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...
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...
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean defectors can usually tell when other defectors are lying about their past.
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,...
Hyeonseo Lee on life in North Korea. An curved arrow pointing right. X LinkedIn Copy Link The letter F. Will Wei Nov 16, 2017
Blaine Harden explores the bitter tales emerging from people who have fled the dictatorship.
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.
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.
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,...
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...
North Korean defector, author and advocate for North Korean human rights known for speaking and writing about escape and refugee issues.
