Cambodia and Indonesia highly value their excellent cooperation in the past 65 years of diplomatic relations, and vowed to further boosting it for their mutual interest. The commitment was made by Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Moha Borvor Thipadei Hun Manet and Indonesian President H.E. Joko Widodo during their meeting in Melbourne on Mar. 5, on the sidelines of the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of ASEAN-Australia Dialogue Relations. Both leaders expressed their delight to meet each other again, after their bilateral meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia in September 2023. Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet and H.E. Joko Widodo discussed key areas that are subject to further strengthening and expanding cooperation and common interests between Cambodia and Indonesia, including diplomacy, economy and trade, tourism and security. The two leaders agreed to continue to promote the cooperation in the said sectors as well as to further enhance cooperation in other potential fields. At th e same time, Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet thanked H.E. Joko Widodo for the invitation to pay an official visit to Indonesia at any convenient time in the future. Source: Agence Kampuchea Presse SEOUL, Defense Minister Shin Won-sik on Tuesday called for active care for civilian patients at military hospitals amid an ongoing mass walkout by trainee doctors at general hospitals. Shin made the call in his visit to a military hospital in Daejeon, 139 kilometers south of Seoul, after thousands of young doctors began the walkout on Feb. 19 in protest of a government plan to increase medical school admissions. The emergency rooms of military hospitals nationwide opened their doors to the public in full scale the next day to allay public health concerns over emergency services. "Going forward, the military's medical system needs to acquire enough capabilities to protect the health and lives of not only service members but also those of the people," Shin said at the hospital, according to his office. As of Tuesday noon, 139 civilian patients have been treated at military hospitals, according to the ministry. Source: Yonhap News Agency
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