Seoul to hire 4,500 skilled workers a year

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Seoul to hire 4,500 skilled workers a year
Unb, Dhaka

South Korean Ambassador in Dhaka Taiyoung Cho yesterday said his country would recruit 4,500 skilled Bangladeshi workers each year under a quota system.

He said different sectors of South Korea now need a large number of skilled and unskilled workers.

Cho showed eagerness to recruit the Bangladeshi workers when he called on Labour and Employment Minister Khandakar Mosharraf Hossain at the latter’s Secretariat office.

During the meeting, they discussed different bilateral issues, especially manpower export to South Korea.

The South Korean ambassador assured the minister of appointing more Bangladeshi workers in his country in future.

Praising the Bangladeshi workers employed in South Korea, he said they are industrious, sincere and law-abiding.