Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
Guest of the book fair
Jihyun Park was born in Chongjin, North Korea. She experienced acute poverty, famine, illness, and intimidation. She first escaped at the age of 29. In 2008, after her second escape from North Korea, she was granted asylum seeker status with the help of the UN and moved to Manchester, where she lives with her husband Kwang and three children. She is a politician and a human rights activist. Together with Seh-lynn Chai from South Korea, she wrote the book The Hard Way Out.
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