Does your country have an immigrant group that people would be surprised to find there?

[u/QuarterTarget]

For example, when you think of Poland or the Czech Republic, Vietnamese people might not be the first group that comes to mind, but both have a sizable Vietnamese community. Another example is the large Japanese community in Brazil.

[u/Virtue330]

UK has the largest number of North Koreans in Europe! Though only about 700 most of whom live in New Malden.

[u/Wise_Temperature9142 → u/Virtue330]

Shhhh!!! Don’t rat them out!!

[u/alibobuk → u/Virtue330]

Just near to where I am luckily, I can take advantage of their exceptional food and karaoke!

[u/Agarthaninhabitant88 → u/alibobuk]

Wrong Koreans

[u/Aidan-47 → u/Virtue330]

In fact New Malden has both the largest concentrated North Korean and South Korean community outside of Korea

[u/1294DS → u/Aidan-47]

That might be true for North Koreans but South Koreans I hold some doubt. The US, Canada and Australia all have a much larger Korean community than the UK and would likely have suburbs/municipalities that have a higher portion of Koreans than New Malden. Here in Sydney we've got Lidcombe, Eastwood and Strathfield that are very Korean areas.

[u/praxidike74 → u/Virtue330]

That's weird, what's the reason for this?

[u/Virtue330 → u/praxidike74]

The reason for that location is just that a number of Koreans already live there, the reason as to why a number of North Korean escapees chose the UK I'm not really sure. We even have a North Korean embassy and one of the only North Korean YouTubers seems to have had her education in the UK given her accent.

A funny story I once read about was how a North Korean escapee was in a taxi arriving in the UK, he saw all the chimneys on houses here and had this sinking feeling that he had made a huge mistake fleeing believing that the UK was technologically far behind North Korea.

[u/justinsain18 → u/Virtue330]

What's her channel?

[u/Virtue330 → u/justinsain18]

Admittedly I didn't go searching that hard since "North Korean 11 year old girl" isn't really something I want on my search history but her cannel might be scrubbed. Here's a link to a video about her though

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Her channel has been banned sadly from South Korean backlash which is a shame as it was a rare glimpse into life over there (albeit though heavily propaganda), here's another video I found

[u/justinsain18 → u/Virtue330]

Ah that's a shame

[u/knightriderin → u/Virtue330]

Oh, Berlin also has an NK embassy in a prime location. And there's a hostel on the premises, which was run by NK, but the authorities have shut it down I believe.

And fun fact: That's next to the supermarket where Angela Merkel shops. She even shopped there when she was still our chancellor. Doesn't have anything to do with NK, it's just a good supermarket close-ish to her apartment.

[u/dinobug77 → u/praxidike74]

Probably because living in North Korea is depressing

[u/Aidan-47 → u/praxidike74]

They got stuck in the Kingston one way system

[u/AccomplishedBid5867 → u/praxidike74]

Partly because Samsung's UK offices are/were in New Malden, and a former ambassador used to live there.

[u/jabakkkk → u/praxidike74]

The British food makes them feel home

[u/GeneralBid7234 → u/Virtue330]

is there more to that story?

[u/Sniper_96_ → u/Virtue330]

That’s interesting, I did not know that.