When Akiko Konishi felt life had become routine after five years in the same company, she decided to spice things up a little by studying a foreign language.
With few fond memories of studying English, it could have been any other language. She ended up choosing Korean, however, just because there was a school near her office.
The after-work lessons soon gave way to a full-time interest and set her future on a new course.
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