South Korea has expressed interest in investing in the establishment of a ‘smart island’ in Bangladesh’s IT development. South Korean Ambassador to Bangladesh Park Yong Sik Dak paid a courtesy call on Minister of State for Telecommunication and Information Technology Junaid Ahmed Palak in his office room at the Secretariat on Tuesday (March 5). During the meeting, the ambassador expressed his interest in investing in ‘smart islands’ in remote islands of Bangladesh on the model of South Korea’s Giga Island.
During the meeting, they exchanged views on various matters of mutual interest, particularly the progress of the postal, telecommunication and information technology sectors.
The state minister mentioned the existing relations between the two friendly countries Bangladesh and South Korea and said, ‘South Korea is one of the development partners of Bangladesh. Bangladesh-Korea relations have progressed a lot in the past few days. We want to further this relationship in the coming days. There are more opportunities to work together in knowledge exchange, innovation, establishment of smart post offices, telecommunication infrastructure and information technology sectors.’ The State Minister highlighted the implementation of Smart Bangladesh Vision 2041 after building Digital Bangladesh.
The ambassador of South Korea assured cooperation in this regard and said, ‘Bangladesh a decade ago and today’s Bangladesh are unimaginable.’
