President of the South Korean Human Resources Development Service of Korea, Prof. Park Young-bum said his country would explore the possibility of increasing the employment quota for Sri Lankan workers. He said this when President Maithripala Sirisena asked about the possibility of increasing the employment quota for Sri Lankans, when Prof. Park called on him at the Presidential Secretariat on Wednesday
The President thanked the South Korean Government for providing employment to workers in fisheries, manufacturing and construction sectors. Foreign Employment Minister Thalatha Athukorala said over 25,000 Sri Lankan workers are employed in Korea. She said the current annual quota for Sri Lanka is 6,000 and among the 16 countries providing workers to Korea, Sri Lanka has now risen to the 5th position.
Prof. Park said the Korean employers are quite satisfied about job performances and efficiency of Sri Lankan workers. He said that Sri Lankan workers have become famous in Korea after the recent incident of a devastating fire, in which a Sri Lankan worker, risking his life, saved a women entrapped in a burning building.
President Sirisena said Sri Lanka is extremely happy about the rapid development achieved by Korea. Minister Talata Atukorala, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea Won-sam Chang were present
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