Cambodia & Korea will hold Ceremony for Completion of Cambodia-Korea Friendship Road (or Korean Ring Road Construction Phase II)

KOICA News Release: trainslation from local newspaper

Kampuchea Thmey Daily:

Vol.11, #3039, Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Phnom Penh: The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), together with APSARA Authority, will hold the Inauguration Ceremony for the Completion of the Cambodia-Korea Friendship Road (or Korean Ring Road Construction Phase II) on December 15, 2012 in Siem Reap province.

According to a press release issued by KOICA on December 11, 2012 that Korean Ring Road Construction Phase II was the output of KOICA’s $11.5 Million grant fund to APSARA Authority of the Kingdom of Cambodia, as part of a program to develop physical infrastructure in Cambodia with the aim to help the Cambodian government’s efforts to protect Angkor-Wat by easing and dispersing traffic on the road penetrating the historic sites of the world heritage. This project will also further blossom into one of the most exemplary cooperation programs symbolizing the two countries’ friendship through the good cooperation between the APSARA Authority of the Kingdom of Cambodia and the KOICA.

H.E. Mr. Park Dae-Won, President of the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), will be the Guest of Honor in the Ceremony for the Completion of the Cambodia-Korea Friendship Road (or Korean Ring Road Construction Phase II), as he is visiting Cambodia Dec. 13-15 to broadly assess Korea’s development cooperation activities in Cambodia and further strengthen the bilateral ties.

The Ceremony for the Completion of the Cambodia-Korea Friendship Road (or Korean Ring Road Construction Phase II) will also be held under the high presidency of H.E. Dr. Sok An, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister in charge of the Office of the Council of Ministers and the President of APSARA Authority; H.E. Mr. Sou Phirin, Advisor to Samdech Akkak Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Governor of Siem Reap Province and Vice president of APSARA Authority; H.E. Mr. Bun Narith, the Director General of APSARA Authority; and KOICA Representative in Cambodia Dr. Shin Eui-Cheol. /End/