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Ms Elina Kan hails from Kazakhstan, but is now working in Seoul after studying and working for six years in South Korea.

Ms Elina Kan hails from Kazakhstan, but is now working in Seoul after studying and working for six years in South Korea.

PHOTO: COURTESY OF ELINA KAN

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SEOUL – Her ancestors left South Korea decades ago to settle in Kazakhstan.

But Ms Elina Kan returned in 2017 to major in business at Korea University.

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