The year 2025 is towards the end of March. I read an article in the Nepali media about brave young businessmen who went to work in the Republic of Korea through the employment permit system and returned home and are successfully doing business. Generally I study every article seriously. But read it more carefully than others.

I was very impressed with the entrepreneurial spirit of the entrepreneur and his readiness to start a business. So just last week I set out to do a site visit to two similar startup businesses I read about. 

On Tuesday morning last week, I reached Panauti in Kavre along with some of our staff. We visited Sushil Lama's Unnati Bangur Farm, far from the slums. In the afternoon, we also participated in the opening program of meat processing and sales center branch i.e. Hangukh Mitmart in Lalitpur. 

The llama couple has kept more than 300 bangurs. Both of them returned from 2015 to 2020 working in a pig farming company in Korea. I got information from them that the experience gained there gave them the courage to do business here. They also shared their experience of working hard by receiving daily training from Korean employers about Korean pig farming techniques and knowledge. According to Sushil, Sahuji of the company working in Korea was very satisfied with his working style and hard work and performance. 

While working in Korea, Sushil and his wife came back with the idea of ​​operating a Bangur farm in Nepal and continued to work on the business. The knowledge and inspiration that Sushil's family learned from Korea inspired him to do the same business in Nepal as in Korea. 

Sushil said that when he returned from Korea to Nepal, instead of bringing gifts to his family, he brought the necessary equipment to start a bangur farming business. He returned from Korea and established Bangur Farm by taking loan from his husband and wife's earnings and other necessary investments for Bangur farming business. I also learned about the tragic incident of about 400 piglets dying due to African swine fever during the first year of growing piglets and sending them to the market.

Even at that time, he continued to run Bangur farming business without giving up and was looking for his beautiful future in that business. Now it is known that they are getting good profit by arranging stable sales channel. Currently, he is preparing to purchase the necessary land according to the plan to transfer the grown up Bangur to another farm and sell it during the expansion of the business. Apart from the family members, four people have also been directly employed in the currently operating farm. 

Manure produced from Bangur Farm is being stored and processed and provided as organic fertilizer to nearby agricultural crop farms. It was found that a sufficient quantity of paddy husk mixed with the excreta of bangur and used as fertilizer for the grown crops has been arranged so as not to affect the environment.

We had the opportunity to directly see more than 300 healthy beavers being raised systematically in Korea. It was also reported that soft and quality meat was ensured by using grains produced in Nepal. Lama also informed that he worked on the advice of a veterinarian for occasional diseases.

As a Korean ambassador for Nepal, I found that the experience of Sushil, a hard-working businessman who managed the business of bangur breeding systematically in Nepal based on the skills, methods and experience gained by going to Korea through the Employment Permit System (EPS).

Based on Sushil's experience, I also got information that there is a negative perception in Nepali society about bangur farming compared to other animal husbandry sectors. For example, there is a policy of providing 5000 rupees when the cattle have calves and pada-padi, and the insurance of 75 thousand to 1 lakh rupees is guaranteed for each cattle. In the case of an adult Bangur, there is a provision to insure only 15,000. This distinction was also known.

Sushil talked at length about the possibility that Nepal can be self-sufficient in wild boar meat if the government support is equal to other animals. According to him, the Nepali workers working in Korea through EPS system have been giving priority to the productive sector. After working in Korea, it is not possible to return to the country and do business in the manufacturing sector like in Korea, so there is a situation of investing the money earned in building a house as well as buying land. 

If one has the plan and will to start a business in Nepal using the skills learned from Korea, Sushil informed that working in the agricultural sector is actually beneficial.

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We visited the Korea Meat Mart established in Lalitpur, the business was also started by another person who returned from working in Korea through the work permit system. He spoke for a while after formally opening the meat processing and sales center of the businessman who is processing and selling the meat of Bangur in Lalitpur last Tuesday afternoon. Three people, including two who worked in a meat processing company in Korea from 2009 to 2020 and one who returned from working in other fields, have started a meat processing and sales business here.

After returning to the country in 2020, they started this venture from 2021. In Korea, I also heard about their experience of gaining proficiency in systematic slaughtering techniques and other related training. They said that since they have seen emphasis on quality including cleanliness in meat processing centers in Korea, they are applying the same thing here.

It was learned that the inspiration for starting this business was to apply the meat processing method learned in Korea and provide quality service in Nepal. Three people who had worked together in Korea and returned home, invested equally and took charge of the business according to their competence, their feeling that their startup was reaching the peak of success was truly beautiful. While establishing the business, they have been doing thorough research and analysis about the meat market of Nepal. 

Hanguk Meat Mart has been buying, processing and selling bangur from organized and high-quality bangur farms run by workers who returned home from Korea like Sushil Lama. We are very happy to know that through this business we have directly employed 25 people in meat processing center, mini Korean restaurant etc. to create our own startup ecosystem. Similarly, we also learned that we are directly partnering with about 20 farm owners who are operating small bangur farms after returning from Korea. 

Through experienced businessmen in Korea, we have supplied meat dishes of stable quality with hygiene to the market. I had the opportunity to directly observe the opening of a new shop on April 8, 2025 by him who started a business in Bhainsepati in Lalitpur five years ago.

In the near future, they also plan to open more sales centers in Thamel. Although the price of meat here is a bit more expensive than the normal market price, many consumers are attracted to it due to the quality and cleanliness of the meat. They also told that the owner of the meat processing center who worked with them in Korea came to Nepal and gave them great encouragement and encouragement. I was also very happy to know this. After meeting these entrepreneurs from the two places I observed directly, I found many similarities between them. 

First, they have acquired special skills and knowledge from working in Korea for many years. Some media outlets have even interestingly described it as the 'soft power of remittances'. Working abroad for more than five years not only provides financial benefits but also provides the opportunity to gain the most effective training and experience to acquire skills in that field.

The skills acquired by people with foreign employment experience have contributed to improving productivity in the same industry by sharing them with the workers they employ as businessmen today. The capital acquired as a migrant worker may decrease with increasing consumption but the skills and knowledge learned may remain the same forever and the asset may become a more valuable asset for Nepal's economic growth. In my opinion, the skills acquired by migrant workers can be an important foundation for the success of startups in Nepal. 

Second, while working as a migrant worker, planning and preparing to start a business before returning to their home country is another important aspect. It is very positive that both business people I met came back from Korea with entrepreneurial ideas during their time working in Korea and preparation to start a business here.

Starting a business is not an easy process and it is considered an adventure as the business has a high risk of failure. The only way to increase your chances of success when starting a business is to take the time to apply your skills and be thoroughly prepared.  It is called

! The longer the time spent preparing to start the business, the greater the chance of success. 

Thirdly, it was also felt that businessmen with Korean experience patiently endured the difficult process of starting a business in Nepal and showed an indomitable will to succeed. If I were in their place, it would be extremely difficult for me to become a successful entrepreneur with a similar startup, and I don't think it would be possible. My understanding was that the confidence, determination not to give up, continuous professional thinking, positive thinking etc. are the formulas of success of the businessmen I met. All kinds of combinations necessary for entrepreneurship have shown that a business can be successful. 

Fourth, it was realized that collaboration to reach customers through different types of businesses could increase the chances of success. It was believed that the chances of success of a startup can be increased through cooperation between people who have returned from Korea and are doing business in Nepal, cooperation with employers who have worked together in Korea in the past, and cooperation with Nepali and Korean companies in the same industry. 

I recently got information through a report that remittance import in Nepal has increased by 9.4 percent compared to last year. This income naturally helps Nepal's economy. More importantly, it is necessary to think more about how to use the skills and knowledge acquired by those who have returned from abroad in the development of Nepal. Utilizing returnee workers as entrepreneurial soft power can be most practical and effective.

For this reason, the Korean government is coordinating with the Swiss government and Nepal's Ministry of Labor through COICA to promote entrepreneurship to workers who have returned home after working experience in Korea. It provides training and counseling to workers before they leave for Korea, during their stay in Korea, and at every stage after their return.

Koika has been organizing a startup competition for aspiring entrepreneurs from among the workers who have returned from Korea and is also providing startup consulting and prizes to the winners in Nepal. It is also conducting a necessary technical training program for aspiring entrepreneurs who want to open a motorcycle repair center by conducting a survey aimed at workers affiliated with the work permit system residing in Korea. 

Entrepreneurship is the most effective economic activity in every country's economy, which can increase economic vitality. The size of the startup does not matter. Every startup starts with a small capacity and its potential is huge. As the Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Nepal, I am very happy to see that people who have returned home after working in Korea through EPS have successfully started their own businesses in manufacturing, agriculture and service industries in Nepal and created jobs according to business status. Our embassy is currently in the process of publishing a book by collecting the stories of businessmen who have work experience in Korea and have achieved success in 50 different startups after returning to Nepal. 

I hope that one day such a business cycle will be established, in which the skills and experience of workers who have returned to Nepal from abroad will be fully utilized in the Nepali economy and through their entrepreneurship, job creation will contribute to the prosperity of Nepal. Extending and reading the stories I have worked in abroad, the expansion of the successful entreprenentism of the workers who return home and developed by expanding entrepreneurs and NBSP; There is a vow near the possibility of

. I believe that the Koreanic immigrants working in Europe in Europe and the 1990s began to return to Korea and succeeded. The experience of foreign employment has a history of great contributing great growth in Korea's economic growth. Last Source Up Visitor of Nepal's prosperity in Korea, which I have observed in Korea, seems to be possible in the near future.