Korea opened doors for Bangladeshis

In a huge move, Korea has opened up the development and fisheries areas interestingly to Bangladeshi work searchers, a Korean Envoy to Bangladesh, Park Youthful Sik, reported on Tuesday.

It will start tolerating applications for the eleventh EPS General Korean Language Test for laborers wishing to be recruited in South Korea on a first-come, first-served premise beginning tomorrow, he said.

He said fishing and construction have been added to the existing manufacturing and shipbuilding industries.

The country will recruit 7,500 people in manufacturing, 304 in shipbuilding, 1,877 in fisheries, and 1,095 in construction sectors in 2024

The BOESL will be announcing the draw for the test and the application process.

The 30,000 people who want to take the Korean Language Proficiency Test from 11 March to the end of May should register between 20 February and early March, according to a press release.

When applying for the 11th EPS TOPIK, each applicant can only apply for one of the four sectors. Furthermore, test takers are not permitted to apply for the 12th EPS TOPIK, it said.

Since the EPS program, a system for hiring non-specialized overseas workers, began in 2008, the highest number of workers sent to Korea was 5,891 in 2022 and 4,804 in 2023.