SEOUL, Jul. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Cambodians currently residing in South Korea staged a large-scale candlelight vigil on Saturday, longing for democracy in their home nation. The vigil was held at the May 18 Democracy Square in the city of Gwangju, the birthplace of the Korean democratic movement in 1980. According to an estimate by [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean non-profit organization will help Cambodia fix an ancient terrace inside a UNESCO heritage site, the group said Wednesday. Chico Korea said the group will work with the Apsara Authority, which manages the Angkor Archaeological Park in Siem Reap, to restore and preserve the Terrace of the [...]
HANOI, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite pressure from the international community, North Korean restaurants in Cambodia are reportedly thriving, thanks to Chinese customers. Unlike China and other Southeast Asian countries where a growing number of North Korean restaurants are being closed, for those in Cambodia it’s business as usual. According to the Phnom Penh [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The decision of Cambodia’s Ministry of Tourism to limit the number of Korean-speaking tour guides working in the resort town of Siam Reap, home to the famous tourist attraction Angkor Wat, has stirred up the local Korean community. Initially, the Ministry of Tourism would confer Korean tour guide licenses [...]
BUSAN, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and five Southeast Asian countries surrounding the Mekong River agreed on Friday to strengthen diplomatic and economic cooperation during an annual high-level meeting in the southern port city of Busan. The 7th Mekong-Republic of Korea Foreign Ministers’ Meeting adopted a new action plan outlining the long-term vision [...]
SEJONG, May 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Hundreds of tons of South Korean rice will be shipped to Southeast Asian developing countries as part of an international food aid program for the first time in history, the agriculture ministry said Thursday. A container vessel carrying 250 tons of rice will depart for the Cambodian port of [...]
SUWON, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – The city of Suwon has just wrapped up construction of a middle and high school for a small village in Siem Reap, a province in Cambodia, announced the city government Thursday. Dubbed the Phnom Krom Suwon Middle and High School, the project was part of Suwon’s three-stage Official Development [...]
SEJONG, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – 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. South Korea’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation, and its Cambodian counterpart will sign a memorandum of [...]
SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s financial watchdog on Tuesday published special guidebooks on daily financial services for Filipino and Cambodian residents here, in a bid to help foreign workers and spouses suffering language barriers and cultural differences. There were around 1.74 million foreigners living in South Korea as of last year, 54.7 percent [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) - South Korean TV sensation “Descendants of the Sun” has been exported to 27 countries and the number is set to grow, its production company said Wednesday. Next Entertainment World said that the burgeoning attention the drama has been attracting overseas raised the possibility of sealing more broadcasting contracts in the [...]