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Yemeni Refugees In South Korea

Bakil(28) takes training to work at a fish farm in Jeju where he first came to work on July 03, 2018 in Jeju, South Korea. Bakil was a national wrestling player in Yemen. He also won a gold medal at the Jordan International Wrestling Championships in 2008. After that, he retired because of a knee injury. In 2016, he worked as a physical education teacher at International Modern Arabic School in Putrajaya, Malaysia. In Malaysia, it is difficult to receive refugee recognition and came to Jeju in May 2018 to raise funds to marry with a Malaysian girlfriend. (Photo by Chris Jung/NurPhoto)

Photo ID	#2896670
Date Taken	3 July 2018
Location	N/A
Photographer	Chris Jung/NurPhoto
Category	Social Issue
Copyright	© 2026 NurPhoto - Chris Jung/NurPhoto

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