Recently, New York Times featured the story of a Korean content creator who left her native country and found success after shifting to Latin America.
Kim Soojin is better known by her internet alias, Chinguamiga, a clever mash-up of the words for “friend” in Korean and Spanish. She is a famous influencer based in Mexico, boasting a following of more than 24 million on TikTok and over 8 million on YouTube. Today, Kim has it all — financial stability, fame, and a fulfilling life. But according to her, it didn’t happen until she left South Korea and decided to settle abroad.
As a woman in her 30s, Kim felt that she was considered a failure in her homeland. After growing up in Seoul, she went to Canada to study and worked there for a while before traveling through South America and finally returning home. But the fast-paced, competitive lifestyle of the country took a toll on her well-being. At over 30 years old, she was single and without a job at a big Korean corporation, hence a lost cause for many.
I wanted to die and I wished to rest.
—Kim Soojin
So, she moved out of South Korea and headed to Mexico in 2018 with the hope of experiencing a better life…
