When will we be able to hope for reunification again?” Jun Cheol-woo, a middle-aged defector with a theatrical manner, chimed in. Kim discussed his love of North Korean naengmyun (cold buckwheat noodles) and taste-tested a seafood stew cooked by one of the defectors. I went to see “Now on My Way to Meet You” in person on a humid summer morning. The North Korean government was clamping down on the flow of remittances that many defectors send home via Chinese middlemen. The defectors, the hosts and the South 4 milled around, cracking jokes and catching up like old friends.

Source: New York Times May 08, 2019 09:02 UTC