My SO is Korean and we get this all the time. I don’t even think it’s always a joke, some people just honestly don’t understand how restrictive N. Korea is…

North Korean refugees do exist and even if its more likely to meet a South Korean, wouldn’t it be discrimatory and erasing to just assume all Koreans you meet are from the south?

Especially since South Koreans normally don’t make the distinction of north and south but talk about one Korea. In my expierience, foreign born Korean don’t do this, but Korean born Koreans do.