"Eric Takabayashi" wrote ...
> 
> Japanese news reports would make it seem that the occasional shipload of delayed 
> North Korean sailors (due to shipwreck, or waiting for permission to dock or 
> refueling for the trip home) choose to go home without exception, despite seeing 
> some of the world outside.

Maybe not so unlikely.  There's a lot of concern about growth retardation due to 
poor nutrition in North Korea - a couple of soldiers whose boat was blown into 
South Korea's waters by a storm decided to return because they were intimidated 
by the height of South Korean women.

Now don't do anything awkward like ask for a link because I just went back to 
the site I read it on and I couldn't find the right search terms.