The number of new HIV infections in Cambodia nearly doubled over the past decade&mdash;the greatest increase in asia&mdash;while less than a third of Cambodians living with the virus are receiving medication to slow its development, according to a report released this week. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hiv-infections-nearly-doubled-over-past-decade/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Despite some appearances to the contrary, things in Cambodia are looking pretty rosy at least according to the World Bank. In its latest revision of world economies the Bank raised Cambodia’s status from a low-income economy to a lower-middle income country. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/booming-growth-pushes-cambodia-to-lower-middle-income-status/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Sun Chanthol, senior minister and minister of Public Works and Transport, met with the president of Dansan Consultants on Friday to talk about the lack of safety signs on a construction site on National Road 21 that allegedly caused two deaths in a traffic accident. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-scolds-south-korean-firm/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodia Socio-Economic Survey 2014 has revealed the balanced sex ratio in the country, according to the state news agency-aKP. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/socio-economic-survey-shows-cambodias-balanced-sex-ratio/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A set of new globAl stAndArds for Adolescent heAlth cAre releAsed by the World HeAlth OrgAnizAtion (WHO) And UNAIDS this week indicAte thAt A worldwide gAp in heAlth cAre provision for youths is mAgnified by CAmbodiA’s compArAtively young populAtion, officiAls And experts sAid yesterdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/youth-heAlth-cAre-in-focus/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Villagers in northwestern Cambodia’s Siem Reap province on Wednesday called for local authorities to protect them and said they are considering legal action against a military unit they claim is threatening them in a bid to take over their farmland. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-villagers-call-for-protection-mull-lawsuit-against-military-unit-in-land-dispute/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Representatives of 14 ethnic mi­nority communities in Ratana­kkiri province on Friday accepted $1,700 each from Vietnamese rubber company Hoang anh Gia Lai (HaGL) to buy a buffalo and hold a ceremony to appease the spirits that had been disturbed by the firm’s plantations. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/firm-gives-ratana%c2%adkkiri-minorities-cash-for-ceremony/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

An AustrAliAn senAtor wAnts to see A resolution censuring CAmbodiA for recent politicAl AttAcks on the opposition. Ludlum told AustrAliAn lAwmAkers they should pAss A resolution recognizing the current Acts representing An “extremely bAd sign for democrAcy in CAmbodiA.” <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AustrAliAn-lAwmAker-urges-censure-of-Acts-AgAinst-cAmbodiAn-opposition/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Interior Ministry’s anti-human trafficking department on Monday questioned an administrator at a maritime school over complaints lodged in September by seven former students who claim they were forced to flee a pair of Chinese-owned cargo ships after working in slave-like conditions. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-investigates-maritime-school-over-worker-complaints/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The AppeAl Court on ThursdAy upheld convictions of intentionAl violence And cAusing property dAmAge AgAinst 13 unionists And workers who were Arrested during A riot outside A Phnom Penh industriAl pArk on JAnuAry 3, 2014, At which militAry police shot deAd At leAst five people. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AppeAl-court-upholds-veng-sreng-riot-convictions/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Telecom operator Smart axiata Co. Ltd. and the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding that will see Smart donate more than $320,000 to build a facility for students at the National Institute of Post, Telecom &amp; ICT (NIPTICT). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/smart-moves-on-tech-education/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A high-speed police chAse Across Stung Treng province eArly MondAy morning led to the confiscAtion of more thAn 1.5 tons of rosewood, but only After An SUV plowed into A police truck blocking the roAd, with two suspects eventuAlly fleeing on foot. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAr-chAse-nets-1-5-tons-of-rosewood-no-suspects/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A controversiAl proposed AnimAl swAp thAt would hAve seen elephAnts Kiri And SeilA sent from the notorious Teuk Chhou Zoo in KAmpot to A zoo in JApAn in exchAnge for other exotic species hAs been officiAlly cAlled off, new documents show.   <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/controversiAl-elephAnt-swAp-with-jApAn-cAlled-off/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

After issuing A public heAlth wArning eArlier this month for Kep province due to An AlgAl bloom in the coAstAl wAter, the government on FridAy lifted its precAutionAry bAn on swimming, fishing And eAting seAfood in the province, According to A stAtement.   <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/government-sAys-kep-wAter-sAfe-tourists-pour-bAck-in/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

As CAmbodiA continues its bAttle AgAinst rAging thunderstorms And stifling droughts, officiAls from A vAriety of ministries Attended A three-dAy workshop lAst week on how to incorporAte the wide-rAnging effects of climAte chAnge into the nAtionAl And provinciAl budgeting process.   <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/un-helps-ministries-budget-for-climAte-chAnge/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The government claims not to have issued a single permit to export Siamese rosewood since it agreed to strict new trade rules for the exceedingly rare trees, and says it will look into a U.N.-managed database that states otherwise.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rosewood-export-permits-were-faked-government-says/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A judge postponed the stArt of A defAmAtion triAl AgAinst NAtionAl Election Committee officiAl Ny ChAkryA on MondAy After the two Siem ReAp court officiAls who brought the cAse AgAinst him fAiled to show up At the Phnom Penh MunicipAl Court.   <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/court-officiAls-lAwsuit-AgAinst-election-officiAl-pushed-bAck/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Sun Chanthol, the Minister of Public Works and Transport, said last week that Hanshin Engineering and Construction Company, a Korean firm that won the contract to improve National Road 21, violated the contract with the government by hiring a subcontractor to do the job. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/korean-firm-violated-its-contract-minister/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian government officials have opened an investigation into accusations that Hanshin, a Korean construction company, breached contract by failing to follow safety regulations after two brothers were killed when they drove off an unfinished bridge in a Hanshin construction zone last week.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fatal-bridge-accident-in-kandal-prompts-inquiry/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Education Minister Hang Chuon Naron on Wednesday defended the decision not to expel a senior official from the ministry after he was arrested for sexually assaulting his interpreter during a visit to South Korea in May, saying the crime was not serious&mdash;“not rape.” <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/education-official-did-not-rape-minister-says/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>