Cambodian PC brand targets growing regional market

Startup Koompi's $369 laptop aimed at students who need more than a phone

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Koompi founder Rithy Thul aims to build the first PC factory in Cambodia. (Photo by Masayori Ishikawa)

AKANE OKUTSU, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- A Cambodian startup has produced an affordable laptop geared for students and businesses, part of a new crop of personal computers in Asian emerging markets that seem to have skipped directly to smartphones.

Asian PC brands have long been associated with Japan, mainland China and Taiwan, but newcomers are a diverse group including players from the Philippines and Indonesia. The latest entrant is Cambodia's Koompi.

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