Bangladesh–South Korea relations

Bangladeshi - South Korean relations

Bangladesh	South Korea
Diplomatic mission
Embassy of Bangladesh, Seoul	Embassy of South Korea, Dhaka
Envoy
Bangladeshi Ambassador to South Korea Md Delwar Hossain	South Korean Ambassador to Bangladesh Lee Jang-keun

Bangladesh–South Korea relations (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ-দক্ষিণ কোরিয়া সম্পর্ক; Korean: 방글라데시-대한민국 관계) refer to the diplomatic and bilateral relations between the countries of Bangladesh and South Korea. In 1974, South Korea opened its embassy in Dhaka, with Bangladesh opening its embassy in Seoul in 1987.^{[citation needed]}

History

In 2008, the Ministry of Justice of South Korea ceased the protocol of visa exemption. It was decided that because the amount of temporary residents from Bangladesh reached over 13,000 throughout South Korea, both nations should get permission from each country to enter from 15 July 2008 onwards.^[1]

In South Korea, there are more than 13,000 Bangladeshi foreign workers in the country. A significant number of them are temporary immigrants.^[2] This has led to prejudice towards Bangladeshi expatriates, an issue tackled by the 2009 South Korean film Bandhobi, directed by Sin Dong-il.^[3]

See also

• Foreign relations of Bangladesh
• Foreign relations of South Korea
• Buddhism in Bangladesh
• Christianity in Bangladesh
• Islam in Korea
• Hinduism in Korea

References

1. 방글라데시 방문 때 비자 받아야 [When I need a visa to visit Bangladesh]. Kuki News (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2012-09-06. Retrieved 2008-10-25.
2. 2013년도 출입국통계연보 [2013 Yearbook of Immigration Statistics] (PDF). South Korea: Ministry of Justice. 2013. p. 290. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
3. Admissions as of 12 July 2009. "Bandhobi (Movie - 2009)". HanCinema. Retrieved on 5 August 2009.

External links

• Embassy of Bangladesh
• Embassy of Republic of Korea Archived 2014-06-13 at the Wayback Machine
• Ministry of Commerce Bangladesh
• Bangladesh Bridge Authority