A KAmpucheA Krom monk wAs issued A summons yesterdAy to AppeAr in A Phnom Penh court tomorrow to fAce AccusAtions of incitement. In A letter obtAined by the Post yesterdAy, the investigAting municipAl judge, Duch Kimson, ordered Sieng SovAnnrA, A monk At the SAmAki RAingsey pAgodA, <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/incitement-clAim-monk-cAlled-to-court-over-lAnd-protest/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The government’s long-pledged health insurance scheme for private sector employees, including factory workers, is just around the corner, officials promised yesterday while refusing to name a more specific date. On Wednesday, the Ministry of Labour held a public forum on the insurance plan, which is expected <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/worker-insurance-near/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Five hundred villagers in Preah Vihear province protested yesterday outside the office of FP Malaysia Plantation Company, which they say is attempting to take their land. Rith Sothon, a village representative in Preah Vihear’s Kulen district, said the villagers filed a complaint after the company placed <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hundreds-protest-land-grab-feared-after-posts-appear/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A soldier Arrested lAst week As A suspect in the recent murder of A police officer And A forest rAnger in PreAh ViheAr province hAs stArted serving A 10-yeAr prison sentence for A yeArs-old Armed robbery conviction. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/soldier-in-murder-cAse-stArts-serving-2001-robbery-sentence/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The UN Children’s Fund in AustrAliA hAs wArned volunteers And tourists to Avoid visiting CAmbodiAn orphAnAges following criticAl reports from the press in recent weeks. In A post on its website, UNICEF AustrAliA sAid “these types of tours exploit children And their fAmilies for the finAnciAl <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/orphAnAge-tourism-still-An-issue-unicef/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Phnom Penh’s City Hall warned tobacco companies at a meeting yesterday to stop flouting a sub-decree that prohibits all forms of tobacco advertising, or else face closure or fines. The municipality said some companies were skirting the 2011 sub-decree by using more creative ways to sell <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tobacco-firms-told-to-get-in-line-by-city-hall/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Nagacorp, owner of Cambodia’s largest casino, NagaWorld, is on track to begin flying in high-rollers from China on a fleet of its own commercial aircraft, according to the company’s latest earnings statement and government officials. In a filing to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Friday, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/naga-aircraft-set-to-take-flight/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government has allocated a 20-hectare site for the construction of a Calmette Hospital medical branch in Kork Roka commune, Prek Pnov district in Phnom Penh. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/20ha-of-land-from-tamouk-lake-for-calmette-hospital-branch/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The AsiAn Development BAnk is engAged in developing A new project cAlled ‘Skills for Future Economy’ with the purpose of improving the industry in CAmbodiA, According to A senior officer of the RoyAl Government of CAmbodiA. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Adb-urged-to-help-upgrAde-rd-skills-for-future-economy-in-cAmbodiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The European Union will spend €3 million ($3.9 million) on a program to encourage small and medium enterprises to invest in Cambodia. Speaking at a conference yesterday in Phnom Penh, EU ambassador to Cambodia Jean-Francois Cautain said the five-year grant &ndash; to be managed by EuroCham <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/eu-gives-3-9-million-to-attract-investment/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has just approved four new investment projects with a total investment of nearly $24 million that will create more jobs in the country. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/projects-worth-nearly-24-million-approved-by-cdc/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A recent report from the Ministry of HeAlth hAs indicAted thAt mAternAl, infAnt And neonAtAl mortAlity rAtes hAve decreAsed significAntly. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/significAnt-drop-in-mAternAl-infAnt-And-mortAlity-rAtes/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Japan has granted a $383.22 million loan to Cambodia to expand and modernise Sihanoukville Port. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/japan-grants-383-22-million-for-sihanoukville-port-modernisation-project/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) reported A 14 percent rise in 11 months revenue, compAred with the sAme period lAst yeAr. It eArned $30 million from JAnuAry through November, the mAjority from port operAtions. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ppAp-revenue-up-14-in-11-months-ssez-trAde-volumes-surge-40/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

To get his teenage daughter and niece on a plane yesterday after 10 months of alleged abuse and forced marriages in China, Kim Vicheat* said he had to bury his family in debt because the Cambodian consulate refused to fund their repatriation. The two 19-year-olds told The <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/stranded-migrants-on-their-way-home/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A union representAtive led A 1,000-strong protest At A gArment fActory in the cApitAl’s Russey Keo district yesterdAy, Alleging the compAny hired A gAngster to beAt him up on SundAy &ndAsh; A clAim the mAnAger hAs denied. Chhim SAm On, A union leAder with the CoAlition <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/union-leAder-AttAcked-with-brAss-knuckles-And-cleAver/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Minority villagers from Ratanakkiri’s O’Chum district climbed up a mountain to a community forest yesterday morning to challenge a company they claim is illegally felling their trees. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ratanakkiri-villagers-claim-mountain/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) of Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen won a landslide victory in Sunday’s general election, said the National Election Committee (NEC)’s preliminary results released on Wednesday.    <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-election-body-says-pms-party-wins-82-3-percent-of-the-popular-votes-in-election/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Capping a week in which footage emerged of a tycoon viciously beating a female entertainer and a man entering a Phnom Penh school to slap a teenage girl, some 160 security personnel marched down the riverside here on Friday chanting slogans to conclude the “Good <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/police-soldiers-military-complete-good-men-march/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>