Four villagers accused of masterminding the theft and intentional damage of property belonging to Cheat aphiwat Co Ltd in a land dispute will have another month to prepare for trial after right groups adhoc garnered them a delay yesterday. a village chief and three other villagers <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/land-row-trial-delayed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Court of AppeAl yesterdAy upheld A verdict by Kompong ChhAng ProvinciAl Court over A lAnd dispute in Konmpong TrAlAch district between A 70-yeAr old womAn And A compAny owned by the wife of the Minister of Industry, Mines And Energy over A 3,000-squAre-meter pArcel <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/court-upholds-verdict-for-minsters-wifes-firm/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A cAr belonging to Ly ThidA, the director of the Kompong ChAm provinciAl depArtment of economy And finAnce, wAs involved in A fAtAl hit-And-run collision ThursdAy in the province’s Choeung Prey district, A police officiAl sAid. District deputy police chief CheAng Se sAid two people were <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/economic-officiAl-in-k-chAm-hit-And-run/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Hundreds of families from Kratie province’s Snuol district who were promised new plots of land after a Vietnamese rubber firm evicted them last month have complained that provincial officials are allowing hundreds of interlopers to stake a claim instead. The 405 families were evicted from the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kratie-land-dispute-goes-on/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A fishermAn who survived A deAdly collision After his boAt smAshed into A towboAt off the south coAst eArlier this yeAr filed A complAint TuesdAy with the Anti-Corruption Unit, Accusing A Koh Kong Prov­inciAl Court judge And his clerk of corruption After the judge Allowed <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/fishermAn-files-Anti-corruption-unit-complAint/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A wAr-left mortAr round exploded on FridAy morning, killing An old womAn And seriously injuring five others in northern KAmpong Thom province, A provinciAl militAry police chief sAid. “The explosion occurred At 7:40 A.m. locAl time in KAmpong SvAy district when A mAn wAs hitting <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiAn-womAn-dies-5-others-injure-After-old-mortAr-shell-explodes/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Tycoon Try Pheap has collected an estimated 1,500 cubic metres of timber from Forestry administration offices since the government in July issued his companies permission to confiscate “waste wood” from their offices and from the Ministry of Environment, according to preliminary government figures obtained by <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-releases-data-on-timber-barons-deal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Logistics firms saw a new level of diversity in Cambodian exports, a trend that would protect the economy from external shock, several shipping companies said. The Kingdom is on the right track to diversify and increase the export of agricultural products, while decreasing its reliance on <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdoms-logistics-firms-see-diversity/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Greens will attempt to force a vote in the Senate on plans to resettle in Cambodia refugees whose claims for protection are recognised on Nauru and is challenging Labor to block any deal. The party’s immigration spokesperson, Sarah Hanson-Young, is confident any deal with the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/greens-will-try-to-force-senate-vote-on-plans-to-settle-refugees-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said yesterday that climate change will be a concern in some asian countries, including Cambodia. He encouraged the countries to find ways to manage any affects on their economies. Economists recognize it will lower growth in some main sectors of the economy &ndash; <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/climate-action-plan-needed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Two foreign-owned garment manufacturers will submit disclosure documents to Cambodia’s capital market regulator next month, the companies’ underwriter Phnom Penh Securities Firm Plc. said yesterday. The initial public offerings for the two private companies, expected by the end of the year, should boost action on the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/garment-makers-gear-up-for-ipos/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

About 150 gArment workers turned out to the Phnom Penh of­fices of the United Sisterhood AlliAnce NGO on SundAy to wAtch A politicAlly chArged fAshion show entitled “BeAutiful Clothes, Ugly ReAlity.” Aimed to highlight “the income gAp between CAmbodiAn gArment workers And the selected CEOs of <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/workers-turn-models-on-politicAl-cAtwAlk/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Prince Sisowath Thomico, a cousin of King Norodom Sihamoni, strenuously denied a Fresh News report that he was the mastermind behind a group of opposition activists planning to disrupt the July 29 national elections. The report on Monday said that on a recent evening, a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/prince-thomico-denies-fresh-news-story-that-he-is-leading-group-to-destroy-polls/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

When Chheung Rattana was married a few years ago, the only thing she and her new husband inherited from their families was a small plot of land to grow rice on. It was a tough start for the newlyweds, who decided that the only way <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/microfinance-success-stories-from-the-countryside/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Residents of the Boeung Kak community yesterday submitted a petition to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s cabinet, asking the premier to seek a royal pardon to release their jailed representative Tep Vanny, and also solve their outstanding land dispute. according to the petition by eight Boeung Kak <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/land-rights-activists-want-royal-pardon-for-tep-vanny/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) and a microfinance industry insider applauded one of Cambodia’s top 10 MFIs Sathapana Limited, for changing the majority shareholder to a commercial bank. They said it proves a positive and strong funding source is essential for MFIs to peruse their <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/microfinance-deal-applauded/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Phnom Penh Autonomous Port plAns to buy A rice-polishing mAchine from ChinA, And will Also look to build A rice storAge fAcility in KAndAl province. These moves, officiAls sAid, were intended to push Along CAmbodiA’s rice trAde during A period of uncertAinty for the industry. FAcilities <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/phnom-penh-Autonomous-port-to-push-rice-exports/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Transparency International Cambodia is set to step up its presence in the Kingdom with the launch of a $2.5 million three-year program to monitor and record corruption. On a scale of zero (highly corrupt) to 10 (very clean), Cambodia ranks 2.1, according to the organisation, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/corruption-targeted-by-2-5-million-program/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

For the second time in five days, Cambodia’s garment industry has been rocked by another partial collapse of a structure at a factory. Garment workers are reporting that at least 10 people, including a pregnant woman, have been injured after a concrete platform collapsed into a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/accident-rocks-garment-industry-again/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia and Vietnam have launched a joint investigation over a temporary border marker found to have gone missing during a routine patrol of the area on Tuesday in Tbong Khmum province, according to a local official. Much of Cambodia’s border with Vietnam remains contested and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-vietnam-team-up-over-missing-border-marker/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>