Korean language test to resume from mid-December

KATHMANDU: The government is resuming the Korean language test under Employment Permit System (EPS), which was put on hold for over a year due to e coronavirus pandemic.

Issuing a public notice on Sunday, the EPS section of the Department of Foreign Employment, informed that the language test will take place from December 16 to22. The authority is conducting a computer based test of Korean language this time.

The Korean government had earlier called for the job placement to more than 5000 employees for 2021, for which examinations were supposed to take place in May, 2020. A total of 92,000 applicants had applied for the language examinations which, however, could not take place due to the coronavirus pandemic.