From garments to high tech: Cambodia seeks new era of industrial investment with South Korea


Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sun Chanthol inspected the operations of Kyungshin Co., Ltd., which specialises in the automotive electronic components and wire harness manufacturing industry. - Supplied via PPP/ANN

INCHEON, South Korea: Cambodia is stepping up efforts to attract South Korean investment in automotive components, electric vehicle systems, healthcare technology and other higher-value industries, as the government pursues long-term plans to move the economy beyond its traditional reliance on garments and labour-intensive manufacturing.

The push was highlighted during Deputy Prime Minister Sun Chanthol’s investment promotion mission to South Korea, where the first vice-chairman of the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) led a high-level delegation on a series of company visits and an investment roadshow in Incheon on June 16.

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