Cambodia-Korea Foreign Diplomatic Policy
The Ministry of
Foreign Affairs is a government agency which has been given the mandate and
responsibility for conducting Foreign Relations with other countries. This
includes matters related to Political Relations, Economic Affairs, Security
matters, Social and Cultural Promotion. The Republic of Korea is a develop
country of Economic, also the political sector, Cambodia and South Korea start
their relation since 1970 but it was creased during the Khmer Rouge Regime, but
later on, the bilateral relation of both country was start again in 1996 and
established the official embassies in 1997, the bilateral relation was include
Political Affair, Economic Affair, Security Matter, and Cultural Promotion
I.
Political Relation
1.
Improve more Diplomatic
Since Cambodia
had election in 1993 and 1998, the policy of Cambodia is fully free open for
the international relations and also uses the liberal policy in order to be
implement to the Paris Peace Agreement in1991. So to be implementing it,
Cambodia has been opening the door for Korea, in term of political, cultural,
economic…etc. in case that Cambodia have good diplomatic with the giant
economic like Korea, it mean that we has shown to the world bout the Cambodia
policy nowadays and also tell the world that Cambodia have fully peace and
welcome the other nation to make diplomatic.
Korea
is also as the as Cambodia, truly, Korean and Cambodia had diplomatic policy
since 1970, but in the Pol Pot regime, the international relation nearly become
zero, it mean that the diplomatic is stuck or slowly activate for the liberal
countries, so it become the wall of Korea with Cambodia, but when Cambodia has
new policy since 1993, the bilateral relation of Cambodia and Korea is back and
better than before because it is the time for Korea to lead their the Asia
specially in Southeast Asia because the
country in this religion is develop quickly which provide many benefit for
Korea, investment and to be lock in to the Asia Market in term of export their
production and culture to the world.
2.
Cultural Promotion
Why the
diplomatic policy is playing the importance role for Cultural Promotion? I
think we all knew that culture is an element of the nation, if we can prove it
to the world mean that we trying to protect and prevent it. The government of
both countries is also think like that to they lead the county and make
diplomatic to the world because they can guide the world to know clear about
its country, For example Angkor wat is the identify of Cambodia and the
language, music, and so on. With the cultural promotion, we notice that both
counties can get benefit to each other such as exchange study, in term of
education and development the human resource on historical. So if many people
are interesting they may fly to Cambodia for tour and spend money so it becomes
business promotion.
Angkor
Gyeonfju World Culture Expo 2006, Korean Arts performance in Siem Reap, and
Gyeongju world Culture Expo which was held in Gyeogju, Republic of Korea in
2007. Those two evens shoe the location and international community were the
special identification of the excellence bilateral relation between Cambodia
and Korea in culture and tourism industry.
26th
January 2010, a newly set up center was inaugurated Phnom Penh-Daegu Gyeongbuk
Culture, tourism, and Trade Promotion Center. This center is not only a
location use for Cultural, tourism, and commercial fields, but also a testimony
to the close relation between Cambodia and South Korea. The center will become
the one that provides tourist information to local and foreign tourists on
security, safety, and tourism destinations in Cambodia as well as the provision
of the recommendation about the tourism development in the country in the present
and the future.
3.
Human Resource
While
the Korean and Cambodian are a good relation to each other by the bilateral
tied, the increasing of Korean tourists the human resource in Cambodia have a
limited which the person who can use Korean language, so I order to build the
human ability and to provide more job opportunity such as teacher, translators,
and tourist guides. the Department of Korean Studies at the Institute of
Foreign Languages of the Royal University of Phnom Penh advance the study of
Korean language I Cambodia by offering both noticed complete four-year Bachelor
of Art degree and non-degree intensive short courses. The Ministry of
Education, Youth, and Sport through its decision No. 2 dated 9 March
2007,officially granted permission for the establishment of the Department of Korean
Studies, located within the Institute of Foreign Languages at the Royal
University of Phnom Penh through a Korean Languages short course was
established in October 2002.
Beside
the languages, Nuclear Engineer program has been sponsored by Seoul University
and Korean government since 207 in University of Battambong. Visiting
professors and fieldworks of the students of this program is always carries in
South Korea under the expenditure if Korean government and Seoul National
University, Korea. Other ways, the government of Republic of South Korea also
provides full scholarship for Cambodian students to pursue their study in all
levels from short course to doctorate degree
4.
Provide Aids
During
the global crisis, the Republic of South Korea had continued provide assistance
to Cambodia despite the country is being faced. This was made known here on
Thursday by South Korea out-going Ambassador to Cambodia H.E. Shin Hyn Suk
during a farewell meeting with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen. The Korea
diplomat expressed thank to the Royal government of Cambodia for their
providing favorable facilitation and good cooperation for him to successfully
fulfill his tree year diplomatic mission in Cambodia. He also highly praised
the kingdom’s economic growth.
I the reply, premier Hun Sen thanked
the Korean diplomatic for his active mission in Cambodia, particularly
attracting many Korean investors to Cambodia as well as contributing to the
rapid economic growth of the country, he also thanked the government of the
republic of Korea for its continuously providing assistance as well as its
pledge to keep on assisting to Cambodia. By AKP
In 2010, South Korea increase aid
andinvestment in Cambodia given the good relation of the two nations. Korea
will increase overseas development assistance, ODA, for Cambodia, according to
the South Korea’s Ambassador Lee Kung soo assured Cambodia’s Deputy Prime
Minister Sok an in the meeting on Thursday. Lee said South Korea has allocated
US$100 million in assistance for poor nation this year including Cambodia.
Cambodia is the
top priority country for that ODA. To the government report South Korea investment
were recovered US$1.21 billion for 2007-2008. Meanwhile, South Korea has
offered about US$265 mllion in aid and loans since 2001 to 2009, according to
the Cambodian government data.
II.
Economic Affair
1.
Investment
Korea Investment, Siem Reap Air Port 2010
In
2009, Cambodian high level delegation led by Prime Minister of Kingdom of Cambodia,
HUN SEN, paid an official visit to the Republic of South Korea for three main
summits such as ASEAN-ROK CEO Summit in 31 May to 01 June 2009 at Jeju,
ASEAN-ROK Commemorative Summit 1st to 2nd June 2009 at
Jeju, and Official Visit 2nd to 5th June 2009 at Seoul.
At
the same year South Korea President Lee Mung-bak led Korean delegation to the
Cambodia for two days from October 2 and 23, 2009. The parties were also signed
other agreement on cooperation covering mineral exploration, broadcasting,
forest plantation and climate change, and bilateral relation.
A part from many remarkable
prospects will pave the good ways to attract much more Korean businessmen,
investors, tourist influx into Cambodia which has become a country with the
potential in the natural resources attractive of business and investment
environment. Cambodia also has a lot of potential in the natural resources,
petrol and gas sectors.
The government also takes this good
opportunity in making recommendation to korean business and investment to
increase their opportunity for doing business, especially, SMEs and take more
consideration to extend their investment in agriculture sectors, make the
processing agriculture productions for international market, due to Cambodia
has a lot of room aveliable for Korean business and investment activities.
, last year South Korean investments
there grew fivefold, making Cambodia the second-biggest reception of Korean
International Trade Association. South Korea briefly overlook China two years
ago as the biggest source of foreign direct investment, accounting for 23
percent of projects approved by Cambodian authorities that year. Although China
regained its leadership, several large-scale Korean projects are in the
pipeline, in sectors including construction. Camko city is a biggest plan
development of other many plans which Korean investors have already plan
contraction in Cambodia.
Observers find it hard to explain
exactly why Koreans have zoomed in on a country that is not particularly close
to them, either geographically or culturally. According to Anh Ho-young, South
Korea deputy trade minister said, “A lot of Korean businessmen are looking to
invest aboard and somehow Cambodia seems to be now better known, particularly
among small and medium-size business, than other countries.”
Douflas Clayton, who have been investing
in South-east Asia for two decades and manages Leopard Capital, a Cambodia fund
said, “Korean is Asia’s most adventurous frontier market investors right now”.
On suggestion is that the historic disconnect between the countries has helped.
Decades of war have fuelled a profound distrust in Cambodia of its neighbors”.
They understand how Korea itself was
rapidly developed from a frontier market into a developed society and see the
possibilities to repeat that process in transitional economics like Cambodia.
For historical reason Korean are not eager to place all their bets on China, so
they are interested in alternative low-cost production centers.
The most visible sign of Korean
investment in Cambodia is the redrawing of Phnom Penh’s skyline. Two Korea
Construction companies are erecting sky scrapers that will be the city’s
tallest building. Meanwhile, a joint venture between Korean and Cambodian companies is developing a satellite city,
appropriately name Camko city, a Korean bank, and is also due to house
Cambodia’s future bourse-again with financial as well as training assistance from
the Korean stock exchange.
In the six year, the Korean
community has grown from less than 500 to about 10,000, that is not because of
business but because they fell in love with beautiful nature around temple of
Angkor Wat,
2.
Tourism Industry
Tourism becomes the third main importance sector, after agriculture and garment industry in developing Cambodian economy. In 2011, Cambodian government received 2.8 million tourists to visit Cambodian historical monument, Angkor Wat, beautiful beach and so on. Among the tourists, the South Korean tourist stands number 2 after the Vietnamese, before 2010, Korean visitor were the first one. In 2010, there were almost 30,000 South Koreans visitors, ad 2011 there were almost 250.000 tourists came. South Korean people visit Cambodia not only give job opportunities to people and boost Cambodian economic growth and development; but they also bring with them their culture, language and life styles to familiarize them to Cambodians. Interestingly, Cambodian youth always dream of visiting Korea and they even name Korea as the land of cleanliness, romantic music, and movie and land of snow. Thousands of them did actually visit South Korea.
Among
of foreign tourists, Korean tourists stood at the first rank in connected
continuing 5 years 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008, amounted 128,423 and
216,584 and 285,353 and 266,370, as respectively. But in 2009 Vietnamese become
to replace the rank. In year 2009, number of visitors from South Korea dropped
25 percent cooperating with year 2008, 26,370 to 197,725. In year 2010 the
number of visitors from South Korea around 272,000 went to Cambodia, in year
2011, the embassy of South Korea fully hopes around 38% increasing comparing
with the same period of year 2010.
Korean
Air has their two direct flights per day to Cambodia, one flight land to Phnom
Penh International Airport, one flight land in Siem Reap international Airport.
Example, Asiania Airline also does the business activity the same Korean Air;
it has their two direct flights per day to Cambodia.
So the Royal Government
of Cambodia I actively promoting open-skies agreement with other different
nations
Finally,
Cambodia now is become the international market, amazing tourist destination by
the international cooperation and mutual relationship with offered by friendly
nations really have positive impact on Cambodia, every field sector that is
Republic of South Korea who have been helping Cambodia till today.
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