Sourn Serey Ratha, president of the nascent Khmer Power Party (KPP), on Monday filed a defamation and incitement lawsuit against Foreign affairs Minister Hor Namhong at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, following through on a threat he made last week. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/dissident-files-lawsuit-against-hor-namhong/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Securities Exchange and Commission of Cambodia (SECC) and Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) are drafting a regulation to allow the establishment of a liquidity provider in order to attract more interest to the bourse, according to senior official at CSX. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/regulator-mulling-moves-to-boost-bourse/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The head of the National assembly’s legislation commission said he hoped to have a controversial draft union law passed “very soon” after the latest round of feedback from unions and employers during a public workshop at Parliament on Wednesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/controversial-union-law-set-for-final-review/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Pan India Paryatan Pvt Ltd (PIPPL), the owner of Mumbai-based EsselWorld, one of India’s largest amusement parks, has shown interest in developing a theme park in Cambodia after a meeting with the minister of tourism late last week. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/indian-firm-considers-setting-up-fun-park/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A relAtive of CAmbodiA’s AmbAssAdor to South KoreA, who wAs detAined on MondAy Amid A corruption probe, yesterdAy clAimed the envoy wAs innocent, As the Anti-Corruption Unit reportedly prepAred to send the cAse to court.   <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/south-koreA-envoy-defended-As-grAft-probe-continues/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, announced it has signed a letter of intent with VIP Jets Ltd. for the first Bell 505 Jet Ranger X in Cambodia. This is also the first Bell Helicopter aircraft signed for in Cambodia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vip-jets-ltd-signs-for-first-bell-helicopter-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Any Appointments to the NAtionAl Election Committee (NEC) to replAce CNRP-Appointed Rong Chhun, who now fAces A criminAl triAl for “intentionAl violence,” would hAve to be Approved by the ruling CPP under current lAws, A lAwmAker sAid on ThursdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/if-rong-chhun-goes-cpp-cAn-veto-Any-new-nec-member/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Officials and environmentalists have congratulated Vietnam and the United States on a recent climate changed agreement signed between the two former adversaries, saying the co-operation will have a positive impact on mitigating the effects of the phenomenon in the region. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-heaps-praise-on-u-s-vietnam-climate-accord/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As fArmers Across the country continue to recover from crop devAstAtion wrought by A plAgue of Armyworm cAterpillArs, those in Koh Kong province Are fAcing A new outbreAk thAt is decimAting young rice plAnts, officiAls sAid ­on MondAy.   <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Another-Armyworm-outbreAk-hits-koh-kong/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Officials from the ministries of social affairs and urban planning met with the Disability action Council (DaC) on Monday to discuss issuing a prakas to standardise long-promised handicap accessibility in public buildings, according to a Facebook post by DaC. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministries-discuss-long-promised-handicap-accessibility/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A mixed force of 7,000 militAry And security personnel will be deployed to protect Chinese President Xi Jinping when he visits CAmbodiA lAter this month for his first visit since coming to power, A police spokesmAn sAid on WednesdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/mAssive-security-deployment-plAnned-for-president-xis-visit-to-cAmbodiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A US-bAsed orgAnisAtion thAt helps young women from post-conflict countries Attend school in the United StAtes is currently seeking CAmbodiAn ApplicAnts who hAve the AcAdemic strength And leAdership potentiAl thAt could lAnd them in A top US school. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/orgAnisAtion-seeks-women-to-study-in-us/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia is close to signing an ambitious agreement with the Indonesian government that would pave the way for the Kingdom’s rice producers to export 1 million tonnes of rice under a new quota scheme, a state official said yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-eyes-million-tonne-rice-quota-deal-with-indonesia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Half of children in Battambang schools were found to have intestinal parasites that could impact their health, according to a recent study. Of 308 students tested, over 50 percent were found to have a parasite, with 58 having multiple parasitic infections. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/parasites-common-in-kids-study/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

US investments in Cambodia increased 15-fold last year, due mainly to the construction of a new Coca-Cola plant in the Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone, according to a statement from the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdom-sees-major-increase-in-united-states-investment/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Every Cambodian will be assigned a 10-digit identification number under which information from various government departments, as well as the private sector, will be collected in a central database, Interior Minister Sar Kheng announced on Thursday.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fears-hover-over-plan-to-collect-data-on-all-cambodians/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Customs officers have released a pair of trucks that local officials said were seized late last month while being used to smuggle timber belonging to business mogul Kith Meng into Vietnam in breach of a government ban, according to police. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kith-meng-company-secures-timber-release/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

he CNRP on Tuesday asked the National Election Committee (NEC) to help reverse a City Hall ban on election marches along major Phnom Penh streets, a spokesman said. However, the NEC appeared to have drawn the opposite conclusion from their meeting. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nec-considers-cnrp-request-to-reverse-election-rally-ban/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A lAnd dispute between Prek Pnov district residents And the FAr EAst BroAdcAsting CompAny (FEBC) cAme to A heAd on SundAy, with protesters clAiming they were threAtened And detAined while compAny representAtives And locAl officiAls sAid the demonstrAtors were peAceAbly removed. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/residents-protest-over-lAnd-clAimed-by-febc/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A lArge rock smAshed through the side window of A cAr thAt hAd just dropped off members of the Independent Monk Network for SociAl Justice in KAndAl province on TuesdAy night, the group’s leAder But Buntenh sAid on WednesdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAr-window-smAshed-After-dropping-off-Activist-monks/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>