The Korea Press Federation and Seoul Press Club, the premier media institution in Seoul, honored the Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Republic of Korea (RoK), Dr. A. Saj U. Mendis, for promoting, aggrandizing and enhancing international friendship and diplomacy and mutual national development between the RoK and Sri Lanka, including the peoples of the two countries. The aforementioned award was bestowed on Dr. Mendis by Korea Press Federation. He further added that the RoK is home to over 22,000 Sri Lankan expatriates/migrants, who live and work comfortably in the RoK, thus providing much needed foreign exchange to Sri Lanka. He also added that out of a total of 22,000 Sri Lankan migrants in the RoK, only about two dozens of Sri Lankan nationals had contracted COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. Dr. Mendis stated that within the next couple of decades, the advancement and rise of Sri Lanka would be known as “Miracle on Kelani River” similar to “Miracle on Han River” of the RoK or “Miracle on Rhine River” of then West Germany.

Source: The Nation May 15, 2021 05:48 UTC