South Korea and East Timor will hold a "friendship week" in the Southeast Asian nation next week to build closer ties between their people, the Foreign Ministry said Monday.

The 2016 Korea and Timor-Leste Friendship Week will be held in the capital Dili from Monday through Saturday featuring a Korean film screening and a joint concert, the ministry said in a press release.

Under the program, the film "Ode to My Father," which tells the story of South Korea's economic development in the 20th century, will be shown three times from Tuesday through Thursday at three different venues, including the National University of East Timor.

The ministry said it expects the movie to provide insight to the East Timorese government on ways to tackle unemployment and rebuild the nation.

The Southeast Asian nation has sent more than 2,100 workers to South Korea since the two sides signed a memorandum of understanding on a work permit system in May 2008.

The friendship week will end with the joint concert on Saturday, which will feature performances by South Korean singers Lee Jung and NOLZA, several East Timorese bands, and a demonstration of the Korean martial art taekwondo.

The show will be aired across East Timor, providing an opportunity to spread popular Korean culture, known as "hallyu," in the Southeast Asian nation, the ministry said.

It is the second time for the two countries to hold a friendship week. The first one was held last year. (Yonhap)