5 K-Shows That Cast a Spotlight on North Korea

South Korea and North Korea may still technically be in a state of war, but that isn't stopping anyone from making fantastic K-Dramas that deploy North Korean characters and settings.

The drama centers around the unlikely love between a South Korean heiress and a North Korean officer.

An implausible love story in which a South Korean heiress makes an emergency landing in North Korea because of a paragliding accident and a North Korean special officer who falls in love with her.

One day an order comes down from North Korea reactivating former spy Park Hye Rim Bae Jong Ok who has spent decades in South Korea as an ordinary housewife.

While South Korea and North Korea are still technically at war, these fantastic K-dramas will give you a glimpse of the lives of North Koreans and the challenges they face.