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How North Korea’s dictator once kidnapped stars to make movies
On March 6, 1983, famed Korean film director Shin Sang-ok was brought to a banquet hall where, as he entered, he was caught off guard by thunderous applause.
As he nervously sought out his host, his eye met another guest — Choi Eun-hee, Korea’s most famous actress, and Shin’s ex-wife.
At first, the pair just stared at each other, not sure what to do or say, until their host, sporting a mischievous grin, broke the ice.
“Well, go ahead and hug each other!
Why are you just standing there?”
The pair embraced, first awkwardly, then emotionally, sinking into each other’s arms. The room erupted into cheers.
Until 10 days prior, Shin had spent years as a prisoner, forced to sit cross-legged and head bowed, completely still, for 16 hours a day, under threat of even harsher punishment if he so much as flinched.
Walking into the banquet room, he hadn’t seen his ex-wife in five years, and was not even certain she was