Hundreds of families in Battambang province have been evacuated as authorities ordered a section of a dam to be cut away to release pressure on a reservoir that was threatening to burst and engulf the communities beneath it, as heavy rain continues to cause havoc <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/officials-breach-dam-to-stop-it-from-bursting/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday charged convicted British pedophile Richard Fruin, 36, with sexually abusing two brothers, aged 8 and 11, at a guesthouse in Phnom Penh, court officials said. While the court has yet to decide Fruin’s fate, his case&mdash;and many similar <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/uk-pedophile-came-to-cambodia-to-teach-in-schools/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s cultural Siem Reap province and China’s eastern Jiangxi province have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen cooperation in a number of fields, according to a copy of the MoU on Saturday. The deal was inked on Friday afternoon between Khim Bunsong, governor of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-siem-reap-chinas-jiangxi-ink-cooperation-deal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian Minister of Labor Ith Samheng on Friday afternoon held an urgent talk with the representatives of six pro-opposition trade unions after they have led tens of thousands of workers off work in protest against low wage increase for 2014. as the meeting was going on, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-labor-minister-holds-urgent-talk-with-pro-opposition-trade-unions-over-strikes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than 20 families working on a controversial palm oil plantation in Ratanakkiri province owned by the Hoang anh Lumphat company have filed a complaint with rights group adhoc accusing the owners of improperly withholding one month’s pay. Lor Sophal said he and another 22 families, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/palm-oil-plantation-accused-of-withholding-workers-pay/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia on Friday issued an official letter to ban the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) from conducting a rally on Sunday afternoon at the capital’s Freedom Park. In a letter to the CNRP, Phnom Penh Municipal Governor Pa Socheatvong said”The Ministry of Interior does not <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-bans-opposition-from-rallying-in-capital-on-sunday/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Svay Rieng provincial police Thursday publicly defended a district police official accused of corruption after conducting their own investigation into the claims. according to a report published by the local news website CEN on april 7, Svay Chrum district deputy police chief Meas Soeun embezzled money <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/police-embezzlement-claims-baseless-police-official-says/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In the strongest international reaction to the contested result of July’s national election yet, the European Parliament passed a resolution on Thursday calling on Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government to conduct an independent, internationally led investigation of the election and the killing of five garment <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/eu-calls-for-international-probe-into-election/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As Buddhist monks Across the country don sAffron robes And leAve pAgodAs in seArch of donAtions to fill Alms bowls eAch morning, seven monks bAsed in DAngkAo district on the dusty outskirts of Phnom Penh Are thinking only of feeding the country’s growing Appetite for <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/mediA-sAvvy-monks-to-lAunch-weekly-rAdio-show/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

In 2011, the Environment Ministry entered into a deal with the Ratana Cooperation and Construction company to swap its valuable 2,400-square-meter location on Sihanouk Boulevard in Phnom Penh’s Tonle Bassac commune for a 9,000-square-meter plot of land and a new headquarters 20 km away in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/details-murky-in-environment-ministry-phnom-penh-land-swap/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Anguished cries from supporters And fAmily members echoed outside the AppeAls Court in Phnom Penh yesterdAy As they received the news bAil hAd been denied. They hAd been hoping for the releAse of 21 people detAined since A brutAl government crAckdown in eArly JAnuAry. On <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiA-rAinsy-returns-As-court-keeps-protesters-in-jAil/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday questioned three senior officials from the Coalition of Cambodian apparel Workers’ Democratic Union (CCaWDU) who stand accused of embezzling $92,929. Speaking after questioning under the court’s deputy prosecutor Ek Chheng Huot, union president ath Thorn denied siphoning off the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ccawdu-leaders-deny-corruption-during-questioning-at-court/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Hun Manet, the oldest son of Prime Minister Hun Sen and the commander of the Ministry of Defense’s counterterrorism department, used the opening ceremony of a new building at a Phnom Penh pagoda Sunday to warn of the possible consequences of increased political division in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-manet-bemoans-post-election-divisions/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Due to a lack of available tax collectors, the Ministry of Economics and Finance once again delayed collections on the 0.1 percent property tax on all immovable property worth approximately $25,000 or more, according to a ministry notice issued yesterday <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/property-tax-deadline-moved-to-years-end/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday tried a Vietnamese-Canadian national, four Cambodians and a Vietnamese national, the latter in absentia, for their roles in smuggling about 3 kg of drug precursor chemicals from India to Cambodia using the FedEx shipping service. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/six-tried-for-importing-drug-precursors-using-fedex/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Foreign affairs on Friday said a report by the US State Department on trafficking has again ranked Cambodia in Tier 2, adding that the US recognised that Cambodia has made a serious effort in combating human trafficking. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/human-trafficking-report-status-unchanged/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Over 50 families affected by the Lower Sesan II dam in Stung Treng province’s Sesan district have sent a letter to the provincial governor and prominent tycoon Kith Meng requesting a number of public service facilities for the community. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sesan-villagers-request-facilities/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Royal Group subsidiary, which in 2010 won a 30-year concession to operate and upgrade the Kingdom’s rail network, began running a new service in mid-april from the capital’s city centre to Phnom Penh International airport. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rail-cars-en-route-to-kingdom/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A ThAi civil court hAs Accepted A clAss Action suit filed by CAmbodiAn lAnd victims from OddAr MeAnchey province AgAinst sugAr producer Mitr Phol. However, it ordered the disputing pArties to mediAte on ThursdAy before the court proceeds with legAl procedures. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/lAnd-dispute-hits-thAi-court/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Some 100 families from Pichreada district’s Pu Chrey commune in Mondulkiri province said a private company continues to clear forest in the Srepok Wildlife Sanctuary even after the authority made the firm sign a contract promising to stop its activities. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/families-protest-srepok-forest-grab/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>