North Korean defector who escaped sex trafficking and torture is standing for local council elections in the UK. Jihyun Park has spent much of her life running from the hermit state's government but now she is putting herself forward as a Tory candidate in Bury, Greater Manchester, where she was settled.
The 52-year-old's journey to the UK included leaving her family behind in North Korea, twice being smuggled across the border into China by human traffickers, serving years in a a hard labour camp and even being sold into the sex trade.
She is believed to be the first person of North Korean descent to stand for office in the UK.Jihyun Park said: "As a child, I didn't know what it meant to have a full stomach because we were always.
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