Evening Edition: North Korean Escapes Torture And Starvation, Now Candidate In British Elections

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🗓️ 5 May 2021

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Jihyun Park escaped from North Korea on two separate occasions while freeing herself from human traffickers and reuniting with a lost son before fleeing to England. Park faced torture and forced labor camps but now becomes the first North Korean defector to stand as a candidate for local elections in the United Kingdom. FOX's Simon Owen spoke to Jihyun Park about the long and dangerous path she faced to get to where she is now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:20.0	Wednesday, May 5th, 2021. I'm Simon Owen. Tonight, the North Korean Defector, running
0:29.6	for election in Britain.
0:31.6	Many people help to us and they spoke to us
0:35.8	welcome to the United Kingdom.
0:37.7	That is a big gift to us in my life.
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0:47.8	I'm in Berry it's a former industrial town in Northern England. The streets here are lined with old red brick houses.
0:58.0	It's also home to a woman originally from North Korea, who hopes to make political history this week
1:04.9	when she runs for election. My name is Geehan Park. I was born in North Korea and
1:11.5	I left North Korea twice and arrived in the UK 2008.
1:17.0	Gichum Park is seeking to become the first North Korean refugee to hold
1:22.0	elected office anywhere outside of the Korean
1:24.7	Peninsula. 13 years after she moved to England having survived not one but
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