KATHMANDU: A first phase of the Korean language test- 2019 under the Employment Permit System (EPS) is scheduled for June this year.

The EPS Korea section under the Department of Foreign Employment in its notice today set the deadline of March 22 to 31 for the application registration to sit in the test.

The examination will be conducted in Kathmandu and Pokhara, and the applicants are required to choose the exam centre (between the two) in the registration form.

The applicants can fill up the registration online by visiting EPS centre's website. Only first 12,000 applicants can apply for the test for the Pokhara centre. Detailed information about the test will be published on June 2, said the Korea section.

The Korean government is likely to recruit around 10,050 Nepali workers under the EPS for 2019.