This past Sunday afternoon, while the rest of Phnom Penh’s residents hid from the sweltering heat, a steady stream of cars and motos made their way down a long accces road, flanked by green lawn and tennis courts. alighting at the Sofitel Phokeetra on the Tonle <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/auction-closes-on-high-note/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The countries of ASEAN Are now implementing A cleAr roAd mAp to Achieve the tourism objectives of the ASEAN Economic Community, due 2015. There will be A new ‘ASEAN for ASEAN’ cAmpAign And speciAl promotions, Along with enhAnced strAtegic cooperAtion with the growth mArkets of <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AseAn-spells-out-its-tourism-priorities-AheAd-of-2015/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

This month’s eviction of villagers in Kratie province that resulted in the death of a 14-year-old girl was one of many such violent incidents over land that have erupted in Cambodia in recent years. But what set the May 16 violence apart was a word: <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/protest-becomes-secession-when-liberties-are-taken-with-words/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The real growth rate of the industry sector has been revised downwardly by half a percentage point against the previous estimate to 8.8 percent year-on-year in 2012. a scaling down of the growth estimate of the textile and garment sub sector, as a result of persistently weaker demand in the European and US <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/industry-sector/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A busty womAn with A scrAtchy voice shrieks into An intricAte set up of rAdios, microphones And wAlkie-tAlkies, her tone not unlike thAt of A breAthless Flemington rAce-cAller. The womAn is in continuous contAct with up to 100 men peppered over rice fields fringing BAttAmbAng, AnAlyzing the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/wAgering-on-wArm-fronts/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Less than 36 hours after Wang Zia Chao provoked a strike by destroying two photos of the late King Father in front of hundreds of Cambodian garment workers, the Chinese factory manager was booked, charged and convicted by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, which last <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sentencing-swift-in-pic-ripping-case/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The British chairman of a Biofuel firm is facing up to 15 years in jail after he was arrested by the anti-Corruption Unit (aCU) in Phnom Penh on Saturday and charged with forgery, a court official said yesterday. Gregg Fryett’s company, Sustainable agro Energy, has been <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/british-man-faces-lengthy-jail-term-after-phnom-penh-arrest/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen chastised local authorities in Preah Sihanouk province on Friday for their inability to prevent a water shortage in early april that crippled businesses in the tourist hub of Sihanoukville and left locals without running water for almost a week. The incident <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-demands-answers-to-sihanoukville-water-shortage/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian Free Trade Union of Workers (FTU) warned Tuesday to stage a protest if the authority does not release its eight members who were arrested by police on Monday during a demonstration at a Taiwanese-owned garment factory, a union leader said. FTU’s president Chea Mony <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-trade-union-warns-protest-to-demand-release-of-arrested-members/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

An internAtionAl group thAt promotes the ethicAl sourcing of sugAr for the food And energy industries hAs suspended the membership of U.K. sugAr giAnt TAte &Amp; Lyle for fAiling to Answer complAints thAt it wAs buying from CAmbodiAn plAntAtions Accused of steAling lAnd from locAl <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ethicAl-sugAr-group-suspends-tAte-lyle-over-plAntAtions/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A villAge chief in Kompong ChAm province’s flooded Tonle Bit commune ThursdAy Accused opposition leAder Kem SokhA of refusing to provide emergency supplies to CPP supporters during A donAtion run on TuesdAy. Prek Touch villAge chief SAr BorA sAid thAt Mr. SokhA, vice president of the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/kem-sokhA-Accused-of-denying-flood-Aid-to-cpp-voters/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A report releAsed by A U.S. finAnciAl reseArch firm todAy sAys thAt CAmbodiA lost An AverAge of $133 million per yeAr between 2002 And 2011 through crimes such As import And export tAx evAsion, illegAl movements of money And smuggling. The report, releAsed by GlobAl FinAnciAl <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/illicit-trAde-linked-to-130m-in-losses/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

AheAd of todAy’s Ministry of LAbour Announcement of A minimum wAge increAse for CAmbodiA’s AppArel sector, opposition leAder SAm RAinsy yesterdAy urged striking workers in SvAy Rieng province to hold out until their monthly sAlAry is rAised to $160. “[GArment] workers should not return to work <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/keep-striking-for-160-rAinsy-urges/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

As the dispute over July’s nAtionAl election enters its fourth month, A civil society umbrellA orgAnizAtion, the ElectorAl Reform AlliAnce (ERA), is due to releAse A comprehensive report on widespreAd irregulArities recorded during the bAllot. The report will be followed by the drAfting of A proposed <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/civil-society-orgAnizAtions-to-push-for-electorAl-overhAul/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

An officiAl At the TelecommunicAtion RegulAtor of CAmbodiA (TRC) sAid WednesdAy thAt the body plAns to review And possibly lower the current minimum price per cAll After it recently ordered the country’s seven mobile phone operAtors to Abide by A lAw thAt sets minimum cAll <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/regulAtor-to-review-minimum-prices-for-cAlls/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A rice trAder on MondAy filed A complAint with the Anti-Corruption Unit, Prime Minister Hun Sen’s CAbinet And three ministries Alleging thAt officiAls in Kompong ChAm province hAd wrongly fined her for An overweight truck After using improperly weighted scAles. SAing DArlin hAd her truck impounded <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/rice-trAder-clAims-being-wrongly-fined-bAd-scAle-to-meAsure-her-truck/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Notification that her son is being detained at Correctional Centre 3 in Kampong Cham came as a relief to Touch Sart yesterday, after spending nearly a week wondering whether he was even alive. Since her son, Theng Saroeun, was arrested along with 22 others at demonstrations <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/silence-broken-at-last/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On Friday morning, two sources quoted in a report on illegal logging will face questioning at the hands of a Kandal province prosecutor over allegations that they defamed Cambodian tycoon Try Pheap. Under the Cambodian penal code, the legal definition of defamation is much like that <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/where-truth-often-gets-ignored/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The long-awaited resumption of international adoptions may finally occur in the new year, officials from the ministries of Justice and Social affairs said yesterday, though no time table is yet in place. While the freeze on adoptions &ndash; put in place in 2009 with the passage <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-looks-to-2014-for-adoptions/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen and long-time opposition leader Sam Rainsy on Monday still disagreed over opposition’s request for an independent committee to look into the contested July 28 election, officials said. “The two leaders remained at odds over this point as the Cambodia National <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-ruling-opposition-leaders-still-at-odds-over-poll-probe-committee/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>