For the celebrity-crazed young people of South Korea, North Korean defectors are fast becoming the unlikely stars of a whole new kind of reality TV. 'Because North Korea and South Korea have been separated so long, they don't understand each other very well,' ​says television producer ​Hyung-jin Joo​. North Korean defectors: Celebrities in South Korea and to some, ambassadors of freedom8:06"Most South Koreans think that North Koreans live in extreme poverty, but I didn't live in poverty," said Kang. "When I first came to South Korea and went to school, what I found surprising was when my classmates said, 'Oh, you're from North Korea? On one program — a dating show called North Korean Woman, South Korean Man — Kang was paired up with a famous South Korean MMA fighter.

Source: CBC News February 07, 2018 09:00 UTC