India, Aug. 31 -- The Talegaon-Chakan industrial belts on Pune's outskirts are not only home to some of the country's biggest automobile and manufacturing hubs, but have also emerged as thriving centres for South Korea's expatriate community. With global majors like Hyundai, Posco, Lotte setting up factories in the corridor and LG base in Ranjangaon on the eastern part of the district, the steady inflow of Korean professionals has added a distinct cultural flavour.

Today, with over a thousand Koreans residing in and around these Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation's (MIDC) areas and their numbers increasing every year, the demand for accommodation, home food, and cultural familiarity has fuelled a wave of the East Asian countr...