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Cambodian workers in South Korea strive to bring back knowledge, skills, capital
Publication date 04 July 2022 | 20:02 | ICT

Determined to improve his family’s financial position, Chhan Kimmen applied for work abroad far away from his relatives, including his twin brother, landing a job in South Korea, some three and a half thousand kilometres away.

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