North Korean defector actor Kim A-ra said, "North Korean ships are different in terms of beauty...I wasn't popular"
Jun 15, 2025
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Kim A-ra and her husband Park Soon-yong appeared in the MBN entertainment show `Dongchimi' which aired on the 14th. Kim A-ra is in her 23rd year as a North Korean defector and her 3rd year of marriage, and she has honestly solved her daily life and differences in inter-Korean culture with her husband.
In the show, Kim A-ra surprised the performers with her perfect standard language, and actor Lee Hyun-yi exclaimed, `I thought you were good at acting in North Korea, but you were a real North Korean.'
Her husband, Park Soon-yong, is having a rare experience of marrying someone from North Korea. I'm asking for advice from my seniors because it's hard to meet a couple in the same situation," he said.
Then, when the story of the beautiful image of North Korea came out, Kim Hyun-sook asked "Kim A-ra is very pretty to us, but does that image work in North Korea?" In response, North Korean defector Lee Soon-sil said, `In North Korea, a face that looks like Kim A-ra is known as a 'flower swallow' face. That's how the girls look like"It made the cast laugh.
Lee Soon-sil argued that `North Korean beauty is like me,' and Jo Su-ah, a North Korean defector-turned-doctor, also said that `In fact, a face like Kim Hyun-sook is popular in North Korea.'
Kim A-ra previously left a strong impression on viewers with her realistic North Korean dialect and acting in the drama 「Crash Landing」.
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