All South Koreans. No North Koreans.
“I’m from South Korea“, he says to me. This same guy, back in 2000, used to brag to everyone that he was Korean. Now, he always says he’s South Korean, and so do all the other Koreans in this part of California. I know there are many people from South Korea here. I know several North Koreans in Northern California and other states. However, it’s not easy to find many, or any, North Koreans here in Southern California. California is comprised of many types of people, and even then, almost every Korean person you run into in Southern California claims to be from South Korea.
All the Korean restaurants here? South Korean. All the Korean clubs and organizations? South Korean. Is it true that North Koreans avoid coming to California, or is it simply fear hidden in so called pride that one expresses through the sentence “I’m Korean/South-Korean and proud of it!”? If there are North Koreans here, why is it so hard to find them? Could the political agenda of North Korea be the reason many people distance themselves from North Korea here and instead claim to be South Koreans? Or is it really the case that every Korean person here is actually from South Korea only? What are the chances that thousands of Koreans in Southern California are all South Koreans? Am I looking in the wrong place?
What do you think? As for me, I have to go eat Kimchi fried rice with broccoli now. A friend of mine visiting her extended family in California cooked it for me, and she used to be a part time chef at a restaurant in Korea. Guess which part of Korea she is from? 
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( November 7th, 2006 at 7:16 pm )
If it were me, I would not want to admit being from North Korea right now for fear of someone thinking I would have the same views as the leaders of the country right now and them taking action on those beliefs.
( November 15th, 2006 at 5:27 pm )
North Koreans are not allowed outside of North Korea. There are defectors. They are few and not numerous (which is what the word few implies, I suppose). Well, actually, I already sent you an email about this awhile ago.
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( November 15th, 2006 at 8:07 pm )
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( December 6th, 2006 at 1:39 pm )
Valerie — > Hmmm, interesting point. So many people here also get astounded when anyone talks anything about North Korea or North Koreans that’s not negative.
Sumin — > Wooo look who’s here! lol. Good point! Can I share some parts of your email here, since it’s really informative?
Yes, old! Very old. It was also your birthday!! But you’re not old. =\ Or are you? [hope you are] :p