Royal Railways is conducting a feasibility study on a rail line that would whisk passengers from the center of Phnom Penh to the airport in less than 15 minutes, the company’s CEO said on Wednesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/royal-railways-considering-airport-train/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Local authorities confiscated more than 30 kilograms of rare wildlife meat being illegally sold yesterday during a second raid in eight days at a market in Stung Treng province, though once again, no arrests were made.​ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/meat-seized-sellers-flee-from-stung-treng-market/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Thailand’s Bank of ayudhya released its first financial statement since completing its acquisition of Cambodian microlender Hattha Kaksekar Ltd (HKL) last month, showing a quarterly net profit increase of 10.6 percent from a year earlier. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/krungsri-expects-more-growth-from-cambodian-mfi/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

About 100 workers from the Chung FAi KnitweAr fActory in Phnom Penh’s MeAnchey district protested in front of the cApitAl’s municipAl court yesterdAy, demAnding A judge remove A fee they Are unAble to pAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/court-tAxes-unemployed-workers/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Ministry of Industry and Handicrafts (MIH) has started a laboratory and a department to check on the quality and safety of local products to be exported, state news agency aKP reported yesterday.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-to-push-quality-control/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Vietnam has pledged $25 million to Cambodia to build a new National assembly secretariat building in Phnom Penh, while also promising greater cooperation on a range of issues between the two nations, officials said on Thursday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vietnam-pledges-25m-to-cambodia-for-national-assembly-building/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A Ministry of InformAtion depArtment director denied wrongdoing yesterdAy After the Anti-Corruption Unit releAsed A letter on FridAy detAiling AllegAtions of bribery, nepotism And improper hiring prActices, As well As the Accused officiAl’s response. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/informAtion-ministry-officiAl-denies-wrongdoing-following-Anti-corruption-bodys-AllegAtions/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Surveillance cameras set up throughout the capital will be synchronized and monitored nonstop from a central control room as part of a coordinated crimewatch effort between City Hall and the National Police, officials said on Tuesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/central-surveillance-control-room-to-coordinate-crimewatch/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Social affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation yesterday issued a sub-decree delegating responsibility for state-run childcare centres to sub-national levels in a bid to streamline aid to victims of child abuse. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/provinces-now-responsible-for-state-run-orphanages/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Representatives for 15 families involved in a long-standing land dispute in Koh Kong province complained that authorities failed to find a resolution for them, despite providing compensation for 170 other families in the same area. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/families-not-included-in-land-dispute-resolution/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Members of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party have started applying for asylum in other countries amid a tightening crackdown on the party at home, according to a senior party official who is himself seeking asylum. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cnrp-members-seek-asylum/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Construction began yesterday on a $10 million factory in Kampong Speu province to process fresh fruit for international export, a first for Cambodia, though agriculture Ministry officials could not confirm it would meet international standards yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kampong-speu-fruit-processing-factory-breaks-ground/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn will travel to Indonesia for a three-day goodwill visit to boost bilateral ties between the two countries from tomorrow until Saturday, according to a statement from the Foreign affairs Ministry yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/foreign-minister-hopes-trip-to-indonesia-will-boost-relations/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Shrinking political and civic space in the Kingdom is highlighted in a new report from the United Nations’ human rights commissioner and secretary-general ahead of a UN Human Rights Council discussion this month on Cambodia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/un-report-highlights-escalation-of-tensions-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A Ministry of Tourism officiAl Announced yesterdAy thAt the country would need An AdditionAl 200,000 trAined tourism professionAls if it wAs to fulfill its tArget of receiving 7 million internAtionAl tourists A yeAr by 2020. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/tourism-sector-needs-200k-new-workers/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Two separate timber busts in recent days netted some 300 pieces of illegally transported wood in Stung Treng belonging to a prominent businessman, and several hidden timber stockpiles at a military officer’s Kampong Speu lumberyard. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/logging-busts-persist-as-tycoon-implicated/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Vietnam inked a deal with Cambodia on Friday to provide more than half a million dollars’ worth of training in encryption coding, prompting some to question the wisdom of accepting foreign help to protect state secrets. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/encryption-aid-deal-inked/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Emirates airlines will expand its presence in Cambodia by launching a daily passenger flight between Dubai and Phnom Penh, with a stopover in Yangon, as part of the Dubai-based carrier’s push into the region. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/emirates-set-to-launch-flights-to-phnom-penh/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Japan International Cooperation agency has agreed to oversee a project to help recover water quality in the Tonle Sap lake in response to the appearance of a large bloom of algae. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/japan-wades-in-on-tonle-sap-algae/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A representAtive of business mogul Kith Meng’s RoyAl Group yesterdAy hit bAck At A report published by the NAtionAl Police Accusing the compAny of lAundering illegAl timber through the Lower SesAn II hydro power project. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/royAl-representAtive-denies-clAims/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>