Name: Democratic People's Republic of Korea 조선민주주의인민공화국
Capital: Pyongyang
National language: Korean
Largest City: Pyongyang

Name: Republic of Korea 대한민국
Capital: Seoul
National language: Korean
Largest City: Seoul

how about north korea? cambodia and north korea have a unique relationship and cambodia is probably the only south east asian country with strong and historic ties with north korea! meaning people to people!

I think that's all, we don't need anymore threads

I think that's all, we don't need anymore threads

^^ok that's good so far! i think you need to delete east timore, brunei, indonesia, malaysia, and phillipines! those countries are not close to us geographically nor do they have a big historical significant in cambodian history!

No need to delete, those countries are part of ASEAN, let it sink if no one update.

Ryugyeong Hotel this IS THE MOST MODERN HOTEL THAT I EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Ryugyeong_Hotel_on_February_2011.jpg/515px-Ryugyeong_Hotel_on_February_2011.jpg

^^ This was the tallest hotel in the world if it managed to complete 20 years ago ..

why there are so big hotels in north korea if there were no tourism in that country o.O
I watched a documentary about present north-korea , some business owner in that documentary said that they only see 1 costumer per 10 days :/

I can't wait to visit Seoul Korea! How are foreigners treated there! I am aware Korea is homogeneous society and they are not use to seeing foreigners! But Korean girls are like.. WOWWWWW!!!

I can't wait to visit Seoul Korea! How are foreigners treated there! I am aware Korea is homogeneous society and they are not use to seeing foreigners! But Korean girls are like.. WOWWWWW!!!

I believe that Koreans are nice people they are realy behavior and always glad to meet foreigners.Many Khmer People study in South Korea.

Koreans(south) like to visit Cambodia the most. if you go to Angkor, you most likely to see Korean tourists.

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Koreans(south) like to visit Cambodia the most. if you go to Angkor, you most likely to see Korean tourists.

VxD-YI0_Sgk

^^400,000 koreans lolz! that is quite a lot for a poor country like cambodia lolz!

Seoul City Life - Gwang hwa mun (광화문/光化門)

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The Manchus and the Koreans look the same too!

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^^ Just look at all the beautiful girls in this pix! :cheers::cheers::cheers:

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That is soooo beautiful!

Khun SeeMacau,

Additional description of the photo from Ong TQ would be a big plus including

1. Gyeong bok gung (경복궁/景福宮) => the Main Royal Palace
2. Gwang hwa mun (광화문/光化門) => The main gate of Gyeongbokgung - already shown at the first photo

More details can be seen here:
http://www.royalpalace.go.kr/html/eng/index.jsp

Damn!!!!!!!!! I wanna go to Korea!!!!

^^^
I've Been to Korea Twice - Seoul once Daegu one - but still want MORE!

Khun SeeMacau,

Additional description of the photo from Ong TQ would be a big plus including

1. Gyeong bok gung (경복궁/景福宮) => the Main Royal Palace
2. Gwang hwa mun (광화문/光化門) => The main gate of Gyeongbokgung - already shown at the first photo

More details can be seen here:
http://www.royalpalace.go.kr/html/eng/index.jsp

Done :)

^^^
I've Been to Korea Twice - Seoul once Daegu one - but still want MORE!

^^ How's the beautiful korean girls!! :lol::lol::lol::lol:

^^^
Wait until I can whetehr they have been shaved ... according to the info I got from the little Tiger RTA war veterans.

^^^
Wait until I can whetehr they have been shaved ... according to the info I got from the little Tiger RTA war veterans.

^^that doesn't matter to me! I like light skin tall legs! :colgate::master::master:

Im actually planning to visit korea next month. looking forward to it. I just hope the food wont be too spicy. :nuts:

Im actually planning to visit korea next month. looking forward to it. I just hope the food wont be too spicy. :nuts:

If it is not spicy, it is not really Korean food. There are other imported types of food that you can have without having to spice up to mouth.

It is winter now in Korea and good to have some spicy food to make yourself warm :)

It is winter now in Korea and good to have some spicy food to make yourself warm :)

^^I FUCKEN LOVE THE SNOW!!! I LOVE COLD PLACES PERIOD!! When it's cold u can breath better and have nice warm bowl of Spicy Korean soup!! Hot coffee! I love Korea! AI love Boston too:) Boston and Korea have the same weather!! :cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers:

It's not snowing yet here in Boston but soon! Is kOREA SNOWING ALREADY!

I can't wait to visit Seoul Korea! How are foreigners treated there! I am aware Korea is homogeneous society and they are not use to seeing foreigners! But Korean girls are like.. WOWWWWW!!!

I think they are friendly, English is not going get you very far.

I don't find Korean girls particularly pretty, plastic surgery are very common.

I think Seoul is the most modern city in Asia, they have extremely high speed wireless internet connection, best metro system and airport.

There's something going on make Seoul stop building taller buildings, they turn into investment on Hanoi.
While the tallest building in Seoul stop at 63 floors, Korean built Hanoi Keanam Landmark with 70 floors and plan to build Lotte Tower with 260 meters high.

I think Seoul is the most modern city in Asia, they have extremely high speed wireless internet connection, best metro system and airport.

There's something going on make Seoul stop building taller buildings, they turn into investment on Hanoi.
While the tallest building in Seoul stop at 63 floors, Korean built Hanoi Keanam Landmark with 70 floors and plan to build Lotte Tower with 260 meters high.

what about Tokyo ?

Keangname's design is not that nice to be a landmark , Lotte is better . Seoul have their new megascraper going on now, it's gonna be 550m +

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Korea the NorthEast Asian country!!!!!! I'm from NorthEast America!! wooohhhh!!! NorthEast represent! Cold weather represent!! :scouserd::scouserd::scouserd:

what about Tokyo ?

Keangname's design is not that nice to be a landmark , Lotte is better . Seoul have their new megascraper going on now, it's gonna be 550m +

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No, in Seoul, you can download up to 2.3MB in a second it's the fastest wireless speed in the world.
Incheon Airport hold the 3rd position of Asian Best Airport.

I think Tokyo is great, maybe richer but in other aspects, Seoul is still on top of Asia.

Incheon Airport hold the 3rd position of Asian Best Airport.

3rd in the world. behind HK and Singapore.

oh the pictures are from my recent trip to Korea ;)

Seoul street life vs Tokyo Street life who will win? they both modern, both trendy, street of both cities are clean.

^^ I have been to Seoul 2 times..and honestly I don't think the street level compares to Tokyo yet (maybe Osaka). The thing that sets Seoul apart from Tokyo will be in skyscrapers. Seoul will by far have a much better skyline than Tokyo in the very near future. The tallest building in Tokyo (not counting towers like Sky Tree) will only be 256m while Seoul has several 300m + U/C right now including the Lotte World Tower at 555m: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=474259

Seoul street life vs Tokyo Street life who will win? they both modern, both trendy, street of both cities are clean.

I think Seoul is a little bit overrated. You surely will agree when you go there. I thought the same as you before, but it turned out to be different from my former imagination. Incheon has very good infrastructure (and the airport was very modern), but Seoul was somewhat bad organised with boring architecture and not clean-like-Singapore. Don't get me wrong Seoul is still a nice city to me, since I made unforgetable experiences there. That's also one major aspect to me to like a city.

NK and tq, both of you are right and have a good point. I never been to Seoul so i can't make a comparison between both cities. by watching a lot of videos of Tokyo I think Tokyo street life is still the best.

^^ I have been to Seoul 2 times..and honestly I don't think the street level compares to Tokyo yet (maybe Osaka). The thing that sets Seoul apart from Tokyo will be in skyscrapers. Seoul will by far have a much better skyline than Tokyo in the very near future. The tallest building in Tokyo (not counting towers like Sky Tree) will only be 256m while Seoul has several 300m + U/C right now including the Lotte World Tower at 555m: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=474259

I think Incheon and Busan have better skyline than Seoul.:)

Yes, many supertalls underconstructions, especially in Busan :)

Seoul street life vs Tokyo Street life who will win? they both modern, both trendy, street of both cities are clean.

thumbs up tokyo

Koreans aim for medical tourists from Kingdom

The 24,000 Cambodians who visited South Korea during 2011 included about 100 people going for medical services, most of them high-ranking Cambodian government officials, according to Charm Lee, President of the Korea Tourism Organization.

At a Korean Medical Tourism conference on Saturday at Sofitel in Phnom Penh, the virtues of medical treatment in Korea were explained by Lee and representatives from seven Korean hospitals.

“The reason we come to Cambodia was to seek out the Cambodian market,” he said through an interpreter. “We came to Cambodia because we think that market is good and that Cambodian tourists are interested in Korea.”

Lee noted that in addition to medical services, Korean movies and hip-hop songs were popular in Cambodia.

Lee said medical care in Korea was less expensive than that in Singapore but more expensive than in Thailand.

Son Insuk, Director of Yeongcheon Son Hospital in Busan (formerly known as Pusan) said since many Cambodians had sought treatment at his hospital, he intended to open a clinic in Cambodia in the near future and was seeking the co-operation of a Cambodian doctor for the venture.

Ang Kim Eang, President of the Cambdian Association of Travel Agents, said increasing numbers of Cambodian people were starting to be able to afford medical treatment in Korea.

“People who have new cars should be able to afford medical treatment in Korea,” he said.

“Medical services in Korea are lower in cost than in the USA and Japan,” he said.

Cambodian Minister of Health Mam Bunheng said he did not have statistics on the number of Cambodian people who travel abroad to get medical services, because he was busy with yesterday’s elections.

Koreans aim for medical tourists from Kingdom

The 24,000 Cambodians who visited South Korea during 2011 included about 100 people going for medical services, most of them high-ranking Cambodian government officials, according to Charm Lee, President of the Korea Tourism Organization.



How does the government know if any individual visit Korea for travel or medical reason? Do the locals reported to someone?


At a Korean Medical Tourism conference on Saturday at Sofitel in Phnom Penh, the virtues of medical treatment in Korea were explained by Lee and representatives from seven Korean hospitals.

“The reason we come to Cambodia was to seek out the Cambodian market,” he said through an interpreter. “We came to Cambodia because we think that market is good and that Cambodian tourists are interested in Korea.”

The market is good because Cambodia does not have a decent level of medical expertise and facilities, but I seriously doubt if you will find room here because there are good medical facilites nearby in Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, HK, China, all within 2 about hours flight.


Lee noted that in addition to medical services, Korean movies and hip-hop songs were popular in Cambodia.


Totally irrelevant/


Lee said medical care in Korea was less expensive than that in Singapore but more expensive than in Thailand.


This is enough reason why Korea is unlikely to be a option, another reason, I believe, there ain't many Korean speaking locals, we have plenty of Mandarin, TeoChiew, English, Vietname, Thai speaking locals that will find these neighbouring countries an attractive place to use. But not Korea.


Ang Kim Eang, President of the Cambdian Association of Travel Agents, said increasing numbers of Cambodian people were starting to be able to afford medical treatment in Korea.

“People who have new cars should be able to afford medical treatment in Korea,” he said. Affordability is only one factor,

How does the government know if any individual visit Korea for travel or medical reason? Do the locals reported to someone?


Not sure if Cambodians are required to have visas first before arriving in Korea. If they do, it is not hard to know the reasons they want to visit Korea. On their visa applications, poeple may just say they go there for medical reasons and so they may have a better chance of getting the visa (and maybe faster too).

For rich people, they don't shop the same place all the time. If they have a chance to visit new places like Korea, and love it, they may want to have medical check up as well each time they visit the country. I am sure there are Cambodians who want plastic surgery make-over and would consider Korea over other places near by.

Not sure if Cambodians are required to have visas first before arriving in Korea. If they do, it is not hard to know the reasons they want to visit Korea. On their visa applications, poeple may just say they go there for medical reasons and so they may have a better chance of getting the visa (and maybe faster too).

Yeah, it must be visa, Cambodia need visa everywhere except the few neighbouring countries.

For rich people, they don't shop the same place all the time. If they have a chance to visit new places like Korea, and love it, they may want to have medical check up as well each time they visit the country. Another strange mentality of rich people, you are suppose to go to the same doctor everytime if you think one doctor is good, going to different doctor in different countries which treat you differently is not usually a good idea.

I am sure there are Cambodians who want plastic surgery make-over and would consider Korea over other places near by. Yeah, Plastic Surgery could be a reason, must be embrassing to say getting a breast implant on a visa application form.

Yeah, Plastic Surgery could be a reason, must be embrassing to say getting a breast implant on a visa application form.

Maybe people don't think that way. They go for boob-jobs because they have money and they are proud to be rich people.
I see many Korean women who don't seem to be embarrassed of their plastic transformation. In contrast, they feel luckier than those who don't have enough money for plastic surgery.

I actually don't like the way Korea possesses Vietnam. Now I see Korean goods everywhere in the supermarket and Korean music drives me crazy.

Maybe people don't think that way. They go for boob-jobs because they have money and they are proud to be rich people.
I see many Korean women who don't seem to be embarrassed of their plastic transformation. In contrast, they feel luckier than those who don't have enough money for plastic surgery.



Korean has a different culture, and probably have a plastic surgery culture (if I can use such a name), Cambodian is probably still a bit more conservative.

I have a lot of local friends traveling, or studying in Korea (getting scholarship) recently :)

my door guard is learning Korean, he said he is hoping to get a job in Korea.

I think Seoul is a little bit overrated. You surely will agree when you go there. I thought the same as you before, but it turned out to be different from my former imagination. Incheon has very good infrastructure (and the airport was very modern), but Seoul was somewhat bad organised with boring architecture and not clean-like-Singapore. Don't get me wrong Seoul is still a nice city to me, since I made unforgetable experiences there. That's also one major aspect to me to like a city.

puh-leaze~ Singapore is like one of the cleanest city in the world. I don't think Singapore should be compared to Seoul

I don't know about 24,000 cambodians traveling abroad! That seems too much! I don't mean to generalize but many Cambodians don't like traveling abroad especially to other Asian countries.

I don't know about 24,000 cambodians traveling abroad! That seems too much! I don't mean to generalize but many Cambodians don't like traveling abroad especially to other Asian countries.

How do you know that Cambodians don't like to travel abroad, let alone to Asian countries? Are you just making it up or is it that you are not happy to see more and more Cambodians can afford to travel abroad like everyone else, specially your Chinese?

I don't know about 24,000 cambodians traveling abroad! That seems too much! I don't mean to generalize but many Cambodians don't like traveling abroad especially to other Asian countries.

What do you mean, most Cambodian traveled to neighboring Asian countries. Mainly because it is cheaper. Europe and America is just too far and too much.

There are flights from PP to ICN everyday on a 737 (147 economy seat), I used it once, and the plane seems to be full both way.

An average of 65 Khmer passenger everyday certainly seems possible. (and that is only counting PPIA).

What do you mean, most Cambodian traveled to neighboring Asian countries. Mainly because it is cheaper. Europe and America is just too far and too much.

There are flights from PP to ICN everyday on a 737 (147 economy seat), I used it once, and the plane seems to be full both way.

An average of 65 Khmer passenger everyday certainly seems possible. (and that is only counting PPIA).

Europe and America are not only too far and too much (cost), but are where it is very hard for most Cambodians to get visas to go there.