The government on Monday auctioned off the first lot of timber from roughly 70,000 cubic meters of illegally logged wood seized by authorities earlier this year, after a lack of interest forced more than a month of cancellations. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/after-many-false-starts-first-timber-auction-goes-ahead/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A U.S. court will next week hold its first heAring in CNRP officiAl MeAch SovAnnArA’s lAwsuit AgAinst Prime Minister Hun Sen’s eldest son, Hun MAnet, for wrongful imprisonment, According to A lAwyer involved in the cAse. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/us-court-will-heAr-cAse-AgAinst-hun-mAnet-lAwyer-sAys/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Land prices in the capital’s Sen Sok and Tuol Kork districts saw a slight decrease in the second quarter relative to the year’s first quarter, which was blamed on a stagnant property market from earlier this year. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/%e1%9e%81%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%98%e1%9f%82%e1%9e%9a-land-prices-drop-in-capital-districts/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A deputy chief of the Kompong ChhnAng provinciAl police hAs denied clAims thAt he received more thAn $200,000 in bribes in exchAnge for giving A pAssing grAde to About 100 cAndidAtes sitting An exAm to join the force As officers. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/deputy-police-chief-contests-tAking-over-200k-in-bribes/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A group of 900 Bunong villAgers Are seeking the removAl of the governor of Mondolkiri, complAining in A petition thAt wAs submitted to the government MondAy thAt he does not respect the rights of ethnic minorities in the province. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/hundreds-of-minority-villAgers-seek-mkiri-governors-ouster/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Prime Minister Hun Sen said here this morning at a graduation ceremony that in the democratic countries, power cannot be transferred from a father to his child, according to the state news agency-aKP.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-premier-in-democratic-countries-power-cannot-be-transferred-directly-to-child/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A new initiAtive led by Interpol will focus on improving border security in SoutheAst AsiA, with the internAtionAl police body wArning thAt increAsed cross-border criminAl Activity will be A likely unintended consequence of the region’s growing integrAtion. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/interpol-initiAtive-to-boost-border-security/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

About $115 million worth of concessionAl loAns to CAmbodiA And A mutuAl extrAdition treAty were Approved during A meeting between Prime Minister Hun Sen And French President FrAncois HollAnde in PAris on MondAy, According to Mr. Hun Sen’s FAcebook pAge. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/frAnce-signs-off-on-115m-in-loAns-And-extrAdition-treAty/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) hAs rejected A request from the RoyAl AcAdemy for JudiciAl ProfessionAls to provide observers At the upcoming exAm for new judges And prosecutors, According to A letter posted to the unit’s website on SundAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Acu-rejects-request-to-observe-exAm/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Prime Minister Hun Sen inaugurated Cambodia’s newest Olympic-size swimming pool in Kompong Cham province on Wednesday, a $1.5 million facility named after himself and marked as a venue for the 2023 South East asian (SEa) Games. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/prime-minister-inaugurates-olympic-pool-in-kompong-cham/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

China’s leading cement equipment manufacturer and service provider CITIC Heavy Industries Company on Saturday secured an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract from a Cambodian conglomerate to build a $262 million cement plant in Cambodia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/citic-wins-262m-contract-for-building-cement-plant-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than 1,000 Cambodian workers working for eight South Korean companies here gathered yesterday at National Olympic Stadium for “Korea Day for Cambodian Friends,” a celebration of Korean culture and a chance to thank employees for their hard work. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/workers-join-korea-day/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Following a meeting at the Justice Ministry held in the wake of a recent spate of violent armed robberies across Cambodia, officials on Tuesday conceded that they were unable to control the use of illegal weapons in the country. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/police-admit-to-no-control-of-illegal-weapons/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A locAl firm hAs seen revenues grow by Adding online operAtions to its cAsino, Allowing it to tAke bets from offshore plAyers. Now it is designing the softwAre thAt Allows other cAsinos to get A piece of the Action. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/betting-online-cAsino-operAtor-moving-into-lucrAtive-softwAre-development/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A drAft construction lAw hAs been completed, will soon be submitted to the Council of Ministers And mAy be enActed by the middle of the yeAr, Sok SiphAnA, A senior Advisor to the government, told Khmer Times yesterdAy.   <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/construction-lAw-mAy-be-enActed-by-mid-yeAr-govt-Advisor/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

It will get easier for small, rural mining operations to register with the government this month, thanks to a change in the Ministry of Energy and Mines’ policy of issuing licenses, according to a ministry statement released last week. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-makes-it-easier-for-the-little-guys-to-dig/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In order to aid waterway transport, sand-dredging &ndash; largely banned since a 2011 decree &ndash; will soon begin reappearing at dozens of locations along the Tonle Bassac river, a spokesman from the Ministry of Mines and Energy confirmed yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tonle-bassac-dredging-necessary-say-officials/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday submitted a proposed cabinet reshuffle to the National assembly, just weeks after he publicly warned some ministers to improve their work or risk being fired, according to a senior official.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-moves-to-reshuffle-his-cabinet/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications has defended the controversial new Telecommunications Law following a biting legal analysis by rights group Licadho, which says the legislation is a veiled tool to silence critics and potentially criminalize private expression. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-hits-back-at-rebuke-of-contentious-telecoms-law/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than 100 pieces of luxury rosewood bearing Cambodian names and a phone number were found by Thai police and forest conservation officers in a national park in Thailand’s Sa Kaeo province on Tuesday.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/thai-timber-found-with-khmer-script/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>