[3] Kim Sun-ho is a horn player for the Mansoodae Art Company, Pyongyang's state orchestra.

He comes from a well-to-do family in North Korea and is about to marry his sweetheart, War Memorial guide, Lee Yeon-Hwa.

They begin to exchange letters, but when the authorities discover their correspondence, this puts the Kim family in grave danger.

Devastated that he had to leave Yeon-Hwa behind, Sun-ho works hard to save enough money to help her escape North Korea and join him.

But his peaceful life is again disrupted when he learns that Yeon-Hwa has defected to the South, and contrary to what he had heard, she isn't married at all.