Rice output in East and South Asia is forecast at 695 million tonnes in the latest season, one percent below the record in 2021, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) said Monday.“Harvests will be above the five-year averag…
Day: July 10, 2023
Cambodia’s International Trade Tops US$23 Billion in H1
Cambodia’s international trade was amounted to US$23.69 billion in the first six months of this year, a 13 percent decrease compared to the same period last year, the General Department of Customs and Excise’s report showed on Monday.From January to J…
CDC Approves Five New Investment Projects in Three Provinces
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has approved five new investment projects in the provinces of Kampong Speu, Takeo, and Kandal.The CDC’s news release made public this afternoon showed that with a total investment capital of US$50.7 mi…
French champions PSG, Lee Kang-in to play exhibition match in S. Korea
The French football champions Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), with South Korean midfielder Lee Kang-in in tow, are set to play a summer exhibition match in Lee’s native land next month, industry sources said Monday.PSG will take on K League 1 club Jeonbuk …
After career-best showing at U.S. Women’s Open, Shin Ji-yai takes away lifelong memories
Shin Ji-yai, former world No. 1 in women’s golf hailing from South Korea, doesn’t play in the United States often. The 11-time LPGA winner now plies her trade in Japan, so she can be closer to her family back home, and only occasionally plays LPGA eve…
(LEAD) PPP leader embarks on U.S. trip to discuss strengthening alliance
The leader of the ruling People Power Party (PPP) departed for Washington on Monday for meetings with senior U.S. government officials and congressional leaders to discuss ways to strengthen the alliance between the two countries, his party said.Rep. …
Seoul shares up late Mon. morning amid rate hike woes
South Korean stocks traded slightly higher late Monday morning amid continued concerns over the U.S. Federal Reserve’s additional rate hikes.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) had risen 7.77 points, or 0.31 percent, to 2,534.48 as…
Samsung Biologics inks US$390.9 mln manufacturing deal with Novartis
Samsung Biologics Co., the biotech arm of South Korea’s Samsung Group, said Monday it has signed a US$390.9 million deal with Novartis Pharma AG to manufacture the Switzerland-based pharmaceutical firm’s products.It is the final contract for an invest…
(2nd LD) N. Korea slams U.S. plan to send strategic nuclear submarine to Korean Peninsula
North Korea denounced on Monday a plan by the United States to send a strategic nuclear submarine to South Korea, warning it “may incite the worst crisis of nuclear conflict in practice.”The U.S. had pledged to send a nuclear-capable ballistic missile…
Close to 1,000 ‘ghost baby’ cases under investigation: police
The number of unregistered baby cases under police investigation has risen to 939, the National Office of Investigation said Monday, as a nationwide campaign is under way to confirm the well-being of more than 2,000 undocumented babies born since 2015…