Kingdom’s crafts can be hit in Korea

Cambodian handicrafts and home decor products could take off with South Korean buyers if certain obstacles – conceptual design, development techniques, and slow delivery services – are overcome, business owners and merchants said yesterday.

Speaking at a seminar on Korean Market Access for Cambodia’s textiles at the Himawari hotel in Phnom Penh yesterday, Jung Kyoung A, chief executive officer of Isae, a shop selling textiles and home decor products in Seoul, said that her clients are increasingly requesting items produced in Cambodia.

From April last year to the same month this year, she has spent more than $100,000 to import handmade products from the Kingdom. …

Speaking at the opening ceremony yesterday, Moa Thora, secretary of state for the Ministry of Commerce, said that the global trade in handicrafts has potential. …

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