On the 20th,
the Cambodian economic delegation, the Reachsey Association, visiting Korea at
the moment, visited NKCL Bio Group Inc. and announced that they discussed ways
to cooperate in the bio industry between the two countries.
The Cambodian
economic delegation to Korea, the Reachsey Association, means 'great' and 'fury
of a tiger' in Khmer. The main members are high-ranking officials at the
departmental level or higher in Cambodia's central government department and
officials from 25 provincial governments, with about 1,000 members.
The Richsey
Association, which visited Korea to discover partners for international
cooperation, visited the National Assembly on June 17 right after their arrival,
and it is known that they visited the headquarters of NKCL Bio Group for the
bio industry in Cambodia. The Richsey Association showed great interest in the
direction of the global bio industry, cell culture technology, and future
growth potential of NKCL Bio Group, and expressed its intention to actively
exchange and cooperate.
On this day, 20
high-ranking officials from the Cambodian government, including 'Teng yuthy'
(Senator Member, Advisory Council President of Reachsey Association), Som
saroeun (Chairman of Reachsey Association), Ung Saravann (Vice President of
Royal School of Admin, Vice President of Reachsey Association), and 30
businessmen, total about 50 people, including young people, visited. They
listened to presentations on the operation status, know-how, cell culture
technology of NKCL Bio Group’s bio business in Korea, and had Q&A session
about investment attraction and business cooperation to foster the bio industry
in Cambodia.
In addition,
although it was not possible to open all the internal sites due to the security
of the culture system, the association officials directly toured some of the NK
cell culture centers and admired the scale and system.
NKCL Bio Group’s
Chairman Dong-hwa Shin said, “Currently, the company is preparing a local
support program for overseas expansion as well as domestic market. NKCL will
actively cooperate to play a role in laying the foundation for the development
of Cambodia's bio industry. We expect that the visit of the Richsey Association
will serve as a good opportunity for mutual development between the Republic of
Korea and Cambodia.”
In response, an official from the
Richsey Association said, "I am delighted to be able to enhance my
understanding of NKCL's advanced biotechnology through this visit to Korea, and
to discuss the possibility of joint development in the next-generation
technology field."
Currently, the Richsey Association
is carrying out activities to promote friendship between countries, such as
social relief volunteer work in Cambodia, as well as activities as a private
diplomatic ambassador, and promoting friendship through sports.
The Cambodian economic delegation's
visit to NKCL Bio Group was made through the recommendation of Kim Yeon-guk,
chairman of the International Small and Medium Business Export Association, a
Korean partner of the global cooperation network.
International Small and Medium Business
Export Association’s Chairman Kim Yeon-guk said, “I hope that this will be a
good opportunity for NKCL Bio Group to enter the Cambodian bio market by
revitalizing economic exchanges at the private level through various
information exchanges and as a window for business support between companies in
both countries.” He added.
Meanwhile, officials from the
Cambodian economic delegation visited and showed great interests in Premium
Immune Bakery Cafe, a subsidiary of NKCL Bio Group, to enjoy simple meals and
desserts, to learn a lot about the unfamiliar item called 'immune bread', which
has adopted a microbiome strain technology that is in charge of our body's
immune system.