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Myungsik Kim, center, makes jokes with Saju Rayamajhi. Many staff at Appletree are immigrants from a variety of countries, including Korea, Nepal and Guatemala. The owner, Moonshik Kang, said it’s become more difficult to find people willing to do the manually demanding job at a low pay. Yehyun Kim / ctmirror.org