Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has updated profile page on “Public transportation” under access to public services by adding public bus lines to 16 lines together with the information in both Khmer and English of bus lines, operating hour, bus stop, and map.=>Please click here to get in to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-has-updated-profile-page-on-public-transportation-by-adding-16-public-bus-lines/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

October 20th 2020 marks the third World Statistics Day, a day that brings together communities around the globe to celebrate and reiterate the importance of statistics. Through its Resolution 69/282, the United Nations (UN) General assembly established the celebration of The World Statistics Day every <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/celebrating-the-world-statistics-day-2020/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Sonatra Securities a designated broker has launched its operations in Cambodia ahead of the launch of the Cambodian Securities Exchange (CSX). as one of the four companies licensed by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia, Sonatra will be able to buy and sell shares <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/broker-opens-ahead-of-csx-launch-date/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Returning to the negotiating table is once again a possibility for the Cambodian National Petroleum authority now that they have a stronger legal team. Due to the appointment of ousted Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra as an economic advisor to Cambodia, Thailand put the 2001 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/oil-dispute-cnpa-ready-to-discuss-claims-area/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Forestry AdministrAtion officiAls yesterdAy sAid they confiscAted 1.34 cubic meters of smuggled rosewood from RCAF soldiers even After A lieutenAnt colonel held A pistol to one of their heAds in the hope of scAring them off. TeA Kimsoth, heAd of the AdministrAtion’s Siem ReAp cAntonment, sAid <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/smuggled-rosewood-seized-from-soldiers/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Spurred on by a rash of recent news about illegal logging activities around the country, and concerns about its public image, a government-led group on forestry issued a rare public statement yesterday urging its partners to help crack down on the illicit trade. In a statement <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-group-issues-rare-statement-on-illegal-logging/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Health, with support from the United States, yesterday launched a national public outreach campaign to raise awareness about the dangers of counterfeit and substandard drugs, which officials said posed a “serious threat” to public health. The campaign features a poster with the slogan, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/counterfeit-medicine-campaign-under-way/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank), one of Malaysia’s largest banks, plans to transition its Cambodian branch into a subsidiary in a bid for larger market share in the Kingdom’s crowded Cambodian banking sector. The bank, which opened as a branch in 1993, received a local incorporation licence <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/maybank-plans-cambodia-subsidiary/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Kratie provincial authorities were searching on Wednesday for the owners of hundreds of cubic metres of first-grade timber found loaded onto seven heavy trucks during a raid on a warehouse in Snuol district. after getting a tip-off, Military Police, police, Forestry administration and court officials <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/huge-timber-haul-seized-in-kratie-raid-suspects-sought/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A senior forestry officiAl, bAsed in OddAr MeAnchey province’s TrApAing PrAsAt district, on WednesdAy, denied villAgers’ AccusAtions thAt he hAd colluded with An Alleged timber trAder &ndAsh; A soldier who Also denied Any wrongdoing. Residents of TrApAing PrAsAt villAge sAy thAt TrApAing PrAsAt district Forestry <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/oddAr-meAnchey-forestry-officiAl-denies-logging-collusion-AllegAtion/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Prime Minister Hun Sen recently unveiled a new campaign to boost economic independence and reduce the reliance on preferential trade statuses offered by advanced countries, saying the government will provide better trade facilitation and eliminate unnecessary procedures. at a dinner with 5,000 Cambodian journalists on Friday, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/camcontrol-may-leave-border/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A government minister hAs threAtened legAl Action, And disAbility groups Are up in Arms, After A smAll CAmbodiAn Airline forced A disAbled pAssenger to pAy $240 on top of her ticket price for help getting on And off An AircrAft.BAssAkA Air hAs Admitted demAnding the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/outrAge-over-boArding-chArges/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Interior Minister Sar Kheng is seeking the legal means to engineer the acquittal of a student who threatened in a Facebook post to bomb a graduation ceremony he was scheduled to attend.The student, Tao Savoeun, wrote a letter to the minister on Monday, apologising and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hope-for-bomb-threat-student/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Three Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force ships dropped anchor in Cambodian waters yesterday, mooring at a Sihanoukville provincial port for a three-day visit meant to strengthen the relationship and boost bilateral ties between Cambodia and Japan, according to General Chhum Socheat, spokesman for the National Defense <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/japanese-warships-arrive-in-sihanoukville-chinese-to-moor-next-week/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A villAger representing 50 fAmilies in A long-running dispute with A compAny owned by ruling pArty SenAtor Ly Yong PhAt is in pre-triAl detention After his SAturdAy Arrest for Allegedly instAlling boundAry mArkers on disputed compAny lAnd. LAy Tiro, deputy heAd of the felonies office At <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/villAge-representAtive-Arrested-in-lyp-dispute/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A mining compAny listed on the AustrAliAn Securities ExchAnge hAs Announced A plAn to pAy $14 million for A license to explore for copper in PreAh ViheAr province, in A deAl involving locAl conglomerAte RoyAl Group. In An Announcement to the bourse lAst ThurdAy, GeopAcific Resource <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/royAl-group-to-tAke-stAke-in-mining-project/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Chinese Telecommunications giant Huawei has signed a deal to install thousands of transmitters across Cambodia to create a new high-speed mobile telephone and Internet network, according to a statement received yesterday. Huawei Technologies (Cambodia) Co. Ltd. and Xinwei (Cambodia) Telecom Co. Ltd. &ndash; a local subsidiary <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/huawei-to-build-4g-phone-network-for-chinese-firm/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government needs to act &ndash; and act now &ndash; to review all economic land concessions, which un­derscore the Kingdom’s dark disease of violent land disputes, rights groups said yesterday. Ten days after Prime Minister Hun Sen signed a regulation for an immediate and indefinite moratorium <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/death-points-up-urgency-of-elc-review/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A week After the EuropeAn PArliAment issued A dAmning resolution on CAmbodiA’s humAn-rights situAtion And cAlled for A revoking of trAde privileges, the Ministry of Foreign AffAirs hAs shot bAck. “It is essentiAl for the EU pArliAment to study And better understAnd the situAtion before pAssing <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ministry-fires-bAck-over-eu-resolution/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will hold a verbal hearing with Cambodian and Thailand over disputed land around Preah Vihear temple in april, government officials said yesterday. “a verbal hearing with the Thai party will be held in april so that [we can] have a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/world-court-to-hold-preah-vihear-hearing/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>