[Love in Asia] Two Countries, Three Children, Brak Barang's Tears ■ Brak Barang, a Stubborn Aunt Brak Barang Brak Barang (29) collects abandoned furniture in the neighborhood to furnish her household and visits stores that resell used clothes to buy clothes. Barang has been working hard for four years since her marriage, at a local self-reliance center, a garment factory, and a hotel. She recently quit her job to treat a herniated disc, but she is learning how to write a resume and receiving counseling at a job support center for married immigrant women to find a job again... Barang lives frugally to the point of feeling terrible. There is a special reason why she lives so frugally. ■ A Promise to Her Eldest Daughter in Cambodia Brak Barang (29) got married at the young age of 17. However, her marriage at a young age was not easy, and she ended up getting divorced three months into her first pregnancy. And Brak Barang, who worked alone and raised a child, met her husband Kim Byeong-sik (52), who came to Cambodia to do business, in 2008, and remarried after dating for a year. After getting married, Brak Barang and his wife promised their daughter to wait for a year before leaving Cambodia. However, life in Korea was not easy, and four years have passed since they were unable to bring their daughter back… Brak Barang and his wife have raised a son and a daughter with Byeong-sik, but whenever the family of four gathers to eat and sleep, they miss their daughter they left behind in Cambodia even more. When will the family of five be able to live together? Brak Barang and his wife dream of the day when the whole family can live together every day. ■ Brak Barang’s gift for her first daughter Brak Barang left Cambodia before even seeing his first daughter Seeumai (10) enter elementary school. When he met her after three years, his daughter had grown up so much. His first daughter wakes up early in the morning to help with housework and prepares for school on her own. Mr. Barang is proud of his daughter and feels sorry for her. Brak Barang, who is curious about his daughter’s school life, requested an interview with her homeroom teacher. Seeyoumai, who boasted that she never missed first place. Is she really doing well in school? The thing he felt most sorry for his daughter while living in Korea was that he never threw her a birthday party. Every year, on the birthdays of both of his children, Barang would make seaweed soup and think of his first daughter. He really wanted to throw his first daughter a birthday party when he came to Cambodia. He said that Byeongsik also learned how to cook for his daughter. Seeyoumai was excited all day long for her first birthday party since she was born. ■ Wait a minute. Mom will pick you up soon Brak Barang and his wife were not entirely happy about their visit to their parents’ house. Brak Barang and his wife planned to leave their two children in Korea with their parents this time. Barang had a hard time working while raising two children. They made the decision after much thought to earn money as soon as possible so that the family of five could live together, but now that they were actually leaving their children behind, their hearts were complicated. Before leaving, the couple translated the Korean words that 4-year-old Yong-i and 3-year-old Dahye often use into Cambodian, and even installed a generator in their parents' house where the lights didn't come on, and finished the electrical work. They are still worried whether their young children will be able to understand their parents' choice... Let's take a look at the sadder visit to their hometown than ever. #Family #Daughter #Cambodia