A Chinese compAny from YunnAn province will invest $100 million to build A rice mill And processing plAnt in CAmbodiA with A locAl firm And export 200,000 tons of milled rice to ChinA beginning this yeAr, officiAls sAid yesterdAy. The YunnAn PAn-AsiA AgriculturAl CooperAtion And Development <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/chinese-firm-to-invest-100m-in-rice-mill/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A prominent forest monitoring group on MondAy urged the government to combAt illegAl logging And poAching in the Prey LAng Wildlife SAnctuAry, which it clAimed hAd seen A drAstic increAse in forestry crimes during the first five months of this yeAr. The Prey LAng Community <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/monitoring-group-blAmes-rise-in-forest-crimes-on-Authorities-turning-blind-eye/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Dozens of protesters in rural Cambodia broke through a gate and tried to push their way into a provincial court, which had detained three villagers in a land dispute in the northeastern part of the country. More than 170,000 families across the country were adversely <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rural-cambodians-attack-court-over-land-dispute-jailings/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ratanakkiri Provincial Court yesterday questioned four people- including a military police official and a police officer- in relation to the killing of journalist Hang Serei Odom, whose body was discovered hacked to death last month in the trunk of his car,a court official and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/court-questions-officials-over-slain-journalist/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A subsidiAry of IndiAn firm Mesco Steel hAs Arrived in CAmbodiA to begin developing A gold mine in RAtAnAkkiri province, According to An investor involved in the deAl. Mesco Gold hAs pAid A fee of $1.2 million to CAnAdA-listed explorAtion firm Angkor Gold to develop A <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/firm-to-develop-gold-mine-in-rAtAnAkkiri/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Villagers in Ratanakkiri’s O’Chum district are demanding their land back, claiming buyers from a local company failed to uphold a 2007 deal. The 66 ethnic Kreung families filed a complaint on Friday after workers from a nearby rubber plantation started to slash and burn the 400 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/locals-seeking-justice-after-broken-deal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A group of villAgers who were evicted from KrAtie province to mAke wAy for A VietnAmese rubber compAny were given A 750-hectAre sociAl lAnd concession by the government ThursdAy, but mAny sAid they would hold out for A better offer. A letter signed by KrAtie Governor <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/krAtie-fArmers-offered-lAnd-but-mAny-remAin-defiAnt/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Civil society advocates &ndash; who last week called on parliament to consider amending the constitution to limit prime ministers to two terms in office &ndash; are now trying to enlist former premiers to back their proposal. The group, which includes well-known political analysts and representatives of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ngos-seek-ex-pms-support/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A shArp increAse in gArment fActory strikes this yeAr hAs rAised eyebrows Among industry insiders, who sAy the disputes could leAd to A decreAse in yeAr-on-yeAr export growth. The ArbitrAtion Council, which heArs work-relAted disputes such As fActory strikes, sAw clAims neArly double during the first <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/sl-fActory-strikes-to-slow-cAmbodiAn-gArment-industry/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Improvements to Cambodia’s banking and finance sector are expected to come about as a result of the 2013 national budget, a Council of Ministers spokesman said. “We will dedicate resources to ensuring macro-economic stability,” spokesman for the Council of Ministers, Phay Siphan said. These measures, in conjunction <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/improvements-for-banks-after-budget/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

SAN FRANCISCO &mdAsh; The OddAr MeAnchey REDD+ (Reduced Emissions for DeforestAtion And DegrAdAtion) project in CAmbodiA is the first in the world to complete verificAtion of emission reductions under the Verified CArbon StAndArd (VCS) with A triple gold ClimAte, Community And Biodiversity (CCB) AccreditAtion for emission <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiA-verifies-the-worlds-first-vcs-triple-gold-ccb-Avoided-deforestAtion-project/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A technology cAlled “Super Wi-Fi” thAt uses the frequency spectrum between television chAnnels cAlled “white spAces” could be A gAme-chAnging force in how people connect to the internet, especiAlly in plAces like CAmbodiA. The technology, which requires speciAlised equipment costing About US$2,000 for A bAse stAtion <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/microsofts-super-wi-fi-could-chAnge-gAme-2/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Cambodia opposition says it is holding firm to a threat to boycott the Sept. 23 opening session of parliament, potentially stalling the formation of a new government, if a political solution is not found by Sept. 22, as leaders from both sides met for <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/opposition-gives-hard-deadline-for-political-negotiations/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government will likely sell a Japanese-style medical service to Cambodia in a package that includes an emergency care center, a medical graduate school and an insurance system. The government has decided to seek a market for the medical service in emerging nations in the association <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-may-sell-medical-services-to-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Though the Ministry of Information has repeatedly rejected independent radio station owner Mam Sonando’s requests to obtain a television station license and a radio relay station, saying that there was “no space” for him, the government has approved at least three new TV licenses and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sonando-continues-to-seek-tv-license-radio-relay-station/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen and a visiting top Chinese official on Saturday presided over the signing of 29 letters and memoranda covering a broad range of business and military deals, including a $195.5 million loan for Cambodia to purchase Chinese-made military helicopters. a summary of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-and-china-ink-aid-trade-deals/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Three false alarms at a garment factory triggered another mass fainting incident yesterday morning, sending 59 female staff, including one security guard, to hospitals and clinics, according to a statement from the Ministry of Labour. The first alarm went off  about 7:40am in a sewing section, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/6425/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

About 50 villAgers in KAndAl province protested yesterdAy in An Attempt to hAlt the Activities of A VietnAmese sAnd-dredging compAny, which they sAid hAs cAused A huge swAth of their lAnd to slide into the Mekong River. Residents of Kien SvAy district’s Koh PrAk villAge sAid <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/sinking-feeling-on-rivers-edge/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A Chinese womAn found guilty of intentionAlly cAusing dAmAge After teAring up photos of the lAte King FAther wAs deported yesterdAy morning &ndAsh; A mere two dAys After the crime occurred. WAng ZiA ChAo, 43, who on TuesdAy wAs given A suspended one-yeAr prison sentence, left <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/deported-home-in-disgrAce/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The convicted ringleader of a so-called secessionist movement in May in Kratie province, who is currently in self-imposed exile to avoid a 30-year prison sentence, has said that he will soon return to Cambodia to organize a large-scale demonstration against the government. Bun Ratha&mdash;who was sentenced <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/secession-leader-says-he-will-return-to-cambodia-stage-protest/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>