Phnom Penh Municipal Court heard a case on Thursday against a member of the Khmer National Liberation Front (KNLF), designated a terrorist group in the Kingdom, for holding a press conference last year in which he called for the government to release political prisoners, with <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/member-of-knlf-faces-court/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A plot of lAnd consisting of 300 hectAres And locAted in O’RAing district hAs been chosen by locAl Authorities for the development of A domestic Airport, sAid Sin ChAnserey VuthA, spokesmAn for SSCA. This plot will now be submitted to the government for ApprovAl. If <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/lAnd-eArmArked-for-mondulkiris-new-Airport/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The illegal timber trade to Vietnam, a key nexus in a shadow industry worth billions of dollars, has been all but eliminated, an official said yesterday in summarising a new report from the government’s anti-logging commission, a claim met with disbelief by more than one <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/crackdown-halts-illegal-timber-trade-with-vietnam-govt/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A bitter dispute over the development of the mAin mArket in RAtAnAkkiri province’s BAnlung City, which hAs pitted the city’s governor AgAinst A well-connected CPP lAwmAker, wAs resolved by the Council of Ministers eArlier this month in fAvor of the complAinAnt, A weAlthy businessmAn who <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/govt-hAnds-down-ruling-in-mArket-dispute/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Preparations are underway for the construction of a new border checkpoint to Thailand in Banteay Meanchey province, officials said yesterday. after signing a joint agreement to open a new checkpoint last august for the purpose of boosting bilateral trade, Banteay Meanchey authorities sent a letter to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-border-checkpoint-to-thailand-planned/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A $100 million freshwAter AquArium, pArt of which will be A reseArch And breeding center, is being plAnned for Phnom Penh.​ The project, reveAled in A meeting between Prime Minister Hun Sen And A visiting JApAnese delegAtion from the JApAn-CAmbodiA AssociAtion on FridAy, will be funded <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/100-million-freshwAter-AquArium-plAnned/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A $20 million Ministry of Agriculture progrAmme hAs struggled to meet its goAl of introducing 160 tonnes A dAy of high-quAlity locAlly produced vegetAbles to the mArket, with ministry officiAls sAying thAt As A result of high production costs And pricing issues it wAs currently <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ministry-produce-plAn-comes-up-short/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Former opposition leader Sam Rainsy has been summoned from exile to answer a charge of “treason” over an alleged agreement he made with a pro-Montagnard activist. Phnom Penh Municipal Court deputy prosecutor Sieng Sok issued a letter on Thursday to summon Rainsy as a “suspect” <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rainsy-summoned-for-treason-over-alleged-montagnard-deal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Though they live in orphanages, an estimated 13,000 children in facilities across Cambodia have at least one living parent. as part of a sea change in government policy in a country with a checkered history with orphanages, officials in Battambang province on Tuesday kicked off <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/project-aims-to-send-children-in-orphanages-home/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodia National Rescue Party sent a letter on Monday to Interior Minister Sar Kheng asking for clarification on a recently amended prakas that now requires eligible voters to get a police verification letter before a commune chief can attest to their place of residence, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cnrp-questions-prakas-on-voter-registration/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Forestry police let a vehicle with a half cubic meter of rosewood go Wednesday after border soldiers stopped it in Ou Svay commune in Tropang Prosat district. The vehicle belonged to Rath Sambo, a police officer at the Ministry of Interior who fled the scene, sources <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/oddor-meanchey-forestry-police-let-rosewood-shipment-go/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Crown Holdings, a metal packaging company, said this week it would build a second factory in Cambodia to keep up with the Kingdom’s growing beer industry. The Sihanoukville factory, which is expected to produce 725 million aluminium cans a year, will be begin operating in the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/second-can-factory-will-cater-to-locals-thirst/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday questioned the jailed daughter of a family locked in a bitter land dispute with tycoon Khun Sear over a complaint alleging that the businessman’s company was involved in an attack in October 2013, when a canvas bag containing <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/daughter-of-land-dispute-family-questioned-over-cobra-attack/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A representAtive of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s CAbinet yesterdAy Advised 163 fAmilies involved in A 6-yeAr lAnd dispute with A businesswomAn in Phnom Penh’s Sen Sok district to seek the Justice Ministry’s expertise After the Agriculture Ministry sAid on WednesdAy it hAd swApped the contested <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/After-ministrys-intervention-fAmilies-Ask-hun-sen-for-help/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A month After Prime Minister Hun Sen issued A directive ordering government bodies to put A hAlt on new hires&mdAsh;except to fill vAcAted positions&mdAsh;the Ministry of Public Function hAs Authorized stAte institutions to hire 5,001 civil servAnts to replAce those who hAd recently retired, quit <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/govt-Announces-5001-new-hires-Authorized-for-2015/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

About 50 villAgers who live neAr rAilwAy lines in Phnom Penh gAthered outside the AsiAn Development BAnk yesterdAy morning to AgAin demAnd more detAiled informAtion About whAt will hAppen to them during forthcoming phAses of A bAnk-funded rAilwAy rehAbilitAtion project. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/rAilroAd-protesters-lobby-Adb/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

More than 200 university students yesterday called on the government to publicly release the latest version of the controversial cybercrime law, amid fears it will lead to a clampdown on their currently unrestricted use of social media sites like Facebook. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/students-demand-to-see-internet-law/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Oryza White Rice Index (WRI), a weighted average of global white rice export quotes, ended the week at about $411 per ton, down about $4 ton from a week ago, down about $8 per ton from a month ago and down about $42 per <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/weekly-recap-global-rice-quotes-continue-to-lower-amid-thin-buying-demand/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In 2018, Kheav Sothanny leased his 600 square meters of land in central Sihanoukville to a Chinese investor to build a 14-storey condo. The contract offered him a rental fee of $20,000 a month. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sihanoukville-property-owners-in-limbo-as-unfinished-high-rises-litter-the-city/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A mAn in cAmouflAge pAnts And A shirt lAbeled “U.S. Army” lunges At A villAger, swinging A rAttAn stick in his right hAnd, hAndcuffs in his left. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/conservAtion-groups-militArized-forest-pAtrol-clAshes-with-villAgers-in-preAh-viheAr/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>