Kathmandu, April 18
The Korean Language Test that the government would conduct every year in Nepal to send workers to South Korea under the Employment Permit System has been uncertain this year due to the global coronavirus crisis.
In the past years, the government would collect applications from the interested candidates in March-April. However, the process has not begun this year due to the lockdown imposed to control the coronavirus outbreak in the country.
The government has already received a confirmation from the Seoul government that it would recruit over 5,000 workers this year, informs Krishna Khanal, the director of EPS Korea Section in the Ministry of Labour and Employment. But, the government does not have any plan on how to move forward, according to him.
In the past years, the government would conduct the exams in the second week of June. However, no preparations have been made this year.
