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/
PM supports water taxi system
Prime Minister Hun Sen has announced his support of a planned waterway taxi service and encouraged those in charge of the project to ensure its launch before the Khmer New Year. Speaking at a river festival in Kandal province’s Takhmao city on Saturday, Mr Hun Sen ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50113505/pm-supports-water-taxi-system/
Cambodia and S.Korea closer to signing FTA
The agreement to conduct the study was signed between South Korea’s Trade Minister Yoo Myung-hee and Cambodian Commerce Minister Pan Sorasak in the Korean city of Busan, where a two-day Asean summit is being held. ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50663999/cambodia-and-s-korea-closer-to-signing-fta/
Korea to invest $4 mil. to restore Cambodian temple
Korea will use its first Official Development Assistance (ODA) for the preservation and restoration of foreign cultural properties to restore ancient Cambodian temples. According to the Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), Korea will invest $4 million in ODA to Preah ...
Kwon Mee-yoo
http://bit.ly/1y7tTTd
Cambodia, South Korea wrap up second round of FTA Talks
Cambodia and South Korea ended the second round of their negotiations on free trade agreement (FTA) today with positive progress. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50760597/cambodia-south-korea-wrap-up-second-round-of-fta-talks/
KOICA holds policy dialogue forum on development plans
The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and the Cambodian Rehabilitation and Development Board of the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CRDB/CDC) had a policy dialogue forum to discuss development cooperation for 2022 and 2023, while KOICA’s estimated grant aid to Cambodia for 2022 totals ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/koica-holds-policy-dialogue-forum-development-plans
RCEP trade pact takes effect in South Korea
The mega free trade pact of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership took effect in South Korea on Tuesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501018289/rcep-trade-pact-takes-effect-in-south-korea/
Former Korean NA Speaker pledges to help boost relations with Cambodia
Visiting former Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea, Park Byeong Seug, has pledged to continue boosting bilateral relations between the two countries and seeking support for Cambodia’s mine clearance sector. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501218500/former-korean-na-speaker-pledges-to-help-boost-relations-with-cambodia/
Cambodia, Korea discuss ODA situation and partnership development
Cambodia and the Republic of Korea (RoK) have discussed the overall situation of the RoK’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) to Cambodia and ways to strengthen the development cooperation and partnership between the two countries. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501362717/cambodia-korea-discuss-oda-situation-and-partnership-development/
RoK to continue supporting Cambodia’s commitment to achieving development goals
The Republic of Korea (RoK) will continue to support Cambodia to achieve its strategic goal of becoming a high-income economy by 2050. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501357449/rok-to-continue-supporting-cambodias-commitment-to-achieving-development-goals/
S. Korea is laying the foundation for accelerating growth
The flow of Korean investment into Cambodia has been in the spotlight for more than a decade, primarily foreign direct investment in the construction and property sectors. Investment from the East Asian nation continues its rise, and in 2014 South Korean investment in Cambodia ranked ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/20465/s--korea-is-laying-the-foundation-for-accelerating-growth/
NBC, South Korea team up for research
The central banks of Cambodia and South Korea signed an agreement on Friday to jointly conduct research and analyse the relationship between exchange rates and inflation in the Cambodian economy, according to bank officials. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/nbc-south-korea-team-research
FTA with South Korea would improve Cambodia’s competitiveness: exporters
Cambodian exporters are hopeful that a free trade agreement with South Korea will boost trade between the nations and attract more investment into the Kingdom. Chang Hoon Lee, managing director of Korean exporter Hyundai Agro, said the move is a positive development. A free-trade pact ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50664297/fta-with-south-korea-would-improve-cambodias-competitiveness-exporters/
Korean tourists fuel demand for dog meat in Cambodia
Riding a motorcycle with a cage, Pov Nat scours rural areas for dogs. He pays between 30,000 ($7.38) and 80,000 riel a head and sells the animals to a butcher in Siem Reap. The 21-year-old native of Kampong Cham province began buying dogs after coming to ...
http://view.koreaherald.com/kh/view.php?ud=20120826000233&cpv=0
Thousands sit for language test in hopes of working in South Korea
Thousands of people flocked to high schools across Phnom Penh over the weekend to sit for a Korean language test in the hopes of finding higher-paying work in South Korea, students said Sunday. According to a schedule released earlier this month by the Labor Ministry, which ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/thousands-sit-for-language-test-in-hopes-of-working-in-south-korea-86764/
Korean agencies donate protective kits to public hospitals
Two public hospitals in Phnom Penh have received donations from the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and Cambodia-Korea Alumni Association to use for combating the spread of Covid-19 pandemic. ...
Va Sonyka
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50721412/korean-agencies-donate-protective-kits-to-public-hospitals/
CSX developing app for securities trading
A new online trading platform is being developed to spur interest in Cambodia’s sleepy stock market by allowing traders to access the exchange remotely via software compatible with smartphones, a bourse spokesman said yesterday. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/csx-developing-app-securities-trading
After FTA with China, S. Korea next in line to negotiate free trade agreement
A free trade agreement negotiation between Cambodia and the Republic of Korea has been scheduled to kick-start shortly. This was said by Pan Sorasak, Minister of Commerce when meeting Park Heung-Kyeong, Ambassador of S. Korea to Cambodia, at the ministry office. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50743512/after-fta-with-china-s-korea-next-in-line-to-negotiate-free-trade-agreement/