Mr. BUN Tharum is the co-founder of Kiripost, a modern media company that focuses on business and technology. He has been blogging about media and technology in Cambodia since 2004. His work has also appeared in a number of international media outlets.He was also a contributor to Global Voices href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/p_profile/mr-bun-tharum/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) hosted a training on “Data visualization and storytelling” on December 20-21 and 26, 2022, with 24 participants, including journalists, citizen journalists, indigenous youth journalists, journalism students, and CSOs. People with disabilities and LGBTQIA+ are encouraged to join. This training was divided href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/data-visualization-and-storytelling-training/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) under the Civil Society Support Activity: Cluster Anchor Grants funded by United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through Family Health International (FHI 360) supported indigenous peoples to participate in the Conference on Land and Natural Resource Governance which was organized href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/land-and-natural-resource-governance/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

SDG 11 – “Making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable” – aims to improve housing, transport, public spaces and urban environments, and strengthens resilience to disasters and climate change.There are seven targets covering specific areas and three means of implementation targets.1 Most of the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/sdg-11-sustainable-cities-and-communities/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

When the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) was officially launched on Jul. 11 there were no companies listed because of a drive to ensure that everything was above board. “We want to assure full transparency,” says Huot Pum, the deputy director-general of the Securities and Exchange href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-stock-exchange-to-push-transparency/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

They came from down the road and from across the country, trailing flags and portraits in their wake. They paused to pin thin black ribbons and coarse patches of cloth onto blazing white shirts. And, one by one, starting early yesterday morning, Cambodian mourners lined the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/a-nation-pays-respects/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

When Dr. Tith Hongyoeu opened Roomchang Dental and Aesthetic Hospital in a new 10-storey building on Street 184 just off Norodom Boulevard six months ago, it was the realisation of a dream come true for a poor boy from Kampong Thom province who grew up href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/expectations-exceeded-at-new-dental-hospital/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The government is planning to install surveillance equipment on the networks of Cambodia’s mobile phone operators and Internet service providers (ISPs), a senior Interior Ministry official said Tuesday, vindicating concerns about inspections the ministry quietly conducted on telecommunications firms in October. In October, officials from Lieutenant href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-plans-to-install-surveillance-equipment/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

ODC Research & Volunteer Coordinator and ODC Design Team Leader at WorkFrom 24 to 25 August 2013, Research and Volunteer Coordinator Chan Penhleak and Design Team Leader Heng Huy Eng participated in the BarCamp event, a tech and entrepreneurship Conference, which was held in Kampong href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/odc-participated-in-barcamp-kampong-cham/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Since the 1990s, the Cambodian economy has recorded a substantial expansion led by the tourism, manufacturing and construction sectors. One of the highest economic growth rates in the world allowed Cambodia to become a lower-middle-income country in 2015 29The country has a strategic position in href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/business-structures-and-legal-registration/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

On 3 January 2021, Open Development Cambodia (ODC), in collaboration with the Cambodia Indigenous People Organization (CIPO) conducted a half-day virtual seminar on “Indigenous Data Sovereignty (IDS)”. The event was part of the ongoing project coordinated by Open Development Mekong and its national partners, which href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/seminar-on-indigenous-data-sovereignty-ids/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Building on the successful experiences of previous years, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) is delighted to host the “Open Data Day 2020” in the first week of March. This year, we will focus on the global open data day theme: Open Data for Equal Development. As part href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/youth-essay-competition-for-open-data-day-2020/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

COVID-19 has shaken the whole world and has changed our routines overnight. However, at ODC we believe that such bizarre days can also be an opportunity to learn from each other, strengthen relationships and discover new things.We encourage ODC users and ICT enthusiasts to participate href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/blogpost-contest-ict-to-study-and-work-from-home-in-times-of-covid-19/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) published a new dataset on “Reclassifying natural protected areas in Cambodia.” This dataset collected data on the expansion of protected areas in Cambodia taken from government Sub-decrees. The coordinate system, WGS 84, Zone 48N, is used to determine this geographical data, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-odc-published-a-new-dataset-on-reclassifying-natural-protected-areas-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

On 4 February 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Kingdom of Cambodia issued a press release on the outcome of the first major gathering of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers, held from 3-4 February 2023 in Jakarta, Indonesia. There are two href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/press-release-on-the-outcomes-of-the-32nd-asean-coordinating-council-meeting-and-asean-foreign-ministers-retreat-held-from-3-4-february-2023-in-jakarta/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updates an existing dataset on “State land reclassification” by adding one new map layer on land reclassification in Tboung Khmum​ province. This dataset contains information regarding​​ the establishment of land as state public properties and the reclassification to state private properties href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-updates-an-existing-dataset-on-state-land-reclassification-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updates a new dataset on “Road and railway networks in Cambodia (2012 & 2023)”. This dataset included road networks generated by Open Street Map in 2023 and railway lines in 2012 provided by Save Cambodia’s Wildlife Atlas Working Group in Cambodia href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-updates-a-new-dataset-on-road-and-railway-networks-in-cambodia-2012-2023/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new dataset on “ASTER global digital elevation model (ASTER GDEM)​ in Cambodia”. This dataset of ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model (ASTER GDEM) places great emphasis on topographic information of the global terrain. As the ASTER was created with global href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-publishes-a-new-dataset-on-aster-global-digital-elevation-model-aster-gdem-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Sustainable Development Goal 1 (SDG 1) seeks to “end poverty in all its forms everywhere”, ensuring extreme poverty is eradicated and overall poverty is reduced by 50%.This goal provides a much more comprehensive approach than the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to the issue of poverty. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/sdg-1-no-poverty/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Following curriculum development and localization, ODC’s team taught a Data Literacy Workshop in February in coordination with Internews for the Innovations in Social Accountability Project (ISAC). The Workshop aimed to boost Cambodia’s growing Open Data ‘ecosystem’ by strengthening the skills of civil society organizations and href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/isacs-data-literacy-workshop-2021/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...