The head of the Interior Ministry’s general department of immigration issued a statement on Wednesday reminding foreigners working in Cambodia that they are required to hold a work permit&mdash;and will face fines if they do not. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/foreigners-reminded-to-get-their-work-permits/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Environmental experts yesterday called for the government to find an alternative to the Srea ampos-Kbal Damrei Road, which would link Mondulkiri with Vietnam but also bisect a protected forest and pose a “high risk” to threatened species. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/road-puts-threatened-species-at-risk-experts/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

While one of the two Phnom Penh families embroiled in a long-running land dispute with the Khun Sear Import Export Company this week accepted a compensation offer, the other says it has no plans to back down. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/family-firm-still-at-odds-over-land/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodian government on Friday approved around 3.92 billion U.S. dollars for the country’ s expenditure in 2015, up 10.8 percent year-on-year, according to a press statement released after a weekly cabinet meeting. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-govt-approves-3-92-bln-usd-for-2015s-expenditure/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

High prices and lax law enforcement have created a booming transnational trade in otter skins, where the endangered mammals are hunted in the wild to be sold on to buyers in neighbouring countries, according to a new report. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/trade-in-otter-skins-is-booming-report/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Taiwanese-owned garment manufacturer TY Fashion (Cambodia) Plc is targeting a midyear listing on the bourse following approval on Friday from the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX), according to a press release from its underwriter, Phnom Penh Securities (PPS). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ty-fashion-to-become-third-firm-on-bourse/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia recorded a 33 percent rise in dry rubber exports volume in 2014, but the revenue decreased by 8 percent due to a plunge in global rubber price, according to figures from the Ministry of Commerce on Saturday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-rubber-exports-up-33-pct-last-year/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A drAft lAw to protect stAte secrets hAs been in the works for more thAn two yeArs And could be submitted to the Council of Minister for review in two months’ time, A senior police officiAl sAid yesterdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/stAte-secrets-lAw-to-be-sent-to-council-of-ministers-soon/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

More than 200 striking workers demonstrated in front of Siko Phnom Penh Garment Factory in the capital’s Dangkor district yesterday after management fired an employee who founded a new labour union there, according to a union representative. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/200-strike-over-unionists-dismissal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday delivered Cambodia’s first ever convictions for organ trafficking, sentencing two men and a woman to a combined 35 years in prison for sending their relatives to have their kidneys harvested in Thailand. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/first-kidney-traffickers-sentenced/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A femAle pAssenger wAs killed WednesdAy After An Accident thAt occurred As she Attempted to boArd the Queen ElizAbeth cruise ship while it wAs moored off the coAst of SihAnoukville, According to A stAtement from the cruise line. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/femAle-pAssenger-dies-while-boArding-cruise-ship/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Three owners of sand dredging companies were among 11 people arrested Thursday by military police&mdash;working in tandem with the Ministry of Mines and Energy&mdash;for operating without a proper license, according to a spokesman for the ministry. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/eleven-arrested-over-illegal-sand-dredging/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia will export 1,000 crocodile skins to France next month in a pilot project that, if successful, will look to increase the sale of skins to the EU, according to a Siem Reap crocodile farmers association representative. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdom-to-export-crocodile-skins/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In the midst of a widespread drought, nearly 50 residents in Banteay Meanchey province’s Poipet town protested against the anco utilities company over its digging up of a portion of road leading to the Kai Don Reservoir. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/water-utility-residents-clash-over-poipet-road/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The city will close traffic on a few main roads during the funeral procession for former president of the senate Chea Sim on Friday morning from 6 am to 12 pm, according to a City Hall press release.  <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/city-hall-shuts-roads-for-chea-sims-funeral/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Villagers who have lost their land first to a Thai sugar company supplying Coca-Cola and then to a military unit in Oddar Meanchey province’s Samroang district yesterday petitioned the agriculture Ministry to ask for it back. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mitr-phol-families-petition-for-land/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A HeAlth Ministry officiAl sAid ThursdAy thAt An investigAtion in the wAke of A devAstAting HIV outbreAk in BAttAmbAng province’s RokA commune lAte lAst yeAr hAd reveAled more thAn 3,000 unlicensed doctors operAting Across the country. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/over-3000-illegAl-doctors-in-country-ministry/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A long-expected crAckdown on foreign nAtionAls lAcking vAlid visAs And work permits hAs Arrived in the coAstAl region with A jolt thAt includes lAte-night rAids on guesthouses, followed by Arrests of those found overstAying their visAs. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/crAckdown-on-visAs-work-permits/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to jointly set up a team to survey the watershed at the Chong an Ma pass in Ubon Ratchathani province so a clear boundary can be drawn. The decision was made on Saturday <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/team-set-up-to-clear-boundary-dispute/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A Council of Ministers officiAl wAs Arrested in Phnom Penh on WednesdAy After he showed up At his dAughter’s high school And slApped her clAssmAte following A fight between the two teenAgers, police And witnesses sAid ThursdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/council-of-ministers-officiAl-slAps-schoolgirl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>