Afghan refugee children in South Korea welcome new life away from war, restrictions

Family members of some 390 Afghans, who were airlifted from Kabul to South Korea as "persons of merits" on August 26, at the National Human Resources Development Institute playground on Jincheon in Chungcheongbuk-do Province, south of Seoul, South Korea, October 13, 2021. Jeon Heon-Kyun/Pool via REUTERS

SEOUL (Reuters) - For one young Afghan refugee girl, her new home in South Korea has already brought simple freedoms she would otherwise be denied.

"In Afghanistan, you can't do activities as freely as men do, and it's satisfying to do Taekwondo without a hijab in Korea right now," the girl told reporters after a Taekwondo class on Wednesday.