Malaysia-based GO Communications Group has acquired active Event Management, one of the leading public relations and events agencies in Cambodia. The 100-per-cent buy-out follows the group’s signing of a partnership agreement with leading Thai PR agency DC Consultants in May. Danai Chanchaochai, CEO of DC Consultants, said <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/go-communications-snaps-up-cambodias-active-event-management/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia will know by the early hours of tomorrow whether its bid for a seat on the UN Security Council has been a success. The Kingdom is up against South Korea &ndash; the home country of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon &ndash; and Bhutan for the asia-Pacific <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/un-security-council-vote-up/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Delegates from eight French-owned companies in the water management sector will meet with government officials and officials from the Phnom Penh Water Supply authority today to explore business opportunities in Cambodia, according to a French Embassy statement yesterday. as a part of a two-day visit, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/french-delegation-to-discuss-water-treatment/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Hiroshi Uematsu had a tough start in Cambodia, where he heads an economic zone that aims to attract business from his native Japan. He arrived just before the global financial crisis sent the asian Economic Minnow’s exports into a tailspin and dried up investment interest. Now, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/hedging-china-risks-japan-firms-turn-to-booming-se-asia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Local authorities in the capital’s Russey Keo district had offered residents living along the banks of the Tonle Sap $500 compensation in the wake of sand dredging that began a week ago and has already caused structural damage to their homes, villagers told the Post <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/villagers-refuse-500-compensation-for-damaged-houses/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Union leaders representing workers on strike at the Tropicana Casino and Resort were served with a summons by the Banteay Meanchey provincial court yesterday after a complaint by the casino’s management. The court summons came around the time Sum Sam Ith, the Tropicana representative, sent <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/union-representatives-summoned/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

KRATIE (CAmbodiA): The sight of two dolphins twisting plAyfully in the murky wAters of the Mekong river elicits bArely-stifled squeAls of delight from A boAtloAd of eco-tourists. But A short distAnce upstreAm, river guArd Pech SokhAn sighs As he holds up  two lArge, tAngled gill nets <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/cAmbodiA-bAttles-to-sAve-rAre-mekong-dolphins/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Government action is needed if Cambodia is to reach its potential for economic growth and address growing inequality, according to a new report from a leading local think tank. The recommendations were included in the Cambodian Development Resource Institute’s (CDRI) annual development review 2012 to ’13. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/think-tank-says-investment-needed-to-balance-growth/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A disguised shipment of neArly eight cubic metres of illegAl rosewood worth An estimAted $50,000 wAs snAgged yesterdAy in A Forestry AdministrAtion drAgnet in Siem ReAp province After Agents in BAnteAy MeAnchey Alerted Authorities the shipment wAs heAded their wAy, Forestry officiAls sAid. Siem ReAp ProvinciAl <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/rosewood-gAmbit-fAils/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A MemorAndum of UnderstAnding Aimed At protecting mAids sent to MAlAysiA mAy mAke heAdwAy in the next two months, A government officiAl hAs sAid. SecretAry of StAte for the Ministry of Women’s AffAirs SAn Arun sAid A meeting with MAlAysiAn officiAls on An MoU is expected <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/tAlks-on-mAid-mou-slAted-for-summer/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

In order to pacify concerns that filling in Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak lake would lead to flooding, it was claimed by officials that 10 hectares of the 90-hectare lake would be preserved to absorb heavy rainfall. Now, four years after sand began streaming into Boeng Kak, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/questions-over-missing-10-hectares-of-lake/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

An AdditionAl 200 Armed police officers hAve moved into A villAge in Mondolkiri province where fAmilies locked in A lAnd dispute with A VietnAmese-owned rubber plAntAtion hAve been given until FridAy to cleAr out, police And villAgers sAid yesterdAy. Police hAd AlreAdy moved About 100 officers <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/police-buildup-continues-As-fAmilies-fAce-eviction-in-mondolkiri/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The 30,000-square-meter expansion of Phnom Penh International airport may be halved, saving some of the 262 families living on adjacent land from eviction, a government official said yesterday. Despite the possible change in plans, a majority of families could still face eviction because they live <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/city-hall-may-cut-airport-expansion-project-in-half/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A group of fAmilies in the cApitAl’s Por Sen Chey district gAthered in their sludge-filled street yesterdAy, feAring Authorities were moving in to evict them &ndAsh; for A second time. MAny of the Andong villAge residents hAd tAken the dAy off work; if Anyone wAs coming <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/life-on-the-edge-of-eviction-2/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Kandal Provincial Court yesterday tried and convicted a Chinese factory supervisor for damaging a photograph of the moon in which the likeness of the late King Father Norodom Sihanouk is believed to have been seen. Judge Lim Sokuntha said the court had sentenced Leav Kuyseang, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/factory-boss-tried-for-crumpling-moon-pic/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Insisting on a response from american authorities, more than 100 eviction protestors from Phnom Penh continued to rally outside the U.S. Embassy yesterday and resubmitted a petition asking for President Barack Obama to address their land rights when he visits the country next week. Since confirmation <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/anti-eviction-protesters-continue-to-rally-outside-us-embassy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As CAmbodiA prepAres to host A series of top-level meetings in Phnom Penh next week, questions remAin over how it will ApproAch mAjor issues such As the South ChinA SeA. AnAlysts now sAy next week’s meeting will be A test of whether CAmbodiA will continue <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/julys-fAilure-looms-As-cAmbodiA-prepAres-for-mAjor-regionAl-summits/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A pAir of cigArette brAnds distributed by two of the Kingdom’s most prominent businessmen Are being smuggled from CAmbodiA to VietnAm At An estimAted rAte of more thAn 300 million pAcks A yeAr, contributing to tobAcco mAnufActurer losses of neArly $200 million AnnuAlly, According to <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/cigArette-smuggling-from-cAmbodiA-to-vietnAm-Abounds/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

More than 700 workers at the SH International factory in the capital’s Po Sen Chey district have vowed to keep striking, despite the Ministry of Labour saying it could not help solve their dispute because their demands were “excessive”. The workers protested again yesterday outside the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/sh-protesters-to-keep-striking/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

China yesterday pledged to provide medical experts and funding to assist the investigation and clinical management of a virus that has killed more than 60 Cambodian children. Eang Sophalleth, personal spokesman for Prime Minister Hun Sen, told reporters the pledge had been made during a meeting <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/china-to-lend-hand-in-battle-with-killer-virus/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>