They left pharma and fine dining to open a cozy bakery. Early mornings and 16-hour days are a small price to pay.

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Au Hui Her and Liu Yi Wen run The Weirdoughs, a bakery in Singapore.
Au Hui Her and Liu Yi Wen run The Weirdoughs, a bakery in Singapore.

Aditi Bharade

I fell in love with Taiwan on a layover. Six years later, I moved there.

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Dom Jones first visited Taiwan during a layover and ended up moving there years later.

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I realized I hated computer engineering, so I joined my father in the food business. We fight every day, but I don't regret it.

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Ethan Tan standing in front of his hawker stall.
Ethan Tan joined his father's hawker business and branched out.

Aditi Bharade

Burned out in her 50s, she left corporate life. Starting over in Korea helped her heal.

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Watching K-dramas helped Jane Newman through lockdown. It also sparked a curiosity about South Korea that eventually led her to move there.

Greg Samborski.

Layoffs, sky-high rent, and a $3,000 preschool bill convinced me I can't live in the US anymore. We're moving to Japan.

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A man posing for a photo in Japan.
Nick Woolsey moved back to the US for six years after leaving Japan. Now he's going back.

Japan Remotely

This millennial dreamed of owning his own food business. He did it — but he's facing one big problem.

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Jonas Koh holding a plate of nasi lemak in front of his stall,
Jonas Koh, with a plate of nasi lemak in front of his stall, "The Kumpong Boys."

Aditi Bharade

The Asian island where retirees from around the world are starting over

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The Malaysia My Second Home visa program attracts foreigners to live in Malaysia.

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I never imagined retiring abroad. Life on a Southeast Asian island feels like a permanent holiday.

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A woman leaning against a stone railing in Penang, Malaysia.
Lisa Williams moved from Australia to Penang, Malaysia, when she retired.

Thinnesh Kumar for Business Insider.

I've lived and worked in 5 countries. After becoming an empty nester, I built my dream retirement in a new city.

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A woman posing with the veiw of the ocean.
Jessica Khine lives in Penang, Malaysia as an empty nester.

Jessica Khine.

She moved to Seoul to build a new life — and learned how to feel comfortable being alone

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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.

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