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Hometown Village

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'Sahlin'

Gohang mad was constructed specifically as a settlement for people like m grandparents etne coreans who had returned to the country after being trapped for decades on sahalen. Tens of thousands of coreans spent nearly 50 years stranded behind the iron curtain, waiting for a chance to return home. In russian, the comflex is called sahlan village, but in karin, this settlement has a different name, gohang mad meaning home town village.

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