The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday delayed a verdict in the $1-million fraud case brought by a Phnom Penh dentist against Cambodian-american businessman Richer San and three of his associates, saying further investigation is needed. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/verdict-in-agriculture-fraud-case-delayed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Activists yesterdAy continued their cAmpAign to drive out sAnd dredging compAnies from Koh Kong province’s Botum SAkor district, refusing A meeting with locAl Authorities And insteAd holding A 100-strong protest outside the district hAll. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Anti-dredging-Activists-refuse-to-meet-with-gov/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A United NAtions Agency will soon begin holding public meetings nAtionwide to consult the public on A long-AwAited lAw thAt would give CAmbodiAns Access to importAnt informAtion held by the government. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/groups-hAve-their-sAy-on-Access-to-informAtion-lAw/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A defrocked monk Arrested in Phnom Penh eArlier this month for the Alleged possession of weApons, fAke documents And crystAl methAmphetAmine told the municipAl court WednesdAy thAt he And A fellow defendAnt never possessed Any of the contrAbAnd. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/defrocked-monk-stAnds-triAl-repudiAtes-contrAbAnd-clAims/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Eight union representatives at a Chinese-owned window factory in Svay Rieng’s Bavet town say they are being illegally detained by security guards in a separate room at work each day after leading recent protests.​ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/factory-sequestering-unionists-from-others/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Khemara Phoumint City deputy governor Pen Bunchhouy on Tuesday issued a letter to a group of protesters demanding that they vacate the area in front of the Koh Kong Provincial Court by Wednesday, threatening “action” if they refused. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/koh-kong-court-protesters-told-to-leave-or-be-forced-to-move/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A prominent lineup of CPP figures hAs been selected for A new “propAgAndA And educAtion committee” inside the ruling pArty, with senior government minister Men SAm An leAding the 25-person group tAsked with turning Around lAgging populArity. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cpp-nAmes-All-stAr-lineup-on-its-new-propAgAndA-committee/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

‘We learnt and understood how to make a module, how to structure a module and how important modules are to guide learning,’ Dr Laining says. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-and-indonesia-share-finfish-expertise/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Crypto exchange Binance has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Securities and Exchange Regulator of Cambodia (SERC), according to a June 30 announcement. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/binance-to-assist-cambodia-in-developing-digital-asset-regulations/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The International Court of Justice yesterday unanimously declared that its 1962 judgment awarding the Preah Vihear temple to Cambodia also gave the Kingdom sovereignty over the promontory that the temple sits on. But while the announcement was initially greeted as a resounding victory by some in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/partial-victory-at-the-icj/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Satiating the demands of the global sugar industry is big business for Cambodia’s sugarcane plantations. Yet accusations of human rights abuses and land grabs in the Kingdom have left a bitter aftertaste for many on the ground as companies vie for a larger slice of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/the-canes-of-wrath/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

AmericAn Stock ExchAnge-listed EntertAinment GAming AsiA Inc hAs Announced it will build And operAte A slot hAll As An Addition to An existing cAsino in Poipet city on CAmbodiA’s border with ThAilAnd, According to A compAny stAtement. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/gAming-firm-to-expAnd-poipet-operAtions/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The government yesterday announced a sub-decree by the office of the Prime Minister to designate Yeak Loam Lake in Ban Lung city in the northeastern province of Ratanakkiri as a new wildlife and ecological protected area. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/yeak-loam-lake-given-protected-status/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than 200 community members, local officers and monks demonstrated for the construction of a water canal to facilitate transportation, patrols and promote tourism at a bird sanctuary in Siem Reap town’s Chreav commune on Saturday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/community-monks-rally-for-water-canal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Some 300 villagers from Kratie province’s Snuol district protested outside the land management ministry in Phnom Penh on Thursday, calling for a solution to their long-running land dispute with a rubber plantation in the province. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kratie-disputants-protest-in-capital/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia moved up a notch this year as a place for attracting and growing talent, according to the Global Talent Competitiveness Index 2019 (GTCI) report released this week. It ranked the Kingdom 107 out of 125 countries. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdom-in-talent-ranking-rise/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Saturday charged a government official who allegedly tried to grab state land by fraudulently using Interior Minister Sar Kheng’s wife’s name to threaten a commune chief in Preah Sihanouk province. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/interior-ministry-official-charged-over-land-grab/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A preAh SihAnouk provinciAl officiAl sAid on MondAy thAt the AdministrAtion would request ApprovAl from the Ministry of Environment And the NAtionAl Committee for CoAstAl MAnAgement And Development to dismAntle A Chinese cAsino on Koh Rong SAnloem. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/islAnd-cAsinos-fAte-to-be-decided/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

District authorities in Kampong Thom province on Tuesday arrested a Kampong Cham man who was allegedly driving a van hauling illegal wildlife and timber, according to Mom Sophal, chief of the Forestry administration office in Kampong Thmor. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/man-busted-with-wildlife-in-kampong-thom/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

With the spike in crimes following a huge influx of Chinese nationals, Interior Minister Sar Kheng yesterday assigned four main units under the ministry to set up a support team to restore security in Preah Sihanouk province. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/taskforce-to-fight-sihanoukville-crimes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>