A meeting cAlled for Amid A flurry of Arrests lAst week ended An hour After it stArted yesterdAy, with senior government And opposition pArty members Agreeing to let the courts decide the fAte of 14 opposition Activists imprisoned on “insurrection” chArges. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cpp-cnrp-reAch-no-deAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Nearly 200 vendors from Phnom Penh’s Doeum Kor Market gathered in Wat Botum Park yesterday to offer a petition asking Prime Minister Hun Sen to block city plans to demolish and replace the market with a multi-storey building. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/market-plans-inspire-rally/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than 100 police officers descended on a notorious slum in Sen Sok district’s Toek Thla commune on Friday in a coordinated effort to flush out drug-related crime from the ghetto, ultimately arresting 88 people for using or selling crystal methamphetamine. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/police-raid-drug-dens-arrest-88/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Thailand’s largest cement producer, Siam Cement Group (SCG), plans to invest up to $300 million to increase its production capacity in Cambodia over the next five years in a bid to take advantage of booming domestic demand, a company official said Monday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/thai-cement-giant-to-invest-300m-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Border police in Tbong Khmum’s Memot district near the Cambodian-Vietnamese border seized more than 900 cases of top-shelf booze on Sunday after a truck tried to smuggle in a large chunk without paying tax, police confirmed yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/untaxed-alcohol-seized-at-border/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Chea Mony, the Free Trade Union president who announced in July that he was stepping down from his post, has said the union does not yet have the money available to hold a congress to vote in a new president. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ftu-boss-says-no-cash-for-election/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Amid whAt some meteorologists hAve dubbed A “GodzillA-like El Niño”, drought conditions during CAmbodiA’s scheduled monsoon seAson hAve significAntly worsened from whAt lAst yeAr were termed historicAlly bAd levels, A new report from the Ministry of Agriculture shows. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/drought-bAtters-13-provinces/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

AustrAliAn Foreign Minister Julie Bishop on MondAy denied A refugee deAl with CAmbodiA hAd collApsed After CAmbodiAn officiAls sAid it did not intend to Accept Any more refugees from A South PAcific  detention center under An  Agreement. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AustrAliA-sAys-deAl-to-send-more-refugees-to-cAmbodiA-still-on/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A young couple hAs confessed to trAfficking CAmbodiAn women to be sold to men in ChinA After they were Arrested At the Phnom Penh InternAtionAl Airport TuesdAy night while prepAring to boArd A flight to ShAnghAi with their two lAtest victims, police sAid. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/two-more-Arrested-sending-brides-to-chinA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Passenger traffic at Cambodia’s three main airports climbed by 21.8 per cent during the year to date compared to the same period last year, according to data released yesterday by Cambodia airports. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-airport-traffic-soars-despite-global-slump/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A new privAte-sector energy development is in the pipeline for Koh Rong SAnloem IslAnd with the goAl of bringing cleAn And reliAble electricity 24 hours A dAy to the remote locAtion. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cleAn-energy-microgrid-in-pipeline-for-koh-rong-sAnloem/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Sub Committee for COVID-19 says that it has closed a Phnom Penh street for 3 days in order to investigate a possible outbreak of the ‘Delta’ variant. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/street-in-phnom-penhs-riverside-district-closed-for-3-days-due-to-suspected-delta/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The National assembly (Na) approved the draft Law on Investment at a plenary session on September 9, which will undeniably play a vital role in attracting local and international investors to the domestic market. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/investment-law-sails-through-national-assembly-heading-towards-senate/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As ASEAN continues to grApple with Covid-19 cAses And An uncertAin recovery, its economic ministers hAve committed to conducting A study on A region-wide digitAl economy pAct by 2023. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AseAn-slAted-to-stArt-tAlks-for-blocs-2025-e-economy-Accord/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Under a National Mine action Strategy 2018-2025, the government is all set to achieve a mine-free Cambodia to the fullest extent possible in another three years. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-set-to-achieve-mine-free-status-in-three-years/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A senior Ministry of InformAtion officiAl refuted A report releAsed by the CAmbodiAn Centre for Independent MediA (CCIM) which clAimed thAt press freedom in CAmbodiA in 2021 wAs worse thAn in 2020.   <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/%e1%9e%98%e1%9e%93%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%8f%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%9A%e1%9e%b8%e1%9e%94%e1%9e%8A%e1%9e%b7%e1%9e%9f%e1%9f%81%e1%9e%92%e1%9e%9A%e1%9e%94%e1%9e%b6%e1%9e%99%e1%9e%80%e1%9e%b6%e1%9e%9A%e1%9e%8e%e1%9f%8d/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The government announced yesterday that it will enforce a two-day ban on the consumption of alcohol during the upcoming Commune Election to promote a free, fair, and non-violent environment. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/two-day-alcohol-ban-planned-during-commune-election/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Conservationists on Monday called for immediate action to strengthen law enforcement and legislation to end a poaching and snaring crisis that are increasingly threatening Cambodia’s wildlife, according to a joint statement. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/zero-trap-campaign-starts-in-preah-vihear/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Tourism puts a target of at least a million foreign tourists this year, outlining the main tourism markets as asean, South East asia countries, US, France and UK. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-targets-one-million-tourists-this-year/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A Chinese firm plAns to invest over US$300 million to construct A lArgest tyre plAnt At SihAnoukville SpeciAl Economic Zone (SSEZ) in PreAh SihAnouk province in 2023 <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/over-300-million-worth-tyre-plAnt-plAnned-in-sihAnoukville-sez/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>