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Thursday 8 December 2011

South Korea Pledges to Assist Cambodia’s Civil Reform, Expand Cooperation in IT and Other Sectors

Sok An talks to reporters.

AKP Phnom Penh, December 7, 2011 —A top South Korean official told Cambodia ’s Deputy Prime Minister H.E. Sok An on Monday that Korea will provide training for Cambodian civil servants in certain areas to assist Cambodia ’s civil administrative reform.

South Korea is also looking to expand bilateral cooperation in communication technology to facilitate the work of the Royal Government of Cambodia, he added.

Kim Nam-Seok, First Vice Minister of Public Administration and Security of the Republic of Korea, said in the meeting that his delegation will seek to assist Cambodia by providing training courses and other necessary support for Cambodia’s civil servants to improve their public service delivery, according to the Press and Quick Reaction Unit of the Office of the Council of Ministers.

H.E. Dr. Sok An, who is also Minister in charge of the Council of Ministers, said that the Council for Administrative Reform (CAR) has been implementing the government’s policy of improving delivery of public services in order to contribute to social development and poverty reduction.

Dr. Sok An said that the CAR needs technical and capacity building support from donors so that Cambodia civil servants can better serve the public.

Vice Minister Kim and his party both talked with the leaders of the CAR and discussed how to increase bilateral cooperation with officials in charge of the National Information Communications Technology Development Authority (NIDA).

South Korea hopes to send experts to train Cambodian officials in certain areas, and some Cambodian officials could also be sent to the Republic of Korea for training in IT and public service delivery.

H.E. Dr. Sok An was pleased with these pledges and encouraged further discussion on how to assist the CAR and NIDA.

Dr. Sok An recalled that Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Prime Minister Hun Sen said: “If we reform, we have a 99 percent chance of surviving; if we do not, it is a 99 percent chance that we will die”.

Samdech Prime Minister Hun Sen in 1998 championed the win-win policy that brought defections from the Khmer Rouge and put an end to the latter’s political and military organization, said Dr. Sok An.

Deputy Prime Minister Sok An said that this is the first time that Cambodia nation has been united after 500 years of domestic turmoil.

Both sides are also looking to increase bilateral cooperation in agriculture, tourism, investment and aviation for the benefit of the two peoples. There are more than 500 companies, which have been successfully operating in Cambodia , from South Korea .

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