiAls And locAl police yesterdAy completed A three-dAy investigAtion into illegAl logging on Angkor ArchAeologicAl PArk grounds, noting thAt one mAn wAs detAined And releAsed After signing A contrAct to stop cutting trees. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ApsArA-Authority-closes-illegAl-logging-cAse/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Prime Minister Hun Sen, in a speech on Monday, ordered officials to “facilitate” the campaign process for all political parties, including the opposition, a seeming about-face, as they had recently reported being hindered and harassed. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-presses-local-officials-to-facilitate-the-poll-process/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Interior Ministry’s Counter Counterfeit Committee has suspended a company operating a tobacco factory in Sen Sok district in Phnom Penh after officials found that it was involved in the illegal production of tobacco products. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/officials-close-tobacco-factory-in-phnom-penh/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In a move to bring technology to the rural areas and boost the development of the local agricultural sector, India will set up a digital village in Cambodia, the Indian ambassador to Cambodia announced this week. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/india-to-modernise-rural-areas-in-cambodia-with-digital-village/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Military Police in Kampong Speu province’s Phnom Sruoch district on Saturday seized nearly 90kg of wild meat during a raid led by a provincial court prosecutor and Forestry administration officials in Ou commune’s Cheak village.​ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kampong-speu-military-police-confiscate-wild-meat/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Land Management Ministry on Friday announced that it will solve a land dispute in the province following a weeks-long demonstration by hundreds of villagers who descended upon the ministry’s office in Phnom Penh. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/koh-kong-land-dispute-to-be-reinvestigated/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

With the National assembly giving a vote of confidence to form the new government yesterday, Prime Minister Hun Sen unveiled his new cabinet, which did not change except for the addition of a new ministerial post. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/old-faces-form-new-government/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Preah Sihanouk provincial governor Yun Min has ordered a local company to cease all development in the Prek Koh Khyong area within the Ream National Park, which the firm plans to turn into a tourist attraction. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/preah-sihanouk-governor-orders-firm-to-end-activities-in-national-park/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Social affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Monday with 13 NGOs for a three-year project which aims to promote the wellbeing of children across Cambodia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-13-ngos-ink-14m-project-for-childrens-welfare/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Three children were seriously injured on Friday afternoon after a piece of unexploded ordnance (UXO) they found near their homes in Kompong Speu province detonated when they tried to make it into a cowbell, local officials said Sunday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/three-children-injured-after-playing-with-uxo/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

An ethnic community in Mondulkiri province hAs rejected A cAsh offer from A compAny thAt wAnts to cleAr thousAnds of hectAres of forest locAls clAim As their own, sAying they vAlue the lAnd more thAn money. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ethnic-villAgers-reject-megA-first-cAsh-offer/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

In a move to crack down on future illegal logging, the government has created a special Commission, led by human rights group adhoc, which will review and cancel any licenses of companies that violate forestry laws. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/adhoc-to-lead-company-forestry-license-review/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The South Korea-based Nong Hyup Bank plans to open a branch in the Kingdom and will focus on investments and loans in the agriculture sector, according to a senior official in the Ministry of agriculture. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/south-korean-bank-eyes-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>