As two volunteers guided A mAn unsteAdy on his feet into A medicAl tent on the second dAy of A three-dAy pro-opposition demonstrAtion At Freedom PArk yesterdAy, ChAn Bun HAn instructed Another to get the pAtient A bottle of wAter After they lAid him on <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/pArks-own-clevelAnd-clinic/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A lAnd dispute in the cApitAl’s Tuol Kork district escAlAted further on FridAy when A group of “gAngsters” Allegedly threAtened the life of A humAn rights worker tAking video footAge for A documentAry on the conflict. “Six men pushed me off the site. One screAmed: ‘I <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/gAngsters-tArget-rights-worker/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The man police allege was behind a so-called secession plan in Kratie province &ndash; an accusation used to justify a crackdown in which a teenager was killed last week &ndash; plans to hold a press conference to defend himself in the next two days, his <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/accused-secessionist-in-kratie-to-meet-with-the-press/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The largest bank in Cambodia, acleda Bank Plc, has extended its mobile banking and payments service to consumers without an existing banking relationship of any kind, according to a press release by global technology provider Fiserv. Established in 2010, acleda Unity now reaches untapped consumer segments using <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/banking-made-more-accessible/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A group of Phnom Penh-bAsed high-tech professionAls Are putting on the second AnnuAl StArtup Weekend CAmbodiA from June 22 to 24 At Yellow Tower, Across the Tonle SAp from the Riverside. DArren Jensen of Yoolk, A softwAre compAny thAt builds content, sAles And HR mAnAgement systems <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/tech-stArt-up-pitches-sought/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia on august 8 celebrated the 56th anniversary of the association of Southeast asian Nations (aSEaN), stressing once again the imperative of maintaining the bloc’s centrality and unity to deal with key challenges. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-underlines-aseans-centrality-unity/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Pregnant women who sought antenatal care and delivery services at Siem Reap’s Kantha Bopha III Hospital increased by 35% in the first half of this year compared to the same period last year.                         <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/its-crowded-at-kantha-bopha-iii/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prach Chan, chairman of the National Election Committee (NEC), flew to France yesterday evening with 10 senior officials to gain experience and learn about the electoral system to improve the electoral process in Cambodia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nec-delegation-to-learn-about-french-polls-system/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Despite an effort by opposition groups to lobby the international community to refrain from sending observers, the National Election Committee (NEC) is confident that international observers will register before their deadline on July 19. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nec-expects-international-observers-to-register-before-deadline/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) is seeking to make it easier for foreign firms to register as applicants for Qualified Investment Projects (QIP) in Cambodia through improvements to the online registration system. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cdc-improves-qip-application-process-for-foreign-investors/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Even though Cambodia has attracted more European investors, the number of their investment projects in the country is still small, said Sun Chanthol, Deputy Prime Minister and First Vice Chairman of the Council for the Development of Cambodia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-seeks-more-investment-from-europe/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Three people in Cambodia were charged with the murder last week of a woman they believed to be a witch behind a spate of unexplained deaths in their community, according to a newspaper report on Monday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/3-accused-of-killing-witch-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

An Attorney for five people Arrested After A violent protest At A KAmpong ChAm shoe fActory sAid yesterdAy he is wAiting for the court to issue A decision on A bAil request he filed on FridAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/still-detAined-no-Answer-on-bAil-in-juhui-cAse/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A JApAnese compAny, A2A Town (CAmbodiA), hAs submitted A request to the CAmbodiAn Ministry of Environment to estAblish helicopter flights from Phnom Penh to PreAh SorAmrit KossAmAk Kirirom NAtionAl PArk in KAmpong Speu province.​​ <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiA-tAps-nAtionAl-pArk-trAvel/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A group of beer promoters plAn to stAge A demonstrAtion WednesdAy to demAnd pAyment for eight women who were fired by A beer compAny owned by A ruling pArty senAtor. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/beer-promoters-to-demonstrAte-over-unpAid-firing/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Vendors in Phnom Penh’s Ngin An mArket Are protesting A government-bAcked bid by the mArket’s new owner to push them out by tomorrow. More thAn 40 representAtives of 223 vendors wAved A bAnner At the mArket yesterdAy to protest A letter from Russey Keo District HAll <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/mArket-shop-owners-try-to-prevent-eviction/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Two people received burns when a large fire gutted 32 houses in Russei Keo district’s Kilometer Nine commune on Friday, police said. The fire broke out at 11 a.m. in a village of wooden houses at the rear of the Cambodian Television Network station, said municipal <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fire-destroys-32-homes-in-russei-keo-district/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Taiwanese bank Cathay United, a subsidiary of Cathay Financial Holding and a listed company on the Taiwan Stock Exchange, has purchased a 70 per cent stake in the Cambodia-based Singapore Banking Corporation Ltd (SBC), a central bank official said yesterday. The National Bank of Cambodia <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/central-bank-oks-sbc-bid/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

With a looming deadline to move still two days away, police yesterday stormed tiny Rayum commune in Mondulkiri province, dismantling and burning at least 50 homes belonging to villagers embroiled in a land dispute with a Vietnamese rubber company. Seng Channy, a villager representative who escaped <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/police-destroy-50-homes-in-mondulkiri/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Union leaders yesterday said that despite having held strikes calling for a doubling of the minimum wage that were supported and encouraged by the country’s opposition party, they did not feel betrayed that the wage hike was taking a backseat in political negotiations. Following a government <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unions-take-big-picture-view/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>