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February 14, 2020
Home to Home: How a Yemeni Refugee Found Love in South Korea
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South Korea: Sanctuary Island
In the summer of 2019, more than 500 Yemenis refugees arrived at Jeju Island, South Korea. With...
Mohammed Ameen came to Jeju Island, South Korea, as a refugee in 2018. There, he met Ha Min-Kyung, who hired him as a chef. She wanted him to help run the new restaurant she had opened for the Muslim refugees from Yemen. As they worked together, Ameen and Min-Kyung fell in love, and eventually got married. This is how it happened.
