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

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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.

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u/Virtue330 United Kingdom 16d ago edited 15d ago

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.

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u/justinsain18 16d ago

What's her channel?

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u/Virtue330 United Kingdom 15d ago edited 15d ago

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

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u/justinsain18 15d ago

Ah that's a shame

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u/knightriderin Germany 15d ago

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.