Comments on: German Woman Seeks Reunion with NK Husband

By: Life's too short to brag about microcosm achievements.

Life's too short to brag about microcosm achievements. — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 05:49:11 +0000

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By: dda

dda — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 05:36:00 +0000

There was a Polish professor of Korean Studies in Warsaw who had married a North Korean dude, and one day she was sent back to Poland. If memory serves — but that’s a story I was told 20 years ago when I visited Poland, so the details are blurry — she never saw her again.

By: Paul H.

Paul H. — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 20:50:46 +0000

“The now elderly Hong first met her North Korean husband when she was 18 and they were both students at a university in East Germany. The two fell in love and married after dating five years.

Hong, however, has not seen her husband since North Korea forcibly called back students studying abroad in 1961….
At first, the couple were able to keep in touch through letters, but all contact was cut off after two years….”

So what happened in 1961 that caused DPRK to recall all students studying abroad? Something to do with the Sino-Soviet “split” I suppose.

By: hardyandtiny

hardyandtiny — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 10:43:03 +0000

Cebuanas!

By: dogbertt

dogbertt — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 05:39:50 +0000

I stand corrected.

By: Ledtim

Ledtim — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 05:20:36 +0000

The traditional Korean notion of fidelity would be polygamy for men. I don’t see anywhere in the article if the husband remarried, but even if he did, he’d be quite accurately following the tradition.

By: dogbertt

dogbertt — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 04:51:24 +0000

Interesting how she embodied the traditional Korean notion of fidelity far better than her husband did.