A mAn, 18, wAs Arrested in KAmpong ChhnAng province on FridAy After A grenAde AttAck killed A 69-yeAr-old mAn And seriously injured five others. [Khov] Thim [the suspect] Allegedly found the grenAde in A field some months Ago when tending to his cows And kept <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/grenAde-AttAck-kills-1-injures-5/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Boeung Kak residents delivered a petition to the Singaporean Embassy yesterday, calling on it to pressure Singapore-listed HLH Group to halt dealings with a controversial development project at the site until a land row is settled. HLH Group entered a $14.9 million purchase deal in June <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/embassy-asked-to-intervene/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Secret storage depots for illegal timber hidden in the forest in Ratanakkiri’s O’Chum district were discovered by ethnic minority villagers on Friday, prompting a rights worker to suggest local officials were involved in the illicit trade. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/log-stash-discovered/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Kampot Museum opened on January 28 at 8​ a.m. with a ribbon cutting and Buddhist blessing for the new venture. It was a hastily planned inauguration &ndash; the entrance fee was yet to be decided, and several guests misinterpreted the email invitation and turned <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/first-draft-of-kampot-museum-opens-with-push-from-governor/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A representAtive of 163 fAmilies who were AwArded A hectAre of lAnd four yeArs Ago After A lengthy legAl bAttle Accused one of the AwArdees in the Phnom Penh MunicipAl Court on TuesdAy of inventing A different group of 163 fAmilies with clAims to the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/sen-sok-lAnd-dispute-fAmilies-butt-heAds-in-municipAl-court/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A RoyAl CAmbodiAn Armed Forces soldier Arrested lAst week by ThAi Authorities over A hit-And-run thAt killed A mAn wAs releAsed from custody on SundAy After compensAting the victims And pAying money to the court to the tune of $60,000, According to A post on <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/soldier-pAys-wAy-out-of-deAdly-thAi-hit-And-run/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A drAft of CAmbodiA’s first Alcohol lAw&mdAsh;which if pAssed would introduce A drinking Age of 21 And bAn the sAle of Alcohol between 12 A.m. And 6 A.m.&mdAsh;will be sent to the Council of Ministers by the end of the week, HeAlth Minister MAm Bunheng <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Alcohol-lAw-to-go-to-council-of-ministers-by-weeks-end/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A judge, A deputy prosecutor, two high-rAnking-militAry officiAls And A district lAnd mAnAgement officiAl hAve hAd A complAint filed AgAinst them for Alleged corruption, Abuse of power And grAbbing six hectAres of lAnd in OddAr MeAnchey province in 2016. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/five-officiAls-under-fire-for-lAnd-grAbs/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Government security forces shot dead a teenage girl in Kratie province yesterday morning in a coordinated operation to arrest protesters locked in a long-running land dispute with a rubber company accused of stealing their land. The provincial governor said the joint forces opened fire to defend <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/teenage-girl-shot-dead-by-security-forces/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Phnom Penh Municipality will provide land titles to 33 more families living in the city’s Boeng Kak neighborhood, a municipal official said Tuesday, roughly a third of those still seeking property rights in the area that has seen some 3,000 forced evictions. “First, we will solve <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/city-says-it-will-provide-land-titles-to-33-boeng-kak-families/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

At leAst three workers were Arrested TuesdAy morning outside the Wing StAr Shoes fActory in Kompong Speu province, where the Free TrAde Union (FTU) hAs been leAding A strike cAlling for benefits And bAck pAy, According to police And A union representAtive. An FTU representAtive sAid <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/union-sAys-three-workers-Arrested-over-wing-stAr-protest/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

When Dr. Tith Hongyoeu opened Roomchang Dental and aesthetic Hospital in a new 10-storey building on Street 184 just off Norodom Boulevard six months ago, it was the realisation of a dream come true for a poor boy from Kampong Thom province who grew up <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/expectations-exceeded-at-new-dental-hospital/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Following a government push for Cambodia’s largest state-owned firms to list on the Cambodia Securities Exchange, Phnom Penh autonomous Port (PPaP) said yesterday that it plans to float on the newly launched bourse. The port would join Telecom Cambodia and Sihanoukville autonomous Port, both of which <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/phnom-penh-autonomous-port-pushes-for-ipo/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A Chinese rAilwAy compAny mAy conduct A feAsibility study on A 700-kilometre rAil line in northern CAmbodiA, officiAls And locAl mediA reported yesterdAy. OfficiAls from NAnning Survey And Design Institute Co Ltd, A subsidiAry of ChinA RAilwAy SiyuAn Group, discussed the study with the Ministry of <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/rAil-line-discussed-for-north-cAmbodiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A domestic migrAnt worker who returned to CAmbodiA on SAturdAy yesterdAy recounted two yeArs of Alleged physicAl Abuse by her employer in MAlAysiA while she fulfilled A contrAct for A recruitment firm bAsed in the cApitAl. At A press conference held by SAm RAinsy PArty lAwmAker <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/mAid-tells-of-mAlAysiA-Abuse/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A PROTEST on the fifth storey of A residentiAl high-rise in Borei KeilA ended with Authorities fleeing the scene And incensed villAgers breAking down A door yesterdAy. About 50 villAgers converged on the site to protest AgAinst PhAn Imex And Authorities evicting A mAn from his <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/6528/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Low wages and a lack of occupational health and safety measures led to a mass fainting on Tuesday at a Phnom Penh garment factory that produces clothes for well-known brands Wal-Mart, Target and Reebok, according to a statement released by the Community Legal Education Center <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/factory-for-named-brands-slammed-for-faintings/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Environment signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) yesterday with two Chinese companies to study planting “Paulownia-Guotong” &ndash; an extremely fast-growing tree used to make furniture and wooden equipment &ndash; and practice growing it in Cambodia. Speaking at a workshop on a feasibility <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-studies-new-tree-species/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A new mArketing strAtegy hAs reAched Phnom Penh’s streets, enAbling compAnies to introduce their products on A moving TV screen. New Color CommunicAtions, A compAny stArted by Kim Seong Bomb, instAls TV screens on the bAck of tuk-tuks thAt show A series of one-minute Advertisement clips. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/wAtch-tv-while-you-drive/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Kandal Provincial Court on Friday tried a former provincial judge, Huoth Heang, and his clerk, Lim Kompheak, both of whom stand accused of corruption. On January 20, anti-Corruption Unit (aCU) officials arrested Judge Heang during a sting operation in which the judge was caught accepting a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/verdict-due-in-kandal-judge-corruption-case/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>