Seventy per cent of South Korea returnee migrant workers are involved in their own business, according to a survey.
“Some 20 per cent have returned South Korea for foreign employment, and the rest 10 per cent have been living idle,” revealed the survey conducted by Ankur Nepal, an organisation of the Korea returnees.
Korean Association of Returned Workers-Nepal (Ankur Nepal) conducted the survey among 955 Korea returnees across the country in association with the Foreign Employment Promotion Board (FEPB). “The trend of South Korea returnees engaging with self-employment is slowly increasing,” the report reads, adding that no less than 70 per cent of the South Korea returnees are involved in tourism sector, medium-size industry and farming.
In July, Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security (MoLESS) felicitated returnee migrants for their dedication in the agriculture, steel and garment sectors and also for being a source of inspiration for those who return from foreign jobs and want to start a business in Nepal. “Of the five awarded returnee migrants, three were South Korea returnees.”
According to the board, some 55,000 Nepali migrant workers went to South Korea but around 35,000 are currently working in South Korea and some 20,000 have returned to Nepal after completing their term in Korea.
The number of migrant workers leaving for South Korea is also going up and at the same time, the number of Korea returnees is also increasing. But chairman of Ankur Nepal, Lal Prasad Bhattarai – himself a South Korea returnee, who has had lived in South Korea for altogether 11 years – claimed that the South Korea returnees are disciplined, hard working and self employed. Bhattarai, who is now operating a tourism business in Kathmandu, also informed that Ankur Nepal was established in 2012 with a concrete goal of discouraging illegal migrant Nepali workers. The South Korean Embassy in Kathmandu is helping the organisation with regular trainings programmes. “We organise different programmes in association with the South Korean Embassy,” he said, adding that it also operates orientation and motivation classes for the migrant workers and their families. “It works for minimising the incidents of depression and suicide in Korea, too.”
Established with a motto ‘one South Korea returnee should provide employment to at least three Nepalis’, Ankur Nepal has 25,000 general members, 170 life members and a 15-member working committee at present.
South Korean envoy to Nepal Park Young-Sik, said that the Embassy organises programmes, in association with Ankur Nepal, on a regular basis to support the successful settlement of Nepalis, who returned from South Korea. “The returnee migrants should implement the skill and technology they have learned in Korea,” he said, adding that the embassy is supporting them in setting up of their businesses in Nepal.
“Some 20 per cent have returned South Korea for foreign employment, and the rest 10 per cent have been living idle,” revealed the survey conducted by Ankur Nepal, an organisation of the Korea returnees.
Korean Association of Returned Workers-Nepal (Ankur Nepal) conducted the survey among 955 Korea returnees across the country in association with the Foreign Employment Promotion Board (FEPB). “The trend of South Korea returnees engaging with self-employment is slowly increasing,” the report reads, adding that no less than 70 per cent of the South Korea returnees are involved in tourism sector, medium-size industry and farming.
In July, Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security (MoLESS) felicitated returnee migrants for their dedication in the agriculture, steel and garment sectors and also for being a source of inspiration for those who return from foreign jobs and want to start a business in Nepal. “Of the five awarded returnee migrants, three were South Korea returnees.”
According to the board, some 55,000 Nepali migrant workers went to South Korea but around 35,000 are currently working in South Korea and some 20,000 have returned to Nepal after completing their term in Korea.
The number of migrant workers leaving for South Korea is also going up and at the same time, the number of Korea returnees is also increasing. But chairman of Ankur Nepal, Lal Prasad Bhattarai – himself a South Korea returnee, who has had lived in South Korea for altogether 11 years – claimed that the South Korea returnees are disciplined, hard working and self employed. Bhattarai, who is now operating a tourism business in Kathmandu, also informed that Ankur Nepal was established in 2012 with a concrete goal of discouraging illegal migrant Nepali workers. The South Korean Embassy in Kathmandu is helping the organisation with regular trainings programmes. “We organise different programmes in association with the South Korean Embassy,” he said, adding that it also operates orientation and motivation classes for the migrant workers and their families. “It works for minimising the incidents of depression and suicide in Korea, too.”
Established with a motto ‘one South Korea returnee should provide employment to at least three Nepalis’, Ankur Nepal has 25,000 general members, 170 life members and a 15-member working committee at present.
South Korean envoy to Nepal Park Young-Sik, said that the Embassy organises programmes, in association with Ankur Nepal, on a regular basis to support the successful settlement of Nepalis, who returned from South Korea. “The returnee migrants should implement the skill and technology they have learned in Korea,” he said, adding that the embassy is supporting them in setting up of their businesses in Nepal.
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