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Ifang Bremer
Ifang Bremer is a Seoul Correspondent at NK News. He has worked on investigations for The Guardian and The Observer and previously wrote features on Korea for Dutch newspaper NRC.
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Features ‘I feel proud’: Seoul celebrates North Korean escapees with first Defectors’ DayEscapees gather to sing, dance and showcase businesses at joyful event, as Yoon pledges support for defector community On a sweltering hot day in Seoul, an all-female group of North Korean singers dressed in glittering dresses sang the famous DPRK tune “Glad to Meet You” to an audience of hundreds, in the characteristic vibrato of the music they grew up with. “Comrades and brothers, it is nice to meet you like this. / I like hugging you and laughing, I like hugging you and crying,” the singers warbled, making synchronized dance steps. “Oh oh oh, it's nice to meet you!” © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |