Indonesia’s Deputy Minister of Manpower Afriansyah Noor visited South Korea to discuss the development of halal certification.
“I want this visit to Busan Indonesia Center (BIC) to result in useful insights, especially for the development of halal certification in Korea,” he said in his written statement.
Noor remarked that Law No. 34 of 2014 stipulates that Indonesian business players are obligated to have halal supervisors in their companies. The existence of halal supervisors is essential to the halal ecosystem.
In addition, he said, the Ministry of Manpower has published the Indonesian National Work Competency Standard (SKKNI) for halal supervisors in Indonesia.
“Indonesia already has halal supervisors. However, there has been no request from other countries to employ them,” he remarked.
In addition to the discussion on halal supervisors, Noor spoke about preparations for Indonesians working in South Korea through private-to-private, government-to-government, or independent or individual schemes with the CEO of BIC Kim Soo Il.
Noor suggested that BIC could collaborate with the ministry’s Job Market Center in disseminating information on job vacancies in Korea.
“I hope that job opportunities for prospective Indonesian migrant workers and migrant workers in Korea can be further developed,” he remarked.
After meeting with Kim, Noor held a dialogue with Indonesian migrant workers working at the manufacturing company Sejin Valve Industry Busan.
Earlier, Minister of Religious Affairs Yaqut Cholil Qoumas remarked that the Indonesian government is ready to facilitate South Korea in the process of halal product certification.
The Indonesian and South Korean governments have also signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on halal product assurance.
The signing was carried out by Minister Qoumas and South Korea’s Minister of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs Chung Hwang-keun.—Antara
