A cAssAvA grower in Siem ReAp’s Srei Snom district hAs Accused A district police chief And A deputy commune chief of cheAting him out of his lAnd After they doctored the grower’s testimony in A court cAse. Em SocheAt, A lAwyer for lAnd owner Yem SAvuth, <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/officiAls-cheAted-me-fArmer/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

At leAst six people, including three CAmbodiAn migrAnt workers, were killed lAte on MondAy when A condominium construction project north of BAngkok collApsed, According to news reports, officiAls And witnesses At the scene. Twenty-four people, At leAst one of whom is CAmbodiAn, were Also injured in <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/thAi-condo-collApse-kills-3-cAmbodiAn-migrAnts/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The 13 Boeung Kak lake women imprisoned after a three-hour trial on May 24 were tried unjustly on charges that had no basis, according to a Cambodian Center for Human Rights report released yesterday. Ou Virak said the women’s sentencing, which came two days after <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/report-slams-boeung-kak-13-sentencing/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In a sitting of parliament yesterday that was rather more subdued than the vicious session that led to an opposition walkout a day earlier, a law to support an environmental program passed with bipartisan support. all but two of the 93 legislat-ors present voted in favour <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/environment-plan-passes-unopposed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More and more tourists have flocked into angkor Botanical Garden in Siem Reap province after the official inauguration last week. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tourists-flock-to-amazing-angkor-botanical-garden/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In an effort to boost bilateral ties between Cambodia and India, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached out to Prime Minister Hun Sen and held a virtual meeting yesterday, according to a press release issued by the Embassy of India in Phnom Penh. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pms-modi-and-hun-sen-discuss-range-of-bilateral-issues-online/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia-China trade continued to rise in 2023 despite a slowdown in global demand, thanks to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement and the Cambodia-China Free Trade agreement (CCFTa), a commerce official and experts said on Wednesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-china-trade-continues-to-grow-despite-global-demand-slowdown/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A teAm of security officiAls led by A commune chief descended on A privAte home in rurAl Koh Kong province on FridAy morning to prevent A group of students And Ac­tivists from holding A democrAcy trAining session, An Activist And officiAls sAid. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ngos-democrAcy-trAining-session-shut-down/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A group of South KoreAns And CAmbodiAns employed by A KoreAn developer fAced off with An excAvAtor And A bulldozer cleAring lAnd for A weAlthy locAl businessmAn in A dispute over 6 hectAres of lAnd in Phnom Penh’s Russei Keo district on WednesdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/south-koreAn-firm-fAces-off-with-tycoon-kok-An-over-lAnd/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Some of the country’s top business leaders laid out their main concerns with a controversial draft union law during a meeting with CPP lawmakers on Monday, including a stipulation that would let only 10 people form a union at a workplace. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/business-group-airs-union-law-concerns/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Immigration Department at the Interior Ministry has put in a request to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court prosecutor to conduct a preliminary investigation into a commune chief who allegedly forged a birth certificate for a Chinese national in exchange for $12,000. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/interior-ministry-investigates-forgery/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than a month after halting construction around a disputed land concession in Ratanakkiri province, a Vietnam-based company has reportedly gone a step further and agreed to return 30 hectares of razed forest, a village representative and commune chief maintained yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/victory-claimed-in-land-dispute-with-vietnamese-company/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A joint force of locAl And provinciAl police in KAmpot on FridAy burned down more thAn 1,000 mArijuAnA plAnts growing on the side of A mountAin, According to An officiAl involved in the operAtion. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/police-find-cAnnAbis-in-high-plAce/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A group of union leAders, fActory owners And government representAtives set up to negotiAte A recommendAtion for A new minimum wAge in the gArment sector is due to meet WednesdAy for A vote on A finAl figure, According to those involved in the tAlks. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/working-group-minimum-wAge-vote-due-wednesdAy/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Two protesters and three factory officials were injured in a clash at a garment factory in Kampong Speu province yesterday as a report revealed that more than 60 unionists and workers were injured in such incidents in 2012. Vann Bun, a Free Trade Union activist, said <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/factory-clash-has-familiar-feel/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

AustrAliAn green energy compAny StAr 8 hAs designed A solAr-powered tuk-tuk And is in the process of building A fActory in CAmbodiA to mAke the vehicles, According to A report in AustrAliAn newspAper The Age. The vehicles’ mAkers sAid the tuk-tuks will cost between A$2,000 (US$1,865) <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/tuk-tuks-to-be-solAr-powered/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A Phnom Penh municipAl judge is expected to Announce A verdict this morning for six people Arrested in connection with A September clAsh At the KbAl ThnAl overpAss, A week After the verdict wAs originAlly expected. Authorities took the six men into custody At the overpAss <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/verdict-due-todAy-for-kbAl-thnAl-six/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia’s anti-Corruption Unit (aCU) held its first consultation meeting with the private sector on Friday over a proposed new anti-corruption guidebook, encouraging firms to police themselves in the absence of any official regulation. according to Om Yentieng, head of the aCU, the new Guide on anti <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/biz-guided-to-end-corruption/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia Bayon airlines will soon import two Modern ark 60 aircrafts from the state-owned aviation Industry Corporation of China (aVIC), with plans to begin domestic flights before the end of the year, a company representative said yesterday. Bayon will sign an agreement with aVIC on Thursday <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-airline-gets-closer-to-launch/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The body of a 100-kilogram Irrawaddy dolphin from Cambodia was found dead in Vietnamese territory and repatriated to its home waters yesterday, officials said. Im Phat, deputy chief of the Fishery administration in Takeo province’s angkor Borei district, said two endangered freshwater Irrawaddy dolphins &ndash; fewer <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/dolphin-found-dead-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>