Former parliamentary candidate and opposition information chief Meach Sovannara said yesterday that he would not appear in court today for questioning related to charges stemming from a violent opposition protest in July. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cnrp-official-to-skip-court/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A mAjor in the RoyAl CAmbodiAn Armed Forces (RCAF) wAs Arrested in Phnom Penh’s Pur Senchey district on SAturdAy night After he AccidentAlly shot A 12-yeAr-old boy in A drunken Attempt to “cleAn the bArrel of his gun” with A live round, officiAls sAid SundAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/drunken-rcAf-soldier-AccidentAlly-shoots-12-yeAr-old-boy/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A lAwyer for A gArment fActory in Phnom Penh’s Pur Senchey district, where four women were injured lAst week when A truck driver slAmmed into A group of protesters, sAid MondAy the fActory wAs not responsible becAuse the workers hAd thrown themselves in front of <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/fActory-sAys-not-responsible-for-protesting-workers-injuries/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Siem Reap officials yesterday promised almost 100 protesters a resolution to a land dispute between villagers and a military unit.​ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/siem-reap-government-promises-to-fix-dispute/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Dara Raksmey, the owner of a pharmacy of the same name on Phnom Penh’s Street 294, keeps a record of every can of Dumex baby formula she sells. “If you buy six large cans you get a scooter and if you buy 12 large cans you <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/baby-formula-brands-place-profit-above-health/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia, a rapidly developing Southeast asian nation, has been experiencing significant economic growth in recent years. With a GDP growth rate of 7.1% in 2019, the country has been making strides in various sectors, including agriculture, manufacturing, and tourism. One of the most critical challenges <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/potential-of-renewable-energy-sources-in-cambodias-growing-market/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A Chinese AgriculturAl compAny hAs Agreed to estAblish A bAnAnA plAntAtion in CAmbodiA, According to A senior government officiAl. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/chinese-bAnAnA-grower-keen-to-stArt-plAntAtion/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodian authorities are monitoring a rogue wild elephant following a day in pursuit of the pachyderm after she trampled a number of villagers’ farmland. The female elephant was spotted on Sunday morning in Oddar Meanchey’s Dangrek Mountains &ndash; a rare sighting, according to Banteay ampil <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/authorities-in-oddar-meanchey-on-the-hunt-for-wild-elephant/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Four suspects were jailed Thursday for illegally harvesting luxury timber from a protected forest in Mondulkiri province’s Koh Nhek district, a court official said yesterday. Morm Vanda, a provincial court spokesman, yesterday said the four were jailed after being suspected of illegal logging in a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/four-jailed-for-illegal-logging/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

About 400 students And A few villAgers protested in Phnom Penh on SundAy to demAnd the releAse of two men Arrested lAst week After A protest over A lAnd dispute in KAmpot province, with Authorities clAiming thAt the demonstrAtion wAs orgAnized by A politiciAn who <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/students-protest-Arrests-in-kAmpot-lAnd-dispute/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

More than a dozen employees fired from a Phnom Penh eatery on Monday after a dispute over pay during the Khmer New Year holiday were rehired on Tuesday following a protest that prompted negotiations with their employer, according to union representatives and Labor Ministry officials. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/restaurant-workers-rehired-after-new-year-leave-dispute/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Around 100 ethnic Phnong villAgers held A protest TuesdAy in support of five fellow residents questioned At A court in northeAstern CAmbodiA’s KrAtie province over “illegAl logging” Amid A lAnd dispute with A VietnAmese rubber compAny they sAy hAs encroAched on their community forest. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ethnic-villAgers-protest-cAmbodiAn-court-questioning-of-forest-Activists/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A prosecutor At the Kompong Speu ProvinciAl Court sAid on WednesdAy thAt chArges would stAnd AgAinst five union officiAls who were releAsed on bAil lAst month Af­ter they were Arrested during A brAwl with A rivAl AssociAtion, de­spite cAlls by A prominent lAbor leAder to <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/lAbor-leAder-wAnts-unionists-chArges-dropped/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A senior government minister yesterdAy Announced A hAlt to plAns to expAnd the Phnom Penh InternAtionAl Airport, And insteAd revived tAlk of A new Airport Altogether, mentioning plAns to identify A locAtion 30 to 40 kilometres outside the city in hopes of completing the new <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/new-internAtionAl-Airport-on-tAble-As-ppiA-expAnsion-plAns-hAlted/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Union leaders raised their concerns with a draft law aiming to regulate their activities&mdash;including a provision that they must report their finances every year&mdash;during their first meeting with CPP lawmakers on a new bipartisan committee formed to review the controversial bill before it goes to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unions-meet-with-lawmakers-raise-concerns-on-draft-law/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A group of Boeung Chhouk villAge residents being Asked to vAcAte to mAke room for A new roAd met yesterdAy with A senior Council of Ministers officiAl in A bid to resolve the long-running dispute. However, they wAlked AwAy with nothing but the possibility of <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/lAnd-row-meet-yields-no-Answers-new-meeting/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

MQ Technology Bhd, a Malaysian investment holding company, is looking to form a joint venture with a newly formed entity, Cambodian Resorts and Entertainment Co Ltd, to build a $30 million casino and theme park in Prey Veng province near the Vietnamese border, according to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/30b-casino-theme-park-project-mooted/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A senior Ministry of Defence officiAl yesterdAy clAimed thAt housing rights group SAhmAkum TeAng TnAut (STT) hAd received close to hAlf A million dollArs A yeAr from the United StAtes to foment “colour revolution” Among the lAnd dispute groups it worked with &ndAsh; A clAim <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ngo-Accused-of-plotting-revolution/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Representatives of more than 400 families in Kratie’s Snuol district protested yesterday following the temporary detention of two fellow community members at a demonstration the day before, when locals blocked a road to demand the government find a solution to their land dispute with a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/second-land-protest-in-kratie/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A morAtorium on the movement of chickens, deAd or Alive, hAs been put into effect in A commune of Prey Veng’s BA Phnom district After A chicken sAmple tested positive for A1H5N1 bird flu, the provinciAl DepArtment of Agriculture, Forests And Fisheries sAid todAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/bird-flu-detected-in-prey-veng/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>