Of all the thousands of candidates standing in the U.K.’s recent local elections, few had a backstory as unique as Jihyun Park.
Escaping North Korea twice under difficult circumstances, and only being let out of prison because the guards didn’t want her to die on their watch, Park eventually became one of the few defectors to settle in the U.K.
Of all the thousands of candidates standing in the U.K.’s recent local elections, few had a backstory as unique as Jihyun Park.
Escaping North Korea twice under difficult circumstances, and only being let out of prison because the guards didn’t want her to die on their watch, Park eventually became one of the few defectors to settle in the U.K.
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