By: Staff Writer
Colombo (LNW): Over 7000 more Sri Lankans are to get South Korean jobs following the issuance of visas to work in Korea during the second half of this year.
This was disclosed by Ambassador of Republic of Korea Miyon Lee stating that there are 25,000 Sri Lankan workers employed in Korea and by the end of this year it will be increased to 32,000.
The new Korean Ambassador, who called on Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena at the Temple Trees last week said her country would work on few new development projects in Sri Lanka in addition to early completion of the ongoing projects.
The Prime Minister urged her to look into the possibility of recruiting Sri Lankans under the seasonal agricultural workers scheme too and the Ambassador assured that her Government would consider the request.
The Prime Minister urged her to take effective steps to resume some of the ongoing infrastructure development projects that were halted due to economic crisis and the issue of debt restructuring.
The Ambassador agreed to consider the request made by the Prime Minister to assist projects on water treatment, sanitation, sewage disposal systems and dry zone agriculture.
The Prime Minister said Korea has the opportunities now to invest in new sectors such as production of agricultural machinery, medicine and medical equipment and renewable energy and fisheries sectors.
Ambassador Miyon Lee said she would also work on further enhancement of cultural and religious ties, educational exchanges and people-to-people relationship.
It had also been agreed to refer 600 people who are currently registered on the Korean job website after passing the Korean language proficiency test under the production sector category for jobs in the shipbuilding sector.
Priority will be given to job seekers registered in the website, whose period for securing a job will expire by December 31 this year.
These jobs are to be provided by shifting the job category from the production sector of the website to the ship construction sector.
Candidates who are willing to change their job category from production to the shipbuilding industry should apply for it as soon as possible.
Accordingly, these jobs are to be provided by shifting the job category from the production sector of the website to the ship construction sector.
Thus, candidates who are willing to change their job category from production to the shipbuilding industry should apply for it as soon as possible, according to the ministry’s statement.
The South Korean Human Resources Department has also agreed to conduct examinations and recruit 900 welders and painters for jobs in the shipbuilding industry under the E9 visa category from next year.
