Three of the country’s largest unions on Wednesday added their voices to a global campaign urging member states of the International Labor Organization’s (ILO) Governing Body, which Cambodia recently joined, to not revoke the option to go on strike as a fundamental right. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/local-unions-join-right-to-strike-campaign/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In a meeting Thursday in Siem Reap province with about 270 provincial officials and members of the opposition CNRP, party President Sam Rainsy promised to find a “win-win solution” to the members’ demands that the provincial CNRP chief be removed from her post. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rainsy-meets-members-in-siem-reap-over-provincial-party-chief/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Preliminary results from an investigation into the death of a veteran deminer, who was killed instantly by an explosion while clearing a field in Pailin province on Tuesday, show that he was in the process of excavating an anti-personnel mine when the blast occurred. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/deminer-was-likely-digging-up-explosive-when-killed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Ethnic Lao and the local authorities in Stung Treng province’s Sesan district have accused the Srekor commune police chief of being a timber “gangster” and selling protected wood to tycoon Kith Meng, who has a stake in the nearby Lower Sesan II hydropower project. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cop-chief-accused-of-illegal-timber-sales/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha marked his arrival back in the Kingdom from a trip to the US on Wednesday by saying he was not afraid of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s threats to have him prosecuted for allegedly attempting to lead a revolution. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sokha-not-interested-in-hun-sens-threats/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The ministers of interior and finance last month signed off on a document announcing official prices for basic government services such as the production of ID cards and passports in order to combat irregular fee collection, according to a copy of the document released Saturday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/interior-ministry-publicizes-official-price-list-to-combat-bribery/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry And Fisheries will roll out A new AgriculturAl Extension Policy thAt will look to boost the sector by mAking new knowledge And technology eAsily Accessible to fArmers And communities, in A bid to increAse efficiency And productivity in the sector. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/fArmers-to-reAp-info-flow-govt/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Following the intervention of Indonesia’s ambassador to Cambodia last week, 10 Indonesian nationals left the country Sunday after being released by police in Kandal province, where they were being held over a $161,000 theft at a local casino, an embassy official said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ten-indonesians-return-home-after-ambassadors-intervention/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Public Health Ministry has put Thailand on a nationwide alert for MERS after one foreigner tested positive for the virus at a Bangkok hospital on Thursday, with various measures being implemented to ensure it does not spread. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/thailand-placed-under-nationwide-mers-alert/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Two foreign filmmakers were arrested Tuesday morning after their drone was seen filming in the skies near Prime Minister Hun Sen’s house in Phnom Penh&mdash;a flight that provided a litmus test for February’s ban on unauthorized drone operation in the city. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/city-hall-follows-through-on-drone-ban-arrests-two-foreigners/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Authorities in CAmbodiA on ThursdAy briefly detAined three Activists who protested in front of pArliAment, And A locAl rights group officiAl who monitored the demonstrAtion, cAlling on the government to stop A VietnAmese sAnd dredging compAny from polluting the environment in Koh Kong province. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiAn-police-detAin-Activists-rights-monitor-At-sAnd-dredging-protest/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

NGOs on Monday vowed to press ahead with a protest march through Phnom Penh on Tuesday against a draft law that threatens to rein in the country’s non-government groups and associations despite City Hall’s threat to stop them by “any means.” <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-to-stop-march-against-ngo-law-by-any-means/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The AppeAl Court on FridAy upheld A Phnom Penh MunicipAl Court decision to throw out the cAse of An NGO stAffer who clAims his life wAs threAtened by security guArds working for property mAgnAte Khun SeAr At A disputed site in Tuol Kok district. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/court-denies-AppeAl-for-rights-worker-in-deAth-threAt-cAse/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia’s opposition party will boycott a national conference held by parliament to discuss a controversial draft law that would regulate nongovernmental organizations operating in the developing country, because of loopholes in the proposed legislation that would hinder the groups, an opposition lawmaker said Tuesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-opposition-party-to-boycott-conference-on-ngo-draft-law/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

During a five-day state visit to China that starts today, Defense Minister Tea Banh will meet with officials from the Union Development Group, a Chinese firm that has evicted hundreds of families to make way for its tourism development in Koh Kong province. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tea-banh-to-meet-with-firm-in-land-dispute/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

During his trial at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday, a former commune chief in Prek Pnov district admitted to organizing the murder of a political rival, who survived the subsequent grenade attack that claimed the life of his 11-year-old son. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ex-commune-chief-admits-to-planning-murder/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A district police chief in Kompong ChhnAng province wAs on TuesdAy questioned over AccusAtions thAt he rAped A high-school student in his office eArlier this month And threAtened to kill the womAn’s fAmily if she told Anyone About the AssAult. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/district-police-chief-denies-rAping-student/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A government delegAtion yesterdAy told Tbong Khmum provinciAl And locAl officiAls it would resolve A border dispute with VietnAm in Memot district “very soon”, As villAgers blocked from their fArms in the contested AreA by VietnAmese Authorities sAy they feAr looming food shortAges. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/govt-promises-border-Action/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

An Angry mob of hundreds surrounded A police stAtion in TAkeo province for nine hours on WednesdAy night And demAnded thAt An Alleged orgAn hArvester Accused of kidnApping A 6-yeAr-old girl be hAnded over for summAry execution, officiAls sAid ThursdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/police-sAve-mAn-from-Angry-mob/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A former two-stAr militAry generAl who confessed to murdering his wife And dAughter, stuffing their bodies in A cooler And hAving two relAtives dump them in the forest wAs sentenced to life in prison by the Phnom Penh MunicipAl Court on ThursdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/generAl-gets-life-for-murdering-wife-dAughter/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>