North Korea defector Jihyun Park on standing for election in Bury

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Published on May 5, 2021 - Duration: 02:00s

North Korea defector Jihyun Park on standing for election in Bury

In the local elections on 6 May, North Korean defector Jihyun Park is standing for a seat in Bury Council's Moorside ward, where she has lived since 2008 after escaping an unthinkable cycle of torture, imprisonment and human trafficking.She's believed to be the first North Korean to stand for election outside the Korean peninsula, and explained to Yahoo News UK what this means to her.

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