The Labor Ministry official in charge of garment factory faintings declared Wednesday’s reopening of a Svay Rieng province factory&mdash;where 100 workers fainted in the past week due to chemical fumes&mdash;a relative success, with only three more women collapsing while working. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/three-more-women-faint-as-factory-reopens/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than 60 per cent of Cambodian students have experienced gender-based violence in schools, with staff committing the violence a fifth of the time, according to a new research report from Plan International and the International Center for Research on Women. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/one-in-five-students-saw-gender-violence/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The body of a fisherman was discovered floating in the Tonle Sap lake in Kompong Chhnang province’s Boribor district on Tuesday after a vicious boating attack, police said Wednesday, in what is the fourth such incident on the lake this year. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/on-tonle-sap-lake-another-attack-over-fishing/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Following a bail hearing for CNRP information department chief Meach Sovannara at the Supreme Court on Wednesday, the opposition party’s spokesman said he was “optimistic” that the court would decide to release the official when it announces a verdict on March 11. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cnrp-optimistic-that-official-will-be-released/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A group of Activists stAged A flAsh mob in Phnom Penh’s WAt Botom pArk ThursdAy evening, performing the MAdison And the chA-chA-chA to bring Attention to women’s rights in the leAd-up to InternAtionAl Women’s DAy on SundAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/womens-rights-Activists-stAge-flAsh-mob-to-rAise-AwAreness/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Two government ministers will meet with a National assembly commission on Monday to discuss a tourism management plan for Bo­kor Mountain, according to CNRP lawmaker Yem Ponhea­rith, who last month visited the mountain to inspect burial sites popular with Vietnamese tourists. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-to-discuss-bokor-mountain-management/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A 20-yeAr-old womAn suffered serious burns to her fAce And body After being doused with Acid in Phnom Penh on FridAy in An AttAck Allegedly cArried out by A jeAlous wife who suspected the victim wAs sleeping with her husbAnd. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/womAn-grAvely-injured-in-suspected-love-triAngle-Acid-AttAck/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A militAry generAl chArged in connection with A high-profile corruption scAndAl At the Phnom Penh MunicipAl Court, which led to the removAl of its top judge lAst month, on TuesdAy denied the AllegAtions AgAinst him After being questioned At the court. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/court-questions-generAl-chArged-in-corruption-cAse/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

National assembly spokesman Chheang Vun said on Sunday that an opposition lawmaker who was on Friday found guilty of aiding a prison break could be arrested and jailed once he has exhausted his avenues of appeal, automatically extinguishing his immunity as a lawmaker. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/immunity-for-lawmaker-will-expire-assembly-spokesman-says/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than 160 families in Banteay Meanchey province’s O’Chrou district filed a complaint on Monday with local officials calling for the removal of their village chief, whom they blame for the loss of 835 hectares of farmland to a rubber plantation. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/families-call-for-chiefs-ouster-over-land-sale/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A RussiAn mAn wAnted for his involvement in A violent brAwl At SihAnoukville’s Queenco cAsino in FebruAry wAs Arrested And jAiled TuesdAy evening After leAding more thAn 20 police on An hour-long motorbike chAse through the coAstAl town, officiAls sAid. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/police-Arrest-Another-russiAn-over-cAsino-brAwl-in-sihAnoukville/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Rampant land grabs, economic land concessions and a disastrous land-titling program have fostered an environment of insecurity for Cambodia’s most marginalised citizens, according to a new report, which argues that the Kingdom needs to rethink its current business-centric development model. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/land-insecurity-linked-report/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A former Ministry of Interior police officer wAs tried by the Phnom Penh MunicipAl Court yesterdAy for Allegedly embezzling more thAn $1.5 million under the pretense of buying lAnd from KAndAl province villAgers for A compAny he used to work for. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/officiAl-questioned-over-1-5m-lAnd-frAud/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The ruling CPP and opposition CNRP made a rare show of fraternity Wednesday morning in unanimously passing the country’s first tobacco control law&mdash;which bans sales to minors, smoking in public and most advertising&mdash;in a bid to combat related illnesses. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/parties-unite-to-pass-strict-tobacco-control-law/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Tycoon Thong Sarath has been charged with premeditated murder and possession of weapons by a court in Phnom Penh after being arrested in a joint operation with Cambodian and Vietnamese police on Thursday over the killing of Shimmex Group owner Ung Meng Cheu. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tycoon-charged-with-murder/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday convicted a British national of purchasing child prostitution and committing indecent acts against minors, sentencing him to eight years in prison and ordering him to pay a total of $5,000 in fines and compensation. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/briton-gets-8-years-for-sexually-abusing-girls/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

After yeArs of bitter rhetoric And violence, A freshly pArdoned opposition leAder SAm RAinsy returned from exile in FrAnce to Announce the end of CAmbodiA’s zero-sum politicAl culture And A new stArt in his relAtionship with Prime Minister Hun Sen. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/in-old-enemy-hun-sen-sAm-rAinsy-sees-hope/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE) collected more than $360 million in revenues for the national budget during the first quarter of 2015, a 13 per cent increase year-on-year, according to a statement from the department released last week. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/customs-revenues-increase/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The AustrAliAn immigrAtion minister on WednesdAy mAde A blunt videotAped pitch to Asylum seekers detAined on the PAcific islAnd of NAuru to Accept A resettlement offer while stressing they should forget About ever moving to AustrAliA. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AustrAliA-mAkes-video-pitch-for-cAmbodiA-to-Asylum-seekers/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Russian businessman Nikolai Doroshenko, who was jailed in March on fraud charges relating to a dispute with his former investment partner, Sergei Polonsky, will on Monday receive a decision from the appeal Court about his latest request to be freed on bail. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/appeal-court-delays-decision-on-doroshenkos-bail-request/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>