South Korea will push to build a highly efficient and eco-friendly city in Cambodia using its latest information technology, and support the Southeast asian nation’s public housing program, the government said Monday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/korea-pushes-to-build-smart-city-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Loans and deposits at Cambodia’s 32 micro-finance institutions and four NGOs, as well as small loans from acleda Bank, rose sharply last year compared with a year earlier. Industry players say this is a result of the Kingdom’s rapid economic improvement and political stability. Official data from <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/loans-and-deposits-climb/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s exports of garments, footwear and travel goods (GFT) continued the slide as the January to September period recorded a decline of 17.81 percent, compared to the same period last year, triggering fears of more job losses and factory closures. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gft-exports-decline-17-81-triggering-more-job-loss-fears/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Road accidents have killed at least 961 people in Cambodia in the first five months of 2014, up eight percent over the same period last year, the latest report of the Interior Ministry’s public order department showed Monday. approximately 2,106 cases of road accidents were reported <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/road-accidents-kill-961-people-in-cambodia-in-5-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia will introduce a much-needed national quality standard for dried snakehead fish, frozen shrimp, and its fish paste, known as prahok, in a bid to improve consumer-safety requirements and boost exports of the products. Kao Sochivy, deputy director general of Fisheries Departments, told the Post yesterday <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/prahok-put-to-the-quality-test/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Casinos are first and foremost for protecting Cambodia’s border, not for making money, government lawmakers insisted in parliament yesterday when drilled about their opposition to raising gambling taxes. Seizing on an off-the-cuff comment made by Prime Minister Hun Sen during a speech in august, Finance Minister <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mooted-casino-tax-shot-down-by-ruling-party/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A new Air route mAy connect MAcAu And CAmbodiA this yeAr, A move industry experts sAy would reduce trAvel costs in the region And reflects tourist interests in both destinAtions’ gAmbling industries. SeverAl Airlines Are in contAct with CAM, MAcAu InternAtionAl Airport Co, “seeking to lAunch <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/mAcAu-to-cAmbodiA-route-in-negotiAtion/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Authorities in Mondolkiri province prevented hundreds of ethnic minority members from mArching through Sen Monorom City to mArk InternAtionAl DAy of the World’s Indigenous People on SAturdAy, clAiming it would confuse tourists. MArches elsewhere were Allowed to go AheAd. Doung Pen sAid SundAy thAt he wAs <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/indigenous-people-dAy-mArch-blocked-in-mondolkiri/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Open Development Cambodia Organization (ODC) is pleased to announce the Opening of applications for Cohort 2 of Youth-Led Project 2024.Youth-Led Project 2024 is a six-month training program that was initiated by ODC. Selected youths will be equipped with skills and expertise that are necessary <a href='https://Opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/opportunity-for-cambodian-youths-to-participate-in-cohort-2-of-youth-led-project-2024/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

China actively participates and firmly supports the association of Southeast asian Nations (aSEaN)-centered regional cooperation architecture, Wang Yi, director of the Office of the Foreign affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, said during the aSEaN-China Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/wang-yi-hails-china-asean-cooperation-results/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Koh Kong Provincial Court has agreed to a request to delay the questioning of an anti-dam activist accused of illegally felling trees to build a community center in the areng Valley. Ven Vorn&mdash;an ethnic Chong who has joined local protests organized by the NGO Mother <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/court-delays-questioning-of-anti-dam-activist-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Thailand may not export certain varieties of Cambodian-grown, but Thai-milled, rice internationally due to fears of intellectual property violations. Cambodian Malis rice is very similar to jasmine rice, and Thailand has expressed concerns that it may infringe on the Thai-owned jasmine rice variety. The Ministry of agriculture has been <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-rice-to-be-dna-tested/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Phat Sreytouch, a former beer promoter, recalls being the constant subject of harassment from the men she served in beer gardens, many who felt they were within their rights to touch her and her colleagues. In a new initiative aimed at ending such attitudes and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/women-turn-to-mobile-apps-to-end-violence/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A suspect wAs questioned on ThursdAy over A grenAde AttAck on the home of A militAry police officer in KAndAl province’s Mok KAmpoul district, which AppeArs to hAve been motivAted by A dispute over 3 meters of lAnd, police sAid. No one wAs injured when the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/suspect-questioned-over-kAndAl-grenAde-AttAck/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

 Cambodia’s foreign minister, Prak Sokhon, has said that the country is working behind the scenes to mediate disputes between its ally China and partners in the association of Southeast asian Nations over the South China Sea. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-working-to-resolve-south-china-sea-disputes-fm/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A lAwyer for two opposition lAwmAkers brutAlly beAten in front of the NAtionAl Assembly two months Ago AppeAred At the Phnom Penh MunicipAl Court on MondAy on behAlf of his clients, who eArlier this month filed An Attempted murder complAint AgAinst their AttAckers. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/lAwyer-questioned-in-cnrp-lAwmAker-AttAck-investigAtion/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Some 400 women from various associations, unions and civil society organisation were blocked by Phnom Penh municipal security forces from marching from the Olympic Stadium to the Council of Ministers to deliver a joint petition on International Women’s Day which fell on Friday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/forces-prevent-womens-day-march/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Manet paid his respects to and commended the efforts of all mine action operators to clear landmines from Kampong Speu province and protect lives. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/manet-declares-kampong-speu-province-mine-free/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Commerce received more than 2,100 new business registrations in the first half of the year, surpassing the 2,020 registrations received at the halfway mark of 2014. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/local-businesses-lead-surge-in-registrations/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

AxiAtA Group Bhd is set to strengthen its foothold in CAmbodiA through A merger between Hello AxiAtA CompAny Ltd And LAtelz CompAny Ltd, which it Acquires for A considerAtion of US$155mil (RM473mil). In A stAtement, AxiAtA Announced thAt its CAmbodiAn Arm hAd entered into A sAles <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AxiAtAs-cAmbodiAn-unit-expAnds-through-mA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>