North Korean defector Hyeonseo Lee reunited with the man who saved her family
A total stranger helped Hyeonseo Lee pay her mother and brother's way out of jail as they fled from North Korea. Now, four years later,...
A total stranger helped Hyeonseo Lee pay her mother and brother's way out of jail as they fled from North Korea. Now, four years later,...
I met North Korean defector Hyeonseo Lee in Norway at the Oslo Freedom Forum in 2016. The forum brings together activists and dissidents...
Hyeonseo Lee on life in North Korea. An curved arrow pointing right. X LinkedIn Copy Link The letter F. Will Wei Nov 16, 2017
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean defectors can usually tell when other defectors are lying about their past.
The opportunity arose for Hyeonseo Lee to get her mother and brother out, taking them on a long, extremely risky route through China to Laos or Thailand.
North Korean defector Hyeonseo Lee is setting up an NGO to advocate for refugees in China who are vulnerable to physical and sexual abuse.
Hyeonseo Lee was born in North Korea and left for China in 1997. She now lives in South Korea and is an activist for North Korea refugees.
The author of The Girl With Seven Names shares her story of escape and of building a new life and identity in the South.
Now 36, she escaped on foot across the frozen Yalu river into China from her home in North Korea at the age of 17. For the next decade, she...
Join defector Hyeonseo Lee and author Jieun Baek for a discussion about growing up in North Korea, the dangers of defecting, and the resolve to rebuild...
North Korean defector, author (The Girl with Seven Names) and activist; speaks and writes on human rights, refugees and North Korean society.