A civic group based in Seoul said Thursday it will operate a Korean language school in cooperation with the government of Sri Lanka.
The Global Sharing of Love, an NGO which has been initiating a movement to build schools in underdeveloped countries, will meet with Sri Lankan officials in November to further discuss the ``Korea Wish School Project.''
The initiative includes the construction of a primary school, a Korean language school, a computer training institute and a hospital. There are many people in Sri Lanka who wish to work in Korea and they are eager to learn Korean, according to the NGO.
The organization has been actively involved with promoting the rights of migrant workers from Southeast Asian countries.
``For the last 26 years, Sri Lanka has suffered a civil war and foreign NGOs have been unwelcome. However, the central government of Sri Lanka is fully behind our project,'' an official with the organization said. President Mahinda Rajapaksa has promised various administrative incentives such as free land lease to the NGO.
Asia is increasingly showing an interest in learning Korean. Recently, a small Indonesian tribe decided to adopt Korean letters as their official means of written communication.