First Yemeni Restaurant on Jeju Island | Yemeni Community in South Korea

Did you know that there's a Yemeni community on Jeju island, South Korea? In this episode, we are introducing the first Yemeni restaurant on Jeju island: Wardah Restaurant. Hiro has been to Yemen before to learn Arabic , and he was excited that he was able to have "real" Yemeni food again on Jeju. We not only had the food that was on the menu, we were also lucky to try some traditional Yemeni food cooked by the Yemeni refugee, Ameen. This restaurant was originally founded by Ameen, and his wife Min-Kyung. We were told that after this video was filmed, the couple has moved to start a new restaurant named "Asalam". Wardah Restaurant is still open. Please find more information about the restaurants on the bottom of this description. You may wonder, Why is there a Yemeni community on Jeju island? South Korea is the first country in Asia to implement a refugee law. Specifically, Jeju island in South Korea has a special visa waiver program that allows visa-free entry to Jeju for any passport holders for up to 30 days. Under this special visa waiver program, over 500 Yemeni refugees came to Jeju in 2018 as asylum seekers. Under the refugee law, many are staying in Jeju with "refugee status determination" residence status; Some has been recognised as refugees. Today, Yemeni communities are around Incheon, Itaewon (Seoul), and Jeju. 🔶🔷🔶🔷🔶🔷🔶🔷🔶🔷 Restaurant Information 🔷 제주 와르다 레스토랑 (Wardah): 제주 제주시 관덕로8길 24-1 단독 🔶 제주 아살람 레스토랑 (Asalam): 제주 제주시 중앙로2길 7 1층