S. Korean, Brazilian leaders agree to set up job support center for Koreans in Brazil

S. Korean, Brazilian leaders agree to set up job support center for Koreans in Brazil. April. 25, 2015 07:24. egija@donga.com.

Brazil, the world`s seventh largest economy in the world and the single largest economy in Central and South America, will be used as a hub for Korean youths` advance to the region.

South Korea`s President Park Geun-hye and Brazil`s President Dilma Rousseff held a summit Friday in Brasília, agreeing to open a K-Move Center at São Paulo, the economic center of Brazil. Under the agreement, the center will be built at the office of the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) to promote the creation of jobs and business startups. Currently, there are seven K-Move Centers in seven countries, including the United States, China and Japan. The Brazil K-Move Center, the first in South America, will be tasked with finding quality jobs for young Koreans in the region.

The Daegu Center for Creative Economy & Innovation, which is run by the Samsung Group, signed a memorandum of understanding with Brazilian organizations for innovative economy to transfer the Korean center`s model to South America for the second time after Saudi Arabia. The presidential office Cheong Wa Dae expects that the Brazilian center for creative economy and innovation will promote exchanges between entrepreneurs in the two countries.

Brazil asked South Korea for exchanges of experts in the WorldSkills International Competition, as São Paulo will host the 2015 event. Having won a total of 18 championships in the global skills competition, South Korea is a global champion, particularly in the precious metals craft, woodcraft and floral design.

The two countries also agreed to jointly develop "smart hospital ships," or deep-sea fishing vessels equipped with a system for health checkups and diagnosis via satellite.

President Park will return to Korea next Monday after attending a Korea-Brazil business forum and other events involving Koreans communities in the South American country.