Daily Update from Local Newspapers July 17, 2013

1.                               Politics/Human Rights

Hor Namhong: Some Countries Stop Providing Aids Due to a Real Development in Cambodia

Up to now, some countries such as England has stopped providing aids due to a real development in Cambodia, said H.E. Hor Namhong, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, during a yesterday meeting with 3,000 citizens at Kompong Cham province. Lately, International Organization declared that Cambodia now no longer suffers from hunger anymore; therefore, some countries have stopped providing aids owing to a real development in Cambodia, not due to any other problems. (Kampuchea Tmey, 17 July 2013)

2.                 Diplomatic Issue

3.                 Economy/Development

Cambodia’s Trade Shows a Positive Trend in the First Semester

of the Year 2013

Cambodia’s trade sector, especially the exportation shows a positive trend of this year. During the first six months of the year 2013, Cambodia’s total trade worth approximately 7,62 billion USD, up 20% in comparing to the same period last year, which worth approximately 6,36 billion USD, said the report. Cambodia’s export products worth 3,15 billion USD, up 26 percent, while the import products worth 4,47 billion USD, up 16 percent. Besides, textile sector still be considered as the main sector of Cambodia’s exportation, and its export value worth over 2 billion USD. Although the value of Cambodia’s rice export to international market still lower than the exportation of garment and textile products, it tends to reach the goal of exporting one million tons of rice per year by 2015. During the first six months of this year, the quantity of Cambodia’s rice export was 176,000 tons, up 125,56 percent in comparing to the same period last year with the quantity of 78,000 tons, it added. (Rasmei Kampuchea, 17 July 2013)

4.                 Korea’s interest in Cambodia