From GKS scholar to startup founder: Bangladeshi entrepreneur bridges 2 countries through shrimp waste

When Andrua Haque, a Global Korea Scholarship (GKS) alumnus from Bangladesh, first arrived in Korea as a child, he could not have anticipated that the country would one day become the launchpad for a food tech startup bridging two nations separated by thousands of kilometers. Now pursuing a master's degree in agricultural biotechnology at Seoul National University, Haque is the co-founder of MFM, a circular food tech startup that converts shrimp byproducts from Bangladesh's tiger shrimp industry into premium pet food and eco-friendly fertilizer. “Having lived in Korea during my childhood, I became fluent in Korean and developed a strong interest in working on exchanges between Korea and Bangladesh,” Haque said in a recent interview with The Korea Times. “That experience ultimately led me to pursue my studies in Korea.” He learned about the GKS program — the government-funded initiative that supports international students studying in Korea — through a Korean teacher at his high school. He was admitted to Seoul National University’s Department of Political Science and Intern

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