Staff Reporter
South Korea yesterday assured that it would recruit over 5,000 skilled and semi-skilled workers from Bangladesh in 2009.
The assurance came during a meeting between State Minister for Foreign Affairs Hasan Mahmud and South Korean Ambassador to Bangladesh Suk-Bum Park in the city.
Briefing reporters Dr Hasan Mahmud disclosed that some 1,500 Bangladeshis found jobs in construction, textile, fisheries, agriculture, electronics and machinery sectors in South Korea last year.
“We’ve the opportunity to send more workers in South Korea as there is still demand of jobs in the East Asian country,” he said.
South Korea last year announced to recruit 50,000 skilled manpower in different phases from 14 countries including Bangladesh to make up for its growing shortages of labor force in the country.
According to sources, Seoul signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Dhaka in 2008 to pave the way for recruitment of skilled Bangladeshi workers by South Korean private companies.
The MoU also protects the interest and rights of Bangladeshi workers in South Korea, where around 19,000 Bangladeshis who are now employed there, sources said.
Courtesy: nation.ittefaq.com
