Caught up in the middle
Sheltering under a blue tarpaulin amid dense woodland in Cambodia’s Cardamom Mountains, Nhean* sits and waits for night to fall after a long day scouring the protected forest for luxury timber. He says he works for a broker who is a supplier to one of Cambodia’s <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/caught-up-in-the-middle/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
May Titthara
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/caught-middle
Police Investigating Third Suspect in Mondolkiri Mining Fraud
Police said Thursday they are investigating the possibility of a third suspect who has been implicated in a fraud and forgery case over a mining deal, for which a Cambodian businessman and a Chinese associate are already awaiting trial. The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/police-investigating-third-suspect-in-mondolkiri-mining-fraud/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Simon Lewis and Eang Mengleng
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-investigating-third-suspect-in-mondolkiri-mining-fraud-41441/
Factory workers hold out for more
Little more than a week after garment workers were granted a US$10 monthly increase in allowances and bonuses, thousands of workers at a number of factories joined strikes with a clear message yesterday: they need more. Workers rallied outside factory gates and some marched to the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/factory-workers-hold-out-for-more/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012072057529/National-news/workers-hold-out-for-more.html
Factory allegedly hires thugs to hurt strikers
A gArment fActory in the cApitAl’s MeAnchey district yesterdAy denied hiring A group of 10 “gAngsters” to beAt And injure workers As they protested. CoAlition of CAmbodiAn AppArel Workers DemocrAtic Union (C.CAWDU) officiAl Ney Bunthoeun sAid A gAng of thugs hired by HAiyun gArment fActory bosses <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/fActory-Allegedly-hires-thugs-to-hurt-strikers/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012052256309/National-news/factory-thugs-hurt-strikers.html
Sonando broadcast targeted PM
A dAy before Prime Minister Hun Sen publicly cAlled for the Arrest of MAm SonAndo, the Beehive RAdio stAtion director hosted A fiery broAdcAst from The HAgue, where lAwyers were trying to lAunch A cAse AgAinst the premier in the InternAtionAl CriminAl Court. Just under three <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/sonAndo-broAdcAst-tArgeted-pm/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Interior Minister Sar Kheng chairs meeting on new road traffic law
The National Committee for Road Safety (NCSC) has organized a meeting to review and discuss the new road traffic law at Ministry of Interior office on Friday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/interior-minister-sar-kheng-chairs-meeting-on-new-road-traffic-law/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
So Cheata
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501191753/interior-minister-sar-kheng-chairs-meeting-on-new-road-traffic-law/
Tempers flare at bus protest
Resolution continued to elude 17 former bus drivers for the Phnom Penh Sorya Transportation Company yesterday when a demonstration at the company’s headquarters was roughly dispersed by company security after the ex-staffers tried to block buses from leaving. Sambath Vorn, president of the union whose founding <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tempers-flare-at-bus-protest/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Mom Kunthear and Tat Oudom
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tempers-flare-bus-protest
Cambodia, U.S. pledge to further enhance mutually beneficial cooperation
SokChendaSophea, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign affairs and International Cooperation, engaged here on Dec. 14 in a friendly discussion with H.E. Ms. Melissa a. Brown, U.S. Deputy assistant Secretary, Bureau of East asian and Pacific affairs, during the latter’s working visit to the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-u-s-pledge-to-further-enhance-mutually-beneficial-cooperation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501407468/cambodia-u-s-pledge-to-further-enhance-mutually-beneficial-cooperation/
Fish farm project on the table
A Chinese firm And its locAl pArtner hAve floAted A proposAl for A $100 million AquAculture project in CAmbodiA thAt would include fish fArms, A feed mill And A fish processing plAnt. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/fish-fArm-project-on-the-tAble/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/fish-farm-project-table
UDG security guard found guilty over 2014 violent attack
A security guArd hired by the Union Development Group, A Chinese firm building A $3.8-billion tourist meccA in A remote coAstAl AreA of Koh Kong province, wAs on MondAy hAnded A one-yeAr suspended sentence for punching A locAl womAn in the fAce lAst yeAr, According <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/udg-security-guArd-found-guilty-over-2014-violent-AttAck/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/udg-security-guard-found-guilty-over-2014-violent-attack-89000/
France to strengthen Cambodia’s aviation safety and security
French Development Agency or AFD hAs lAunched A project worth €450,000 (ApproximAtely $481,599) to strengthen sAfety And security As well As integrAte environmentAl issues in CAmbodiA’s civil AviAtion sector. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/frAnce-to-strengthen-cAmbodiAs-AviAtion-sAfety-And-security/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501089870/france-to-strengthen-cambodias-aviation-safety-and-security/
Quality control to lift exports
China will work with Cambodian officials to broaden the range of agricultural products that the asian economic giant allows to be imported from the Kingdom, government officials said yesterday. Ken Ratha, spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce, confirmed that China’s General administration, Quality Supervision, Inspection and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/quality-control-to-lift-exports/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/quality-control-lift-exports
Vietnamese wary of planned census
Sok Hieng* is concerned about a government census of foreigners that some observers believe will focus primarily on those of Vietnamese descent. “I am afraid that I will be forced to leave Cambodia because I do not have ID yet,” said Hieng, a 33-year-old construction worker <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vietnamese-wary-of-planned-census/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Sean Teehan and Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vietnamese-wary-planned-census
University dorm for orphans
Ol Sok Hour, a keen and promising student, had his life turned upside down two years ago when his parents died of aIDS. Yesterday, the NGO celebrated the launch of its Graduation House, a facility that will offer accommodation and support for orphaned tertiary students. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/university-dorm-for-orphans/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Sen David and Alice Cuddy
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/university-dorm-orphans
Labour’s 10 per cent rule
The Ministry of Labour has issued a prakas urging employers to follow existing regulations in the Labour Law that limit foreign workers to 10 per cent of the total workforce at any one company. It has warned that failure to stay within this limit – or <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/labours-10-per-cent-rule/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Sen David and Kevin Ponniah
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/labour%E2%80%99s-10-cent-rule
Koh Kong province to be declared landmine free soon
Cambodia Mine action authority (CMaa) plans to soon declare villages in Koh Kong province no longer threatened by landmines. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/koh-kong-province-to-be-declared-landmine-free-soon/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50941766/koh-kong-province-to-be-declared-landmine-free-soon/
Auto, electronics marked as potential priority sectors
The Cambodian government identified the automotive and electronics sectors as potential priority sectors for promoting Cambodia’s participation in the global value chain, as well as promoting economic diversification and economic recovery after the Covid-19. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/auto-electronics-marked-as-potential-priority-sectors/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501060029/auto-electronics-marked-as-potential-priority-sectors/
Cambodia rolls out 5th dose of COVID-19 vaccination even as second dose has not kept pace with first dose
Cambodia started providing the fifth dose of COVID-19 vaccines to priority groups across the country on Thursday, health ministry’s secretary of state and spokeswoman Or Vandine said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-starts-5th-round-covid-19-shots/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501091815/cambodia-rolls-out-5th-dose-of-covid-19-vaccination-even-as-second-dose-has-not-kept-pace-with-first-dose/
CCC declares constitutionality of law on amendment to election law
The Constitutional Council of Cambodia (CCC) has declared the constitutionality of the Law on amendment to the Election Law. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ccc-declares-constitutionality-of-law-on-amendment-to-election-law/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501318560/ccc-declares-constitutionality-of-law-on-amendment-to-election-law/
Military police shoot three farmers over land concession
Military police in Battambang province shot three villagers in the legs during a confrontation between local farmers and a private company that was granted a land concession, a police official said. Phnom Penh district police chief Song Sopheak said employees of Suon Neang Sambath company, a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/military-police-shoot-three-farmers-over-land-concession/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>