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Lee Hyeon-seo (Korean: 이현서, born January 1980), best known for her book, The Girl with Seven Names, is a North Korean defector and activist who lives in Seoul, South Korea, where she is a student.
As a child growing up in North Korea, Hyeonseo Lee thought her country was "the best on the planet." It wasn't until the famine of the 90s that she began to wonder. She escaped the country at 14, to begin a life in hiding, as a refugee in China.
May 20, 2013 · Hyeonseo Lee escaped from North Korea and helped her family defect with the help of a stranger. She met him again after four years and thanked him for his kindness.
Mar 20, 2013 · As a child growing up in North Korea, Hyeonseo Lee thought her country was "the best on the planet." It wasn't until the famine of the 90s that she began to wonder. She escaped the country at...
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Hyeonseo Lee is an activist and author who escaped from North Korea to China in 1997. She shares her harrowing story of survival and hope at TED, and advocates for the human rights of North Koreans.
North Korean defector, Hyeonseo Lee opens her own life and losses to the world in order to illuminate a human rights tragedy that has for too long rested in...
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Jul 14, 2015 · Hyeonseo Lee: Escape, exile and why she misses North Korea. A high-profile North Korean defector’s surprising revelations about life in the Hermit Kingdom. Zoe McKnight. Lee Hyeon-seo, 33, who...
