A deAl signed ThursdAy with the ChinA LAw Society will give Justice Ministry officiAls Access to scholArships At Chinese universities And see Beijing fund the construction of A legAl reseArch center in CAmbodiA, ministry spokesmAn Chin MAlin sAid. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/judiciAl-officiAls-to-Access-chinese-schools/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Following a meeting at the Labor Ministry’s conflict resolution department Thursday, the Capitol Tours bus company and five of its drivers&mdash;who claim they were fired for attempting to organize a union&mdash;remained deadlocked over their reinstatement. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/capitol-tours-bus-company-5-drivers-remain-deadlocked/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

During a time when skyscrapers are emerging one after another in the capital of Cambodia, the Overseas Cambodia Investment Company (OCIC) is commencing the development of a 60-storey building and several high-rises to its’ Olympia City project. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/olympia-city-sets-the-bar-higher/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Two months after Cambodia received its first group of asylum seekers from australia as part of a controversial resettlement deal, a Cambodian government official has said the refugees are “very happy” in their new homes. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/two-months-on-official-says-refugees-beginning-to-settle-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully will pay a two-day visit to Cambodia from aug. 18 to 19, where he will sign an agreement on air services, according to a press statement from the Cambodian Foreign Ministry on Thursday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-zealand-fm-to-visit-cambodia-next-week-air-services-pact-expected-to-be-signed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s former deputy consul-general to Ho Chi Minh City denied forging a document to help a private company smuggle luxury-grade wood into Vietnam during the first day of his trial at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/on-trial-former-counselor-to-vietnam-denies-forging-letter/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

An Anti-government Activist hAs been imprisoned over A sociAl mediA post in which he cAlled for people in CAmbodiA to join him in A “colour revolution”, though critics of the Arrest sAy he enjoys no politicAl influence. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/student-Arrested-After-posting-About-revolution/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday tried an opposition activist for allegedly driving his tuk-tuk into a barricade and beating security guards during a protest that turned violent outside the prime minister’s house in the capital. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/activist-gets-day-in-court/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In May, the government said it was prepared to pass a law that would provide long-overdue protections to whistleblowers in Cambodia, but the officials responsible for drafting the law have been suffering from a bad case of writer’s block. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/acu-to-push-for-law-to-protect-whistleblowers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Military police attempted to arrest a group of protesters as they marched through Koh Kong province’s Khemara Phoumint City Thursday to demand the release of three jailed activists from environmental NGO Mother Nature, a rights worker and an official said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/police-attempt-to-arrest-koh-kong-protesters-during-march/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In a bid to raise more money from within the country, civil society organizations are planning to launch a platform in November that will use crowdfunding via mobile phone credit to fund projects ranging from IT development to the arts. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/civil-society-groups-turning-to-crowdfunding/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A group of protesters demAnding the releAse of three jAiled environmentAl Activists in Koh Kong province clAshed with Authorities on TuesdAy, As they Attempted to file A petition to the residence of the provinciAl governor. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/protesters-clAsh-with-Authorities-in-koh-kong/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodian authorities say they have received no request for aid in the Thai investigation of a bombing in Bangkok in august, following the detention of a second suspect near the Cambodian border on Tuesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/no-request-for-help-investigating-thai-bombing-cambodian-officials-say/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Almost $1 million in compensAtion remAins to be pAid out And A perpetrAtor hAs yet to see jAil time over A KAmpong ChAm scAm thAt ensnAred 180 fAmilies, the Supreme Court heArd on MondAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/victims-press-for-compensAtion-imprisonment-over-million-dollAr-rurAl-scAm/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Cambodia Microfinance association (CMa) has disbursed a total $7.730 billion in loan to a close of 2 million customers in the first half of this year. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mfis-disburse-7-73-billion-in-first-semester-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia aims to achieve a healthy diet for all its citizens by 2030 and the goal is considered a key priority in preventing malnutrition in young children and vulnerable people. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/healthy-diet-is-key-goal-for-cambodia-to-achieve-by-2030/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Fisheries and local officials are stepping up a crackdown on illegal fishing nationwide as the closed fishing season is set to begin next month, according to a senior agriculture Ministry official. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/officials-step-up-crackdown-on-illegal-fishing/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s economic productivity is in trouble, struggling with an inability to turn a youthful population into a skilled workforce and stunted by an over-reliance on agriculture, according to a new World Bank report. In Cambodia and Vietnam, diversification of labour from the farming sector contributed to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/farmings-primacy-hinders/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The documents concern a court case brought by representatives of Hong Kong-based Enviro Group Holdings Limited who are suing John Davies and Lim Lian Tho &ndash; both former company directors of Phnom Penh based subsidiary Enviro Corporation (Cambodia) Ltd &ndash; and Mark McCluskey, a lawyer <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/documents-revealed-in-massive-fraud-case/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

It was a big gamble for Khun Savy, travelling hundreds of kilometres and spending thousands of Thai baht for broker fees and bribes he said he paid to be smuggled into Thailand. at the O’Smach International Border Checkpoint in Oddar Meanchey province, the 29-year-old was one <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/border-business-in-osmach/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>