Defector-activist Yeonmi Park has refuted accusations against her by North Korean state media in an interview with defector media.

While confirming that those who appeared in the North Korean video are her relatives, Park argued against the video’s claims in an interview published by New Focus on Tuesday.

In the interview she said that her father defected in early October 2007, in opposition to the video’s claim that her father didn’t defect and died of cancer in North Korea.

“There are around 10 defectors in South Korea who used to live with my family. He died while under treatment in China