Lee Hyeon-seo

In this Korean name, the family name is Lee.
Lee Hyeon-seo
Hyeonseo Lee at the TED2013 conference
Born
Kim Ji-hae

January 1980 (1980-01) (age 46)
Hyesan, Ryanggang Province, North Korea
CitizenshipSouth Korea
Alma materHankuk University of Foreign Studies
OccupationsAuthor
Human Rights Activist
Known forDefection from North Korea

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. She escaped from North Korea and later guided her family out of North Korea through China and Laos.

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