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The ethnic Korean community in Kazakhstan | Video

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The ancestors of ethnic Koreans in Central Asia, known as the Koryo Saram, left Korea for Russia's Far East in search of a better life in the early 20th century. They were later forcibly deported to Central Asia in 1937 during the rule of Joseph Stalin. In the first of a three-part series, CNA's Lim Yun Suk meets a Koryo Saram family in Kazakhstan to find out more about the people.

The ancestors of ethnic Koreans in Central Asia, known as the Koryo Saram, left Korea for Russia's Far East in search of a better life in the early 20th century. They were later forcibly deported to Central Asia in 1937 during the rule of Joseph Stalin. In the first of a three-part series, CNA's Lim Yun Suk meets a Koryo Saram family in Kazakhstan to find out more about the people.

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