Prime Minister Samdech Moha Borvor Thipadei Hun Manet this evening expressed his congratulations to the three winners of the National Public Dictation Contest under the theme 'Angkor Writing.' The event, the first ever of its kind, was held at the Angkor Wat Temple causeway bridge, known as Spean Harl, in Siem Reap province this morning under the presidency of H.E. Dr. Phoeurng Sackona, Minister of Culture and Fine Arts, with the participation of 800 candidates aged between 12 and 60 years old from across the country. The first winner is Mr. Cheng Ratana while the two runners up are Mr. Vorn Vida and Miss Yoap Sokheak. According to the Premier, the event is aimed at inspiring Cambodian children to love Cambodian literature, as well as promoting Angkor area, a world's great resort, associated with the beautiful cultural realities of the Kingdom of Cambodia. This is also linked to the Pentagonal Strategy - Phase 1 of the 7th-mandate Royal Government, focusing on the development of human capital, which is an indispensable catalyst in economic diversification to achieve Cambodia's ambition of becoming an upper middle-income economy by 2030 and a high-income nation by 2050, he underlined. Samdech Thipadei also highly valued all stakeholders for organising the event with the spirit of strengthening the general knowledge, national identity, solidarity, as well as enhancing Cambodian literature Source: Agence Kampuchea Presse SEOUL, Han Dong-hoon, the leader of the ruling People Power Party (PPP), said Sunday he will do his job amid a report that the presidential office called for his resignation amid a controversy over candidate nominations for the April general elections. Channel A, a cable news channel, reported Sunday that mainstream members of the PPP requested Han's resignation amid the row over election nominations and that the presidential office also shared such a need. "The path that (I've decided) to walk for the people, I will do my job," Han said in a text message to reporters, indicating he has no intent to step down from the chairmanship of the PPP's emergency leadership committee. A controversy over the fairness of election nominations erupted after Han publicly supported a bid by Kim Gyeong-ryul, an outspoken member of the PPP's emergency committee, to run in a district in Mapo, western Seoul, for the upcoming parliamentary elections. The move spawned backlash from some PPP members that Han ignored the party' s election nomination process with the so-called "private nomination." In response to the media report, the office of President Yoon Suk Yeol said the issue of Han's resignation is not a matter in which the presidential office would involve itself. A separate media report earlier said Yoon has withdrawn his anticipation and support for Han over the controversy surrounding election nominations. Han, a former justice minister, is one of Yoon's close aides. In regard to the report, a presidential official told Yonhap News Agency that Yoon has "strong" principles of supporting fair, transparent and systemic election nominations. Yoon's office said Friday if the party reviews "strategically made nominations," there should be certain principles and standards so that it does not look like giving preferential favors. Source: Yonhap News Agency