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1 The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is a United Nations organization with a mandate to protect refugees and seek durable solutions for them Autumn Vol. 30 Scan to read mobile version 2018 Nansen Refugee Award Winner: Dr. Evan Atar

2 Refugee Campaign World Humanitarian Day 03 Why I Am a Humanitarian Worker, A from South Sudan The person symbolizes persons of concern to UNHCR For the last two years I have been working in South Sudan, one of the most dangerous December 2013, a total of 93 aid workers have been killed. 60 humanitarian workers were detained in May; of those, 28 have been released so far. Contents Cover Story Such news makes my blood run cold it could easily be me. This is the reality of life as Refugee Campaign World Humanitarian Day 03 As an aid worker, we are always prepared for emergencies we each have a run bag packed containing basic items like underwear, a phone charger, a copy of our passport, cash, toothbrush and toothpaste. UNHCR 2018 Nansen Refugee Award Winner 04 Interview With You UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Series 7: Ben 08 Korean Religious Leaders 10 women aid workers were raped in Juba in 2016, the fear grew even more for many female colleagues. And yet, despite my own fears, I chose to stay in South Sudan for another two years. Why? us all deeply. But by working together, it can be translated Most recently, Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees Kelly T. Clements visited South Sudan. It was inspiring to UNHCR Korea UNHCR Korea News + Donor News 12 Learning about Refugees Rohingya Emergency, 1 Year On 14 Thank you Agreement Form 15 With UNHCR Spot the 16 I am most happy when I realize that the work that I have done has saved somebody from suffering or has saved his life. Dr. Evan Atar Adaha is the 2018 winner of the Nansen Refugee Award. He is honoured for his outstanding 20-year commitment in providing medical services to people of South Sudan who are forced to flee conflict. UNHCR/Will Swanson Publisher Copyright Date of Issue Design Naveed Hussain UNHCR Korea October 2018 Private Sector Partnership (PSP) Team UNHCR Korea Slowalk In South Sudan I have witnessed both the best and worst of humanity. I have visited She sat down with refugees and internally displaced people, and listened to their stories. She applauded their resilience faces. It makes me realize what is important in life and the many small things we take for and encouraged them to work together to protect each other. But the major reason for extending my tenure here is because of my colleagues, with whom I share each day. There is a tremendous sense of solidarity between us, and we gave us career advice. She emphasized the importance of understand that while we live and work under the threat of danger, our lives are bound together. It is shocking and deeply saddening to hear about my fellow humanitarians being held hostage or killed. But it won t stop and lives. Right now, despite the danger, South Sudan is where I belong. Scan the QR code for the full story

3 UNHCR Dr. Evan Atar Adaha, 2018 Winner of the Nansen Refugee Award Winner of the Nansen Refugee Award Alongside Refugee Dr. Atar Dr. Evan Atar Adaha operates on a young Sudanese refugee at Bunj Hospital in Maban County, South Sudan. UNHCR/Will Swanson a busy day, Dr. Atar sits down to write reports. UNHCR/Will Swanson

4 UNHCR Dr. Evan Atar Adaha, 2018 Winner of the Nansen Refugee Award UNHCR Korea With You Autumn At the End of the Line, in a Zone Dr. Atar with a newborn baby in the maternity ward of Bunj Hospital. Dr. Atar s team conducts between 15 and 20 Caesarean delivery procedures each week. UNHCR/Will Swanson 2018 Nansen Refugee Award Since gaining independence from Britain and Egypt in 1956, Sudan has racial, religious, and sectarian South Sudan has been an independent country since 2011, and has undergone civil war, armed and violence for more than 5 years. 2.4 million South Sudanese people have become refugees, and 1,800,000 people are internally displaced. In such a dangerous and unstable Dr. Atar also had to leave his home and the Award in Geneva, Switzerland on October 1, 2018, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi said most of Dr. Atar s were refugees and he had lived through displacement himself. The High Commissioner added that Dr. Atar embodied courageous solidarity with his refugee that are very scarce in today s world. In his acceptance speech, Dr. Atar said he was humbled to receive the award: Originally from Torit, in southern South Sudan, Dr. Atar, received a scholarship to study medicine in Khartoum and later in Egypt. In 1997, he moved to Kurmuk, in Sudan s Blue Nile State, at the heart of a major where for 12 years, during bombing raids, he ran a basic hospital wounded civilians as well as from both sides. However, under intense bombing, he and his team joined Sudanese across the border to South Sudan. Dr. Atar packed up the hospital in four cars and a tractor. There were no roads during the rainy season as the rivers were and it took him a month to arrive on the other side. In 2011, when he arrived in Maban s main town, Bunj, Dr. Atar performed his on a raised table in an theatre that he built inside an abandoned medical centre. Atar talks with a refugee mother from Sudan and her malnourished son in the centre. UNHCR/Will Swanson Since 1954, the Nansen Refugee Award has recognized individuals and prize. The Nansen Refugee Award program is funded in partnership with the Swiss Government, the Norwegian Government, the State Council of the He has been running the hospital for 7 years, while working to ensure the hospital to see and teaching nurses and midwives at the same Sudanese refugees are spread out in 4 refugee camps located in Bunj and its surrounding areas, where the is tense and as the over limited resources such as wood, farming space and grazing land. Nevertheless, Dr. Atar and his team have always stayed here in Bunj. Dr. Atar chats with his family on his mobile phone. When we were in Sudan, it used to take a month for a letter to get delivered. Now I can do physics and chemistry homework with my oldest. UNHCR/Will Swanson More on Nansen Refugee Award Watch video on Fridtjof Nansen A Father of Four Heals Bodies and Minds of Refugee Dr. Atar acknowledges that his decision to carry out humanitarian work has been hard on his wife and four children. He sees them only three a year. The family lives in Nairobi and Dr. Atar tries to keep in contact by WhatsApp and several a week. Dr. Atar does not believe he is doing anything extraordinary. He lives in a weather-beaten canvas tent and keeps a treadle sewing machine on his porch which he uses to make surgical linen. He says he gets his energy from drinking milk. He relaxes on weekends by taking a nap outdoors. South Sudanese refugees. South Sudan is experiencing the world s third biggest refugee crisis. UNHCR/Diana Diaz He works 24-hour and likes to joke that his colleagues call him a dictator. He spends his day with his As he does his rounds checking on each and every it is clear to anyone that his main source of happiness is not just but with his Dr. Atar prays with before they are put under and according to their religion, recites the Bible or the Koran. To Dr. Atar, the Bunj hospital means hope for life and meaning of life. He does you provide, the more people will come. UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, presents the 2018 Nansen Refugee Award to Dr. Evan Atar Adaha, a surgeon and medical director at a hospital in north-eastern South Sudan. UNHCR/Mark Henley

5 Interview With You: UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Series 7: Ben 2018 UNHCR Korea With You Autumn 09 Future for Refugees UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Series 7: Ben On his appointment as Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, Ben said that he was enormously honored and proud to take on this role. He then asked for help and support from the public by sharing the stories of refugee families in Guatemala that he met on his recent visit. #WithRefugees Campaign Ben has played a key role in several UNHCR projects, including our #WithRefugees campaign. To mark World Refugee Day 2018 he appeared in a special of Buzzfeed Tasty joined by writer and former Iraqi refugee Ahmed Badr to make chicken shawarma, a dish from Ahmed s homeland. In 2016, Ben has also been featured in a public awareness alongside fellow high supporters, refugees and UNHCR encouraging the public to sign a expressing solidarity with millions of people across the world driven from their homes by and Ben spoke at the UN General Assembly for the handing-in ceremony of the #WithRefugees campaign which contained 1.3 million signatures and urged the community to durable for refugees. The was to the UN Secretary General, ahead of the historic UN Summit on Refugees & Migrants on September 16, foreign land. They need our support and protect refugees and their rights and well-being, UNHCR is working on the ground to ensure plight of refugees and to join in to protect and support them. Who are the UNHCR Goodwill Ambassadors? and It Becomes a Reality Actor Ben has been UNHCR since early He has travelled to meet refugees in Germany, Jordan, and most recently to learn about UNHCR s frontline work in Central and South America. Ben has also played an role in several UNHCR projects, including our #WithRefugees campaign. In December 2017, Ben spent with Syrian refugees living in Jordan and met families from UNHCR s cash assistance program and going through the process. Ben was moved by the resilience of the people he encountered, the incredible spirit and energy of the children, and the deep longing to return home of many of the refugees with whom he spoke. He wrote about his experiences for TIME, and also posted videos of the refugees he met along with some memorable moments on his social feeds following the trip. On July 20, 2018, when his appointment was announced, he was in Guatemala, where he met with refugees from Central and South America who have been forced to their homes. In recent years a growing number of people across El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras have gang violence. The highest rate of violence and female homicides in the world are being reported from this area. Ben spent in Guatemala listening to the stories of refugees, including unaccompanied children, to support UNHCR s work in the for refugees.

6 Interview With You Korean Religious Leaders UNHCR Korea With You Autumn 11 Interview With You: Korean Religious Leaders Yemeni Refugees on Jeju Island In the Catholic community, the Diocese of Jeju and Naomi Center for Migrants (Director Father HONG Seok-Yun and Manager KIM Sang-hoon) have been leading the to protect and support Yemeni asylum-seekers. We met with Bishop Peter KANG U-il of the Diocese of Jeju to hear about the Yemenis on Jeju Island. Bishop Peter KANG U-il, Roman Catholic Diocese of Jeju Q1. In July you issued a pastoral urging people to accept and support the Yemeni refugees. Could you tell us how the came about and what it asked people to do? Soon his Pope Francis visited Lampedusa in Italy, and urged for more support for refugees. In the beginning, I thought refugees was only a natural thing to do. But soon we faced the and there were doubts even among parishioners about our work with refugees, so I felt the need to clarify where I stood as the Bishop. I believe this is an issue not just for Jeju but for the country. I issued the pastoral with a hope that every Korean would feel troubled by how we are refugees. We are living in an global era where not only borders and cultures but all areas of our life are connected. In like this, we need to have the heart for coexistence and coprosperity and the as global Especially, for Koreans who have experienced violence, and through the Korean War and Jeju Uprising, refugee issues are not irrelevant to us. I believe refusing entry of people who had to from civil war to save their lives, like Yemenis and Syrians is an act that denies basic human rights. As global we must on our and with open hearts and compassion, must be able to warmly welcome those who themselves in Q2. In late July, Apostolic Nuncio to Korea, Archbishop Alfred Xuereb met with the Yemeni asylum-seekers and delivered the message of solidarity and 10,000 Euros from Pope Francis. Yes, Pope Francis is pleased with our to welcome and help the Yemeni refugees, and has sent his encouragement through the Apostolic Nuncio. He has expressed his support for and interest in the refugee issues in Korea. Q3. When it comes to the refugee crisis in Jeju, where do we need to work on the most on a community, region, or personal level? What would be your Korean history tells the story of a single race. But when you observe closely, you can in the appearance of Koreans, depending on which region they come from. Many family names come from outside Korea too. We need to think outside thoughts and accept cultures and values of other ethnic groups. Any culture has its unique values, but our culture will grow and when we acknowledge, accept and embrace diverse values. Policymakers need to consider refugee policies of countries that are more open to refugees, such as Italy, Germany and the United States, where a lot more refugees have been welcomed than in Korea. I think Korea has the economic and cultural capacity and to accept more refugees and embrace them. Q4. In your opinion, what do the Yemeni refugees need the most right now? A lot of the Yemeni refugees are young men. They had to their homes from forcible amidst war and They are a lifeline for the families they ve had to leave behind back home. They do not want to simply rely on help from Koreans. They want to work and provide for their families. It is my hope that policies will be implemented to allow the Yemeni refugees to make a living while they are here. Q5. Do you have a message for the 500 Yemeni refugees on Jeju Island? When Archbishop Alfred visited Jeju, he that people fear the unknown. He said, however, once there is no longer the unknown, there is no fear and people become friends. Do not be afraid of being who you are. to pray for your homeland. Respect and work with the Korean culture, order and rules. Koreans will let their guard down and welcome you. Q6. Do you have any message you d like to share with individual, corporate and government partners of UNHCR? I want to thank those who are helping refugees by becoming regular donors. I think our society will become more prosperous when refugees are part of our community. From the corporate and government I think and embracing newcomers can be part of and economic investment and strategies. Q7. Finally, what would you like to say to the UNHCR Korea massive scale. Whether voluntarily or involuntarily, this type of movement has taken place since longer able to live in their own countries. No one can stop this from happening. I hope that all of us, including the UN, policymakers and Koreans, would become aware of this and adopt a more To hear from the Buddhist community, WithYou met with a Gwaneumsa monk and deputy director of Jeju Buddhist for Yemeni Refugees*. Muwon, Buddhist monk and Director of Social Services & KIM Yong-Beom, deputy director of Jeju Buddhist for Yemeni Refugees Q1. The Jeju Buddhist for Yemeni Refugees have issued an appeal to urge compassion towards Yemeni asylum-seekers. How did the appeal come about and what does it entail? Muwon Based on Buddhist teachings that the universe is linked as one life, we wanted to impart to Buddhists that we help ourselves by helping others ( 自利利他 ), and decided to issue an appeal to help Yemeni refugees as the Jeju Buddhist Q2. Please tell us more about what Gwaneumsa (temple) where the Jeju Buddhist is based, and what the itself has been doing so far. Muwon Gwaneumsa is of the Jogye Order, and the 23rd temple out of 25 head temples. We have branch temples. Our buildings burned down the Jeju Uprising and many monks were killed at that We have been able to rebuild the temple since then and it really is a historic site on Jeju Island. The Jeju Buddhist for Yemeni Refugees (Director Huhwoon) launched on July 9 and have four teams: volunteering, medical care and human rights. We are currently taking care of 10 Yemeni refugees, who are currently living in rented houses outside Gwaneumsa. We are them Korean lessons by working with other partners in the community. Deputy Director Kim When we encountered the refugee issues through the Yemenis in Jeju, we all agreed that the religious community, the Buddhist community, that stresses human rights and life must take the lead. We soon formed the with our head monk and from the temple members. With monks taking the lead and with the full from our members, we are raising funds to provide the Yemenis food, clothing, shelter, and other necessary items, and with them on a regularly basis. Q3. How are the Yemenis doing? Are they in, now that few months have passed? Deputy Director Kim When the Yemenis arrived on Jeju Island, both the Yemenis, who found themselves far away from home, and the neighbours, Jeju people, who had never experienced something like this, both felt afraid of each other. We have provided language lessons to the Yemenis in these last few months, and we are that the refugees are doing much now that they had a chance to communicate with Jeju people. Not too long ago, decisions were made to grant humanitarian status to some Yemenis on Jeju Island, and the refugees are now for the outcome of their ❷ Refugees in Other Countries Source: UNHCR Global Report 2017, New Asylum- Seekers by Country ( ) 540, ,000 1,270,000 1,850,000 Q4. Now that you have spent with the refugees, what do you think they need the most right now? Deputy Director Kim We are trying our best to provide what they need, such as food, clothing shelter, and halal food. We are also helping them their families back home. We have found them work circumstances. Q5. We have heard many people and in Jeju are helping the Yemeni refugees. Please tell us about your partners. Deputy Director Kim Together with the Jeju the refugees. Q6. on the Yemeni refugee crisis, where do you think we need to work on the most? Muwon am right and also from a failure to embrace ethnic, adopt the mindset that all life is connected as one. We engage in refugee issues on a long-term basis, and *To help the Yemeni Refugees on Jeju Island, the Jeju Buddhist for Yemeni Refugees (Gwaneumsa, Young Buddhists of Jeju, Jogye Social and Labour Jeju Buddhist Missions, and the 23rd Temple Members Commitee), Jeju Provincial for Yemeni Refugees Rights (30 religious and civil society including Naomi the Catholic Center for Migrants, Young Buddhists of Jeju, for and Peace of Presbyterian Church Jeju Branch), and Refugee Network (17 including APIL, Pnan, Nancen Refugee Center) are working together. ❶ Yemen Capital Country status ❹ Yemeni Refugees on Jeju Island Timeline in 2018 April 30 Ministry of bar the Yemeni asylum-seekers from travelling to mainland South Korea Sana a 29,000,000 One of the poorest countries in the humanitarian assistance due to civil the country since Refugees in 190,000 surrounding countries Internally Displaced Persons over 2,000,000 (more than 22,000,000 people in need of humanitarian assistance) May Germany United States Italy Canada Total number of Yemeni asylumseekers in Jeju: 552 June 1 Ministry of removed Yemen from the list of visa waiver ❸ Refugees in Korea Total number of asylumseekers/refugee status applications ( ) 44,471 Total number of decisions ( ) 21,064 More than 710,000 people sign a calling on the government to revoke the refugee law Recognized Refugees 861 Humanitarian Status Holders 1,554 June 13 September Yemeni asylum-seekers granted humanitarian status

7 UNHCR Korea UNHCR Korea News + Story of Our Donors UNHCR Korea With You Autumn UNHCR Korea News New UNHCR Korea Ministry of Foreign 11th Career Fair 13 Donor News KOICA s the 2nd Film Korean Ambassador to Afghanistan Visits UNHCR RHEE Zha Hyoung, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Afghanistan, visited UNHCR Herat worked for Vienna-based U.N. agencies as well as documentary produced by UNHCR Korea. It was in Kazakhstan, Yemen, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan. Refugee Response Framework(CRRF) and Global Compact on Refugees (GCR). Vienna, Austria, and has been Deputy Head of government. Since 2014, the Korean government has contributed US$31,000,000 to date to help with UNHCR. to over 800 university students and jobseekers. He also provided hands-on advice on resumes the story of a girl that Goodwill Ambassador Jung Woo-sung met Hassan Sham camp in Iraq. It also tells the story of the displaced living in Iraq with disability. displaced persons in Afghanistan. Ambassador Rhee added that he hopes to deliver more assistance from the Korean government to help more people in Afghanistan. Global Report 2016 in Korean (published in July 2017) emergency relief 1,769,820,459 KRW (6.2%) and Global Shelter Campaign 210,962,014 KRW (0.7%). We apologize for this error. can be viewed at MOFA s UN Recruitment Center It was organized to raise awareness of the 1.2 in the Seoul City Hall to raise awareness of its work around the world. Together with World Food Program (WFP), UN Development Program (UNDP), ICRC, UNHCR interacted with jobseekers. UNHCR Q&A session Expenses Wherever Most Needed SBS Hope TV: Syria Emergency Relief Republic of Congo Emergency Relief Worldwide Educate A Child (EAC) Children s winter coats East Africa Emergency SBS Hope TV: Kenya Relief Global Shelter Campaign Nine Million Campaign MBC W Fund (Unit: %) MIGRATIONS: Flight to a Future 87.2 The on Nami Island, MIGRATIONS: Flight to a Future, has been extended to October 28. UNHCR is a partner of the On display are 350 postcards with messages to refugee children and photographs of refugees. Visitors can also make a donation to UNHCR by participating in origami-birds making activities. with MIGRATIONS, an Talk In was held on Nami Island on September 16. The organizer of the and illustrator, Piet Grobler as well as other illustrators Roger Mello, Kim Ji-min and Lee Myung-ae discussed the power of art and messages that works can bring. Island ( ) UNHCR and their spending Learning Event at Kidzania From July 20 to August 26, at Kidzania s Seoul and Refugee Campaign with Shinsegae Simon Premium Outlet from Seokwoo Middle School Seokwoo Middle School, located in Hwasung, From May to August, UNHCR held public events every weekend at the outlets in Paju, Siheung refugees. The event will resume in December 2018 and January We thank you in advance the World Refugee Day. We would like to thank directed to global emergency relief funds and used to help refugee families in need of urgent assistance. We thank the students and teachers of Seokwoo Middle School for their support. Ask? UNHCR something you d like to know about UNHCR ever since you became a UNHCR donor? Send a text message to We will share your name (and address, if you are not a UNHCR donor yet) in the text message.

8 Learning about Refugees Rohingya Emergency 14 Thank you Agreement Form 15 Rohingya Emergency, One Year On Rohingya Emergency Number of Rohingya Refugee arrivals in Bangladesh Bangladesh since August ,000 Myanmar Shelter Kit distributed to Rohinya Refugees during Monsoon season 84,584 Percentage of Rohingya Refugees under 19 years of age 55% 250,000 Refugees received basic health service at UNHCR medical facility Fund raised for Rohingya Emergency from supporters in 28 countries in the last year Number of latrines installed $30,000,000 More than 9,250 More than 4,150 Children registered for a treatment program at UNHCR centers Dona Agreement Form Donor Informa Name Telephone Number Address Are you a regular donor of UNHCR? Yes No Date of Birth Yes No Your dona nforma y for managing your own dona Details on UNHCR s personal informa c rocessing can be viewed by clicking on the Privacy Policy link at the bo om of UNHCR Korea s website ( Bank Account Informa the amount will be withdrawn only once. Yes No Stories of Rohingya Refugees Bank Account Number Then Khadija s family received good news: UNHCR had built her family a new shelter in a soon relocated. Name of Account Holder Select Campaign Emergency Relief Worldwide e.g. Rohingya crisis, South Sudan, and Yemen Syria Emergency Wherever Most Needed Shelter Campaign Date of Birth of Account Holder For a dona receipt issuance, please fill in your resident registra r. Not too long ago, Khadija's family lost arrived in this refugee camps in Bangladesh. At the height of monsoon season, Khadija and her family lost their shelter on the hillside to a sudden landslide. Although none of her family members her aged mother and young children were injured, they lost most of their scant belongings to the torrent of water and mud. They were quickly taken in and given shelter by fellow Rohingya refugee families who lived nearby. Here, children can safely run and play. Above all, we can sleep well in a well-constructed space. 18-year-old Sharmin never had the chance to school in Myanmar Today, with help from UNHCR, she s found a place where she can learn skills and spend with friends. At the Dream Garden Adolescent Club, Sharmin and other Rohingya refugee women gather to gather to learn about skills, women s health and how to protect themselves as well as nurture each other. In art, game, and storytelling classes, Sharmin assists the students as a coordinator. In this space, girls are able to share their feelings, their thoughts and their dreams. This must be more safe spaces here to serve even more girls. We appreciate all your contributions for giving a safer Sharmin and Rohingya refugees! Amount 1,000,000 KRW 500,000 KRW could provide lifesaving emergency health kits for 3,000 refugees (once). 200,000 KRW could provide tarpaulin sheets to block out rain and the cold for ten refugee families (once). 100,000 KRW could provide sleeping mats to prevent ten refugee families from sleeping on the ground (once). I will donate 30,000 KRW every month I will donate 20,000 KRW every month Other ( Regular ) KRW I hereby consent to the c of personal informa ccount informa ated above for the purpose of receiving donor services. Signature Date Your helping hands bring big changes to the lives of refugees. Thank you for your support! These are some examples of how your dona could be used. UNHCR will use your dona the most efficient and appropriate manner possible for refugees around the world, taking into considera funding status of each region. For more details, please refer to the of With You. *If you are an e r who is making a one-off dona off dona to your monthly dona If the Dona Agreement Form is received by UNHCR Korea a er your regular withdrawal date, the one-off dona will be processed in the next calendar month. *If the amount was not withdrawn successfully due to insufficient balance in the account or any other reasons, one more a empt will be made either on the 25th of the same month (withdrawal on the 10th) or on the 5th of the next month (withdrawal on the 20th/25th). *Individual (including private business owners) and corporate donors can obtain a dona receipt in accordance with the Income Tax Act and Corporate Tax Act of the Republic of Korea.

9 Learning about Refugees Spot the Spot the Difference Family Meal We trust you had a Happy Chuseok! Thanks to your support, a Congolese just outside the Angolan border while having a dinner made out of cassava though all fears and worries melt away even over a simple meal. Refugees are just like us as someone s parents, brothers, sisters, children and grandparents, they hope for their family s health and happiness. with a hope that all refugee families would live a healthy life in a safe environment! via text message to : 2018 (e.g Autumn Edition/Hong Gil-dong, if you are not a donor to UNHCR, please include your address) by October 31, UNHCR Korea will send a small gift to seleted participants. *Thank you to everyone who event! in last Tel (Corporate ) withyou@unhcr.or.kr Homepage Blog blog.naver.com/unhcr_korea Happy Bean happylog.naver.com/unhcr Facebook Bank Account Kukmin Bank (Account holder: UNHCR) Address (04523) 7F. Kumsegi Building, 6 Mugyo-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul, Korea Print using soy ink UNHCR uses eco-friendly soy ink for the environment.

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