Request from the PM to provide more employment opportunities for Sri Lankans in South Korea

PM requests for more employment opportunities for Sri Lankans in South Korea Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa requested South Korea to consider increasing the number of employment opportunities allocated for Sri Lanka.

 

According to the Foreign Ministry, currently, approximately 22,000 Sri Lankan migrants are employed in South Korea. In year 2019, South Korea allocated 3,600 employment opportunities to Sri Lankan migrants.

 

Speaker Park thanked the Prime Minister for supporting the vaccination of the South Korean community in Sri Lanka and for including the Korean language as a foreign language in the Advance Level curriculum. The Sri Lankan delegation also requested South Korea for support with vocational training programs, noting Sri Lanka’s highly-skilled human resources and a workforce with good IT knowledge.

 

Responding positively, Speaker Park said Sri Lanka’s young workforce with good English knowledge, together with South Korea’s technological capabilities can open up collaboration possibilities in the areas of education and vocational training.