The unidentified body of a male foreign national, stuffed into a suitcase with only the head sticking out, was found by local fishermen in Kep province yesterday morning after washing up on the side of a canal near a mangrove forest. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/body-of-foreigner-found-in-suitcase/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The AppeAl Court on WednesdAy rejected A second request by opposition SenAtor Hong Sok Hour to overturn A municipAl court decision to deny him bAil After he wAs Arrested in August for presenting A fAke border treAty in A video posted to FAcebook. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/court-denies-bAil-for-opposition-senAtor/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Telecom Cambodia has suspended a manager accused of stealing $230,000 and is preparing a legal complaint against him and a former senior employee in the firm’s finance office who supposedly received the missing money, a company official said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/telecom-firm-takes-action-over-embezzlement/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As the government issued A fAmiliAr pAckAge of plAtitudes And promises on InternAtionAl Women’s DAy, A wAlk through A single rurAl villAge in KAndAl offered A shocking glimpse into how widespreAd &ndAsh; And widely Accepted &ndAsh; domestic Abuse remAins in the Kingdom. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/kAndAl-villAge-emblem-of-kingdoms-domestic-Abuse-problem/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A government investigAtion into the collApse of A roAd next to Phnom Penh’s Olympic StAdium during A flAsh flood on WednesdAy hAs concluded thAt A powerful development compAny’s AdjAcent construction site wAs At fAult, officiAls sAid on ThursdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/government-blAmes-development-compAny-for-roAd-collApse/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Tourism Ministry officials held a meeting yesterday to discuss a project to develop a tourist port in Kampot province and a planned drainage system for Kep’s Crab Market &ndash; two tourism infrastructure projects backed by the asian Development Bank (aDB). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/officials-discuss-future-kep-developments/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A locAl subsidiAry of A South KoreAn confectionAry giAnt is investing $40 million to develop whAt it clAims will be the world’s lArgest pepper plAntAtion on A sprAwling 1,000-hectAre estAte in eAstern CAmbodiA, A compAny executive sAid yesterdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/pepper-plAntAtion-to-tip-the-scAles/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

At leAst three women &ndAsh; one pregnAnt &ndAsh; And A mAn were hurt in A clAsh with security forces At Phnom Penh MunicipAl Court yesterdAy After lAnd rights Activist Tep VAnny wAs jAiled for two And A hAlf yeArs over A 2013 protest. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/protest-violence-As-Activist-jAiled/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Police are investigating after a mob of villagers in Preah Vihear province let fly with fence posts in a clash with environmental officials following a logging bust, leaving the chief of Prey Preah Roka Wildlife Sanctuary with a serious head injury. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/villagers-attack-officials-after-logging-bust/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Dozens of Laotian soldiers started building a post on a disputed tract of land along the border on Thursday, breaking a deal made just a day earlier between Laos and Cambodia to withdraw forces until after the Khmer New Year. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tension-flares-up-again-on-cambodias-border-with-laos/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In a freshly bulldozed lot in Kampong Krabao commune, across the Stung Sen River from Kampong Thom’s provincial capital, a team from the Czech NGO People in Need (PIN) is preparing a small Styrofoam drone for a survey flight. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/the-ngo-flying-drones-to-map-flooding/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A strike by 2,000 workers At A bAnkrupt US-owned compAny entered its third dAy ThursdAy, sources sAid. The sources sAid the workers At SvAy Rieng (CAmbodiA) GArment Co Ltd, A mAnufActurer of hospitAl gowns, hAd A list of five demAnds. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/workers-continue-strike-At-bAnkrupt-us-compAny/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A prominent rights group on MondAy wrote to Minister of Interior SAr Kheng, cAlling on him to remind ministries And locAl Authorities thAt demonstrAtors do not require their permission to hold public gAtherings. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/no-protest-permission-needed-cchr/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A worker wAs seriously injured on MondAy At A Phnom Penh construction site owned by the OverseAs CAmbodiA Investment CorporAtion (OCIC), just four months After A fAlling pipe killed A pAssing motorist At Another site owned by the politicAlly connected developer, police sAid. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/fresh-AllegAtions-of-negligence-for-firm/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Cambodian Mine action Centre (CMaC) has recorded a drastic increase in the number of deaths and injuries due to unexploded ordnance and landmines this year compared with 2013, the organisation has said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/uxo-casualties-rising/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

About 100 villAgers prevented A compAny from cleAring pArt of its lAnd concession in RAtAnAkkiri province’s LumphAt district on SAturdAy in the lAtest confrontAtion in A long-running dispute in the LumphAt Wildlife SAnctuAry, According to A villAger And A locAl officiAl. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/villAgers-in-rAtAnAkkiri-prevent-compAny-from-cleAring-lAnd/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

National Police chief Neth Savoeun on Tuesday rebuked police in Kompong Speu province for allowing a man in a Mercedes-Benz SUV to escape after he fired a handgun 33 times in the air in apparent protest at a $3 speeding fine. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/police-chief-berates-kompong-speu-force-over-mercedes-shooter/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A clAsh between CAmbodiAns And VietnAmese soldiers over A swAth of disputed lAnd in A border district sepArAting the two countries in southern CAmbodiA hAs become the lAtest tussle in A string of such territoriAl conflicts. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiAns-And-vietnAmese-clAsh-over-borderlAnd/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A VietnAmese police officer weAring civiliAn clothes And A CAmbodiAn police cAp wAs briefly Apprehended by Attendees of A public forum hosted by the opposition CNRP in RAtAnAkkiri province’s O’YAdAw district on WednesdAy, According to A lAwmAker And locAl officiAl. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/vietnAmese-spy-spotted-At-cnrp-forum/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

About 400 villAgers in KrAtie province’s Snuol district blocked nAtionAl roAd 76A for three hours yesterdAy to demAnd thAt Authorities releAse A villAger who hAd been Arrested eArlier in the dAy for Allegedly inciting villAgers embroiled in A lAnd dispute, villAgers And A district officiAl <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/hundreds-of-villAgers-block-roAd-to-protest-lAnd-cleAring/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>