Observers on site in the aftermath of a Kratie province military operation last week that lead to the shooting death of a 14-year-old girl noticed something odd about the attire of some soldiers. It was their helmets. Crude replicas of what appeared to be american flags <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/eviction-forces-garb-curious/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Local rice miller Mega Green said it planned to export about 240 tons of milled rice to the Chinese market by the end of June &ndash; a second round of test exports to Cambodia’s northern neighbour. Renne Outh, owner of Mega Green Imex Cambodia, told the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/second-rice-trial-to-china/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Thirteen Boeung Kak women locked in Prey Sar prison after a three-hour trial on May 24 are threatening to go on a hunger strike in protest, an opposition Sam Rainsy lawmaker said yesterday. a team of SRP MPs, including Mu Sochua, was granted access to the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/boeung-kak-women-visited-by-mps/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A spike in fActory fAintings contributed to A 65 per cent increAse in the number of workplAce injuries reported in 2011, A Ministry of LAbour officiAl sAid yesterdAy. Leng Tong, director of the occupAtionAl heAlth And sAfety depArtment, sAid the ministry plAns to introduce speciAlist sAfety <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/workplAce-injury-rAte-rises/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A UN envoy hAs cAlled on the internAtionAl community to pAy more Attention to humAn rights issues in CAmbodiA. The cAll comes Amid ongoing lAnd disputes And legAl hArAssment of Activists. SuryA Subedi is the United NAtions SpeciAl RApporteur on humAn rights in CAmbodiA And hAs submitted <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/un-envoy-focuses-on-lAnd-disputes-in-cAmbodiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Svay Rieng Provinical Court has missed its October deadline to hear the triple shooting case involving former Bavet City governor Chhouk Bundith, a court official said yesterday. a court investigation into the Febuary 20 shooting in a special economic zone that left three garment workers <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/svay-rieng-court-delays-hearings-for-ex-bavet-city-governor/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Two years after breaking ground, a sugar refinery situated on a pair of controversial plantation belonging to CPP Senator Ly Yong Phat and his wife will have its first test run on Monday, Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday. He said the refinery would be <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/senators-2nd-sugar-refinery-to-start-up-monday/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications has ordered that Internet cafes be prohibited from operating within 500 meters of a school and imposing restrictions on patrons under the age of 18. a notice sent to government offices from Telecommunications Minister So Khun, dated November 12, outlines <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/government-decree-regulates-internet-cafe-use/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Forestry AdministrAtion officiAls And police yesterdAy discovered A stockpile of more thAn 1,000 logs thAt ethnic JArAi villAgers in RAtAnAkkiri province’s O’YAdAw district clAim hAve been illegAlly cut by the VietnAmese owners of A rubber concession, A district officiAl sAid. The 4,000-hectAre concession wAs grAnted to <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/1000-more-logs-discovered-inside-rAtAnAkkiri-lAnd-concession/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A 22.8 percent increAse in the vAlue of imports to CAmbodiA this yeAr is pArtly due to A high demAnd for construction mAteriAls, A Commerce Ministry officiAl sAid yesterdAy. In the first 11 months of 2012, totAl trAde in And out of CAmbodiA reAched $12.31 billion, <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/construction-revivAl-behind-import-growth/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A group of ethnic Kreung fAmilies living in RAtAnAkkiri’s LumphAt district hAve Accused A weAlthy plAntAtion owner of destroying their crops And threAtening to evict them from their homes, locAl officiAls And villAgers sAid yesterdAy. Soeun SArAth, A representAtive of 13 indigenous fAmilies living in KAleng <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/ethnic-kreung-Accuse-businessmAn-of-threAts/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Etnhic Jarai families living in Ratanakkiri province’s Kakeo district yesterday filed a complaint with the provincial court, accusing a Vietnamese rubber company of clearing their ancestral land and filling in a lake they use for fishing and irrigation. Local officials say the company intends to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/jarai-file-complaint-over-firm-filling-in-lake/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Residents in Kompong Cham province’s Kompong Siem district yesterday continued to protest in front of a commune official’s house for a second straight day over a private electricity provider whose rates they say are too high. Protesters say that Loun Sopheap Electric Company is still charging <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/high-electricity-rates-spark-kompong-cham-protest/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Foreign AffAirs Minister Hor NAmhong’s visit to meet U.S. SecretAry of StAte HillAry Clinton in WAshington wAs met with A smAll protest TuesdAy from CAmbodiAn-AmericAns voicing A number of grievAnces. Video footAge posted online shows A cluster of protesters outside the StAte DepArtment building in WAshington <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/cAmbodiAn-AmericAns-protest-ministers-us-visit/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Villagers who confiscated land-clearing equipment during a forest patrol yesterday in Khsuem commune in Kratie province’s Snuol district are claiming the equipment belongs to a rubber concessionaire attempting to expand into state land, an allegation local authorities denied. Villager representative Mom Sokkin said the Binh <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/rubber-firm-is-felling-state-forest-villagers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A bAil heAring for imprisoned Boeung KAk lAke lAnd Activist Yorm BophA, 29, will be held this morning At the Supreme Court, her husbAnd, Lous SAkhorn, sAid yesterdAy. BophA wAs Arrested on September 4 lAst yeAr And chArged with intentionAl violence over the AssAult <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/boeung-kAk-Activist-to-seek-bAil/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Nearly three tonnes of illegally logged rosewood was seized during a raid on the home of a former military police officer in Stung Treng province yesterday. Provincial deputy prosecutor Sun Yeut, who took part in a multi-departmental raid that included police and Forestry administration officials, said <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/luxury-rosewood-bust/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia imported 727,500 tons of petroleum in the first five months of the year, a 2 percent drop from 744,700 tons a year earlier, the figures of the Ministry of Commerce showed Saturday. a liter of premium gasoline goes for 1.38 U.S. dollars in Phnom <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/cambodias-oil-import-down-by-2-pct-in-5-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian consumer spending on major domestic appliances such as air conditioners, refrigerators, washing machines and microwave ovens, saw a roughly 22 per cent year-on-year increase over the first six months of 2013, according to Germany-based research institute GfK. The rise comes alongside a 20 per cent <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/sales-of-large-home-appliances-rise-20-pct/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Ningbo Thermal Power (shse:600982) will invest less than USD 16.67 million in building a thermal power arm to develop a heat and power cogeneration project in Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ), Cambodia. The joint venture will be responsible for building the heat and power cogeneration <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/ningbo-thermal-to-establish-jv-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>