Sok Touch (Khmer: សុខ ទូច) is a Cambodian intellectual and current president of the Royal Academy of Cambodia and as such is considered "the government’s top academic".
Since reaching that position, Sok Touch has presented himself as a reformist and required all the members of the academy to raise their standards and become more involved in research works and scientific publications.
Touch also urged a review of obese and unfit senior officers of the National Police and Royal Cambodian Armed Forces, a suggestion which was previously mentioned by Interior Minister Sar Kheng.
[10] In what is a very delicate topic of Cambodian politics, Sok Touch has been entrusted with the mission to establish GPS precision border maps of Cambodia since 2016.
[11] While he has been criticized for rejecting the frivolous claim to Khmer sovereignty over Koh Tral, nowadays known as Phu Quoc in Vietnamese, which has been under the control of Vietnam since 1933 and confirmed in 1953, he has defended the territorial of sovereignty of Cambodia while insisting on the necessity of peaceful diplomatic relationships, in line with the Win-Win policy promoted by Hun Sen:[12] In the 21st century, I believe that Cambodia has never viewed any country to be unfriendly or an enemy.