I left a corporate job in Canada to spend more time with my family. It took moving to 2 countries to get it right.

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A man posing in front of gacha machines in Japan
Brendan Pon and his family moved from Canada to Thailand and then to Japan in search of a slower life.

@BrendaninJapan

She felt stuck in a job she didn't like. Moving to South Korea gave her a fresh start.

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A woman posing in front of cherry blossom trees.
Stéphanie Guillaume left Switzerland and moved to South Korea in 2022.

Stéphanie Guillaume.

How 3 millennials built a business turning Malaysia's iconic shophouses into heritage stays

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Exterior of one of the heritage homes managed by Aayu Homes in Penang, Malaysia.
Low hopes to make heritage living more accessible to travellers who visit his hometown of Penang.

Amanda Goh for Business Insider.

The new passport gold rush: Wealthy Americans flock to Latin America and Asia for citizenship

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View of the city of Santiago and the Andes Mountains, taken from the Metropolitan Park on July 2, 2024.
Latin America is emerging as a key destination for wealthy Americans seeking second passports.

RODRIGO ARANGUA/AFP via Getty Images

She fell in love with traditional Japanese homes during a high school trip. At 24, she bought one in the countryside.

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A traditional Japanese farmhouse covered in a blanket of snow during winter.
Coline Aguirre, originally from France, bought a traditional house in Japan when she was 24 years old.

Coline Aguirre.

I moved to Malaysia in my 30s. I didn't know where to go or what to do, so I started a club to connect the expat community.

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A man posing in front of a street hawker in Malaysia.
Joshua Webley settled down in Malaysia last year and started an expats community to meet new people.

Provided by Joshua Webley.

She got in trouble as a teen in New York City, but in Bangkok, she became a beauty queen

Tech Insider : Business
Metinee Kingpayome sitting on the edge of a couch in a white suit.
Metinee Kingpayome

Natthawut Taeja for BI.

Metinee Kingpayome arrived in Bangkok on her 20th birthday.

Southeast Asia's tech startups are chasing the American dream

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The American flag with a upwards stock arrow behind it being viewed through binoculars

OsakaWayne Studios/Getty, Anna Pogrebkova, Tyler Le/BI

I thought my only choice was to grow up, get a job, and start a family. Instead, I moved to Thailand.

Tech Insider : Travel, Business
A woman sitting in a Thai cafe with bamboo on the walls. She has a coconut with a straw on the table in front of her.
Martina Smidova quit her job and moved to Koh Samui, Thailand, in search of a slower and more meaningful life.

Amanda Goh

A Gen Xer was laid off from her job in LA and moved to Bali to retire early — 7 years later, her mom followed suit

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Two women sitting in a heart-shaped frame in Bali at the rice fields.
Debbie Welsch moved to Bali after being laid off from her job

Debbie Welsch.

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