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Galina Mikhailovna Pak teaching children Korean languages at a Korean cultural centre. Korean schools were prohibited in the 1960s following a decree by Khrushchev. The language was forgotten. Now fourth generation Koreans in Sakhalin are learning their ancestral language as a foreign language. Russian children are also attending courses to learn Korean.
Elena Chernyshova/Panos Pictures /Felix Features 20 Jan 2019