South Korea FTA set to be signed Oct 26
The Cambodia-South Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA) is set to be signed on October 26, ushering in a new chapter that will open up fresh avenues in trade and investment between the two Asian nations, according to a senior Ministry of Commerce official. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/south-korea-fta-set-be-signed-oct-26
South Korea to help build bridge linking Phnom Penh and Areyksat
South Korea is helping Cambodia build a bridge crossing the Mekong River that will connect Phnom Penh to the Areyksat area. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50999929/south-korea-to-help-build-bridge-linking-phnom-penh-and-areyksat/
Lots of buzz as South Korea FTA edges closer
The Cambodia-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA) is set to enter into force 60 days after the Kingdom’s Ministry of Commerce and South Korean counterpart have notified each other that their respective internal procedures have been completed, as affirmed by ministry spokesman Pen Sovicheat. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/lots-buzz-south-korea-fta-edges-closer
Hun Sen and Ban Ki-moon to co-chair World Summit 2022 in Seoul in February
The Universal Peace Federation and Cambodia have announced the upcoming World Summit 2022 (Summit for Peace on the Korean Peninsula), which brings together Keynote Speakers and participants from 157 nations to explore the prospects for peaceful reconciliation of the Korean Peninsula. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501010873/hun-sen-and-ban-ki-moon-to-co-chair-world-summit-2022-in-seoul-in-february/
Cambodia-South Korea Free Trade Agreement: Increasing potential for downstream sectors
The Cambodia-South Korea Free Trade Agreement can help boost Cambodian exports of garments, textiles, and footwear to South Korea. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501082487/cambodia-south-korea-free-trade-agreement-increasing-potential-for-downstream-sectors/
Cambodia-South Korea Free Trade Agreement: Increasing potential for downstream sectors
The Cambodia-South Korea Free Trade Agreement can help boost Cambodian exports of garments, textiles, and footwear to South Korea. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501082487/cambodia-south-korea-free-trade-agreement-increasing-potential-for-downstream-sectors/
USAID-KOICA partnership to strengthen next generation of zoonotic disease experts in Cambodia
Cambodia’s next generation of experts on diseases that cross from animals to humans have received a boost thanks to a partnership between the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA). ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501070376/usaid-koica-partnership-to-strengthen-next-generation-of-zoonotic-disease-experts-in-cambodia/
More Korean volunteers dispatched to Cambodia
KOICA Cambodia Office late last week dispatched another 14 members of project volunteers to Cambodia for the “Capacity Building Project for Cambodia National and Public Youth Centers” discovered by the KOICA and carrying out by Soon Chun Hyang University. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501068978/more-korean-volunteers-dispatched-to-cambodia/
Korea ratifies Free Trade Agreement
The Korean National Assembly has ratified a free trade agreement with Cambodia that will boost the Kingdom’s exports in a raft of areas. ...
Chhorn Raksmey
https://kiripost.com/stories/korea-ratifies-free-trade-agreement
Cambodia-Korea FTA export benefits deliberated
The Ministry of Commerce and the Embassy of the Republic of Korea last Thursday held a workshop on dissemination of the benefits and export procedures to local exporters under the Cambodia-Korean Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA), which is scheduled to come into force next month. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501192199/cambodia-korea-fta-export-benefits-deliberated/
Cambodia-Korea Free Trade Agreement to enter into force in December
Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, yesterday morning announced that the bilateral free trade agreement between Cambodia and South Korea will come into force in December this year. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501179178/cambodia-korea-free-trade-agreement-to-enter-into-force-in-december/
South Korea to increase quota for Cambodian workers to over 10,000 in 2023
The Republic of Korea has pledged to increase the quota for Cambodian workers in the country to more than 10,000 this year, and the figure will further rise in the following years. The pledge was made by Dr Uh Soobong, Chairman of Human Resource Development ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501243296/south-korea-to-increase-quota-for-cambodian-workers-to-over-10000-in-2023/
Cambodia’s export to South Korea surges in Q1
Cambodia’s export to South Korea significantly increased in the first quarter of this year, thanks to the bilateral free trade agreement, which was put into force last December. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501275292/cambodias-export-to-south-korea-surges-in-q1/
South Korean firm donates 200 new buses
Booyoung Group has donated 200 new buses to the Phnom Penh administration to help improve public transport services in the city. ...
Sem Pisey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/south-korean-firm-donates-200-new-buses
PM promises more infra for Capital development
The Royal Government of Cambodia is planning to build more roads and bridges to support the economic growth of the country, facilitating the travel of people and transport of goods. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501393569/pm-promises-more-infra-for-capital-development/
Korea FDI in Kingdom reaches $5 billion, says Prime Minister
Prime Minister Hun Manet yesterday said that the bilateral trade volume between the Republic of Korea and Cambodia reached approximately $751 million while Korea’s foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Kingdom recorded $30 million last year, taking the total FDI from the country to $5 ...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501489820/korea-fdi-in-kingdom-reaches-5-billion-says-prime-minister/
Korea pushes to build 'smart city' in Cambodia
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. ...
Yonhap
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20160815000280
Cambodia bets on Saemaeul movement to spur rural reform
With agriculture still the mainstay of its economy, Cambodia is seeking to reform rural communities in partnership with Korea to shore up residents’ livelihoods and boost grain exports. The Southeast Asian country is seeking to follow in the footsteps of the “Saemaeul Undong,” or New Community ...
Shin Hyon-hee
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20141109000243
Beating of woman in South Korea prompts embassy response
Photographs and video footage of a Cambodian woman being savagely beaten by her Chinese supervisor in a satellite city of Seoul were shared more than a thousand times on social media on Wednesday, prompting the Cambodian Embassy to find the woman and take her to ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/beating-woman-south-korea-prompts-embassy-response-118023/
Korea Gives $13 mil for Flood Project
Korea will provide a $13.3 million concessional loan to renovate the Stung Siem Reap Phase II flood mitigation project after a deal signed yesterday between the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the Korea Export and Import Bank. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23335/korea-gives--13-mil--for-flood-project/
