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A North Korean defector tells us what life was like under a dictatorship
Opinion | Can we believe all the horrors described by North Korean escapees?
North Korean defector Hyeonseo Lee on escape and the secretive state
Trump failed to fight for human rights: Defector
Opinion | North Korean Truths (Published 2015)
Opinion: Why I fled North Korea
North Korean defector Hyeonseo Lee reunited with the man who saved her family
Freedom, Sanctions and North Korean Ice Cream: Q&A With Defector Hyeonseo Lee
'How I escaped from North Korea' – Hyeonseo Lee's story live
Hyeonseo became one of thousands of defectors to try to escape across the border to China – a dangerous journey that risks being sent to one of North Korea's...
Trump failed to fight for human rights: Defector
Lee Hyeon-seo, a North Korean defector and human rights activist who was invited to the White House last year, expressed disappointment in US President Donald...
Opinion | North Korean Truths (Published 2015)
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean defectors can usually tell when other defectors are lying about their past.
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By Taryana Odayar, Features Editor. The first time I met Hyeonseo Lee, I was struck by what a small and diminutive figure she cut. Dressed all in black,...
A North Korean defector tells us what life was like under a dictatorship
Hyeonseo Lee on life in North Korea. An curved arrow pointing right. X LinkedIn Copy Link The letter F. Will Wei Nov 16, 2017
Opinion | Can we believe all the horrors described by North Korean escapees?
Blaine Harden explores the bitter tales emerging from people who have fled the dictatorship.
Opinion: Why I fled North Korea
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.
North Korean defector Hyeonseo Lee reunited with the man who saved her family
TED speaker Hyeonseo Lee (right) meets Dick Stolp (left), the kind stranger who gave her a wad of cash to help get her family out of jail four years ago.
Freedom, Sanctions and North Korean Ice Cream: Q&A With Defector Hyeonseo Lee
Aged just 17, Hyeonseo Lee crossed the Yalu River from North Korea into China on a whim. After living secretly in China for 10 years,...
North Korean defector Hyeonseo Lee on escape and the secretive state
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...
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North Korean defector, author and advocate for North Korean human rights known for speaking and writing about escape and refugee issues.