BANGKOK: DemAnd for fArmlAnd mAy strip the GreAter Mekong region of A third of its remAining forest cover over the next two decAdes without swift government Action, A leAding conservAtion group wArned ThursdAy. Forests Are being cleAred for commodities such As rubber And rice while illegAl logging is decimAting <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/mekong-forest-fAcing-shArp-decline-wwf/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A community of ethnic minority TAmpuon people in RAtAnAkkiri province yesterdAy filed A complAint with the provinciAl court AgAinst six people they believe illegAlly cleAred 80 hectAres of community forest lAnd And sold it to A rubber investor, villAgers And court officiAls sAid. The lAnd in <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/tAmpuon-file-complAint-over-forest-cleAring/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A CAmbodiAn court sentenced A former governor in AbsentiA to 18 months in prison for shooting three femAle workers At A fActory supplying sportsweAr giAnt PumA, A judge sAid yesterdAy. The women, employees of PumA supplier KAowAy Sports, were wounded when someone opened fire on protesters <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/former-cAmbodiA-governor-jAiled-in-AbsentiA-for-shooting-three-fActory-workers/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

ambodia has suspended international military co-operation programs with the United States and others following that country’s recent, disputed election, the State Department said Monday. The reason for Cambodia’s action was not immediately clear. State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf told reporters that Cambodia’s Defence Ministry has postponed <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/cambodia-suspends-military-co-operation-with-us-other-nations-amid-election-standoff/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Constitutional Council yesterday said it has the power to order the National Election Committee to open the sealed documents monitors say could prove election irregularities, but stopped short of saying it would actually do so. Election monitors have called on the NEC to open documents <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/sealed-docs-our-call-council/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Frustrated Boeung Kak and Borei Keila community members flooded past a Daun Penh road barrier yesterday after attempting to lodge complaints with district authorities in connection with Sunday’s violence at Wat Phnom. On Sunday night, a brutal raid on a peaceful vigil of about 20 protesters <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/clashes-renewed-at-cordon/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A development compAny with A government concession for A high-end property project on the islAnd of Koh Pos, Also known As SnAke IslAnd, hAs Announced thAt it will significAntly Alter its originAl plAns for the project. The new plAn, which must first be submitted for <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/snAke-islAnd-plAns-bAck-to-the-drAwing-boArd/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Despite the government indicating it was open to parliamentary reform, the dismissal of opposition lawmakers in June was a disturbing shift away from a commitment to protecting human rights, UN human rights envoy Surya Subedi says in his latest report on Cambodia. Obtained on Friday, the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/subedi-there-is-room-for-reform/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

​គ្រូបង្រៀន​ ​និង​សមាគម​គ្រូបង្រៀន​កម្ពុជា​ឯករាជ្យ​បាន​លើក​ឡើង​កាលពី​ម្សិលមិញ​ថា​ ​គ្រូបង្រៀន​នៅ​ទូ​ទាំង​ប្រទេស​នឹង​ចាប់ផ្តើម​ធ្វើ​កូដកម្ម​ឡើង​វិញ​នៅ​ថ្ងៃនេះ​ ដើម្បី​ទាមទារ​ដំឡើង​ប្រាក់ខែ​ឲ្យ​បាន​២៥០​ដុល្លារ​ក្នុង​មួយ​ខែ​។​ ​គ្រូបង្រៀន​ក្នុង​រាជធានី​ភ្នំពេញ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/teachers-to-recommence-strike-for-higher-wage/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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It’s been marked by violence, fervent protests and a stream of recriminations, but now bureaucracy is hampering efforts to resolve the seven-week-long strike at the Tai Yang and Camwell factories, which supply Levi’s and Gap, a trade-union advocate said yesterday. Dave Welsh, country director of the american <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/letter-holds-key-for-tai-yang/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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ក្រុមហ៊ុន​ដែល​ជាប់​ពាក់ព័ន្ធ​ជាមួយ​ឧកញ៉ា​ ឃុន​ សៀ​ ក្រុមហ៊ុន​ TP​ Moral​ Group​ បាន​ទទួល​ដី​ឆ្នេរសមុទ្រ​ចំនួន​ ១.២៤៧​ ហិ​កតា​ក្នុង​ខេត្ត​កែប​ សម្រាប់​អភិវឌ្ឍ​ទីក្រុង​រណប​ថ្មី​ និង​តំបន់​ទេសចរណ៍​ពិសិដ្ឋ​​ នេះ​បើ​យោង​តាម​អនុក្រឹត្យ​ចុះ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​៦​ ខែមីនា​ ដែល​ចុះហត្ថលេខា <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/tycoons-company-receives-1267-hectares-along-kep-coastal-waters-for-satellite-city-development/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Just hours before Chinese President Hu Jintao landed in Phnom Penh on Friday, a group of dismayed Koh Kong province villagers whose land is under threat from a sprawling Chinese tourism project were escorted onto a bus and sent back home before they were able <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/chinese-embassy-petitioners-sent-packing/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Economic diversification is attracting substantial sums of FDI from China and beyond. Rich in history and culture and blessed with wonderful natural and human resources that are driving its impressive economic growth and attracting record sums of foreign direct investment (FDI), the Kingdom of Cambodia offers <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/cambodia-very-lucrative-for-investors/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Nun Vanak is an excellent example of how Cambodia’s garment manufacturing industry has helped to change lives of hundreds of thousands of people in this country. The 23-year-old is part of Cambodia’s half-a-million-strong workforce &ndash; mostly young women &ndash; that keeps these garment factories running. Her income <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/cambodias-garment-industry-at-crossroads/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>