Foreign Minister János Martonyi and His Excellency Nam Gwan-Pyo, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Hungary signed the bilateral Working Holiday Program Agreement on 9 April 2013 in Budapest. The Agreement provides an opportunity for young Koreans and Hungarians travelling to each other’s countries to get a temporary work permit.

According to the Agreement, annually 100 citizens of the Republic of Korea and Hungary, respectively, aged between 18 and 30, will have the opportunity to work in each other’s countries for no longer than three months while studying or being on holiday. The Agreement is supposed to come into effect in 2013 and will contribute to the further development of the cooperation of the Republic of Korea and Hungary in the field of tourism, culture and education.

(Ministry of Foreign Affairs)