In 2009, a little over a decade after she left North Korea at age 18, the opportunity arose for Hyeonseo Lee to get her mother and brother out, taking them on a long, extremely risky route through ...

__Hyeonseo Lee escaped from North Korea—home to one of the most repressive governments in the world—when she was just 17. Then she risked her life to get her family out. You won't forget her story. __ ...

I met North Korean defector Hyeonseo Lee in Norway at the Oslo Freedom Forum in 2016. The forum brings together activists and dissidents from the far corners of the earth to tell their stories, make ...

Escaping North Korea was the easy part. In her memoir, "The Girl With Seven Names," Hyeonseo Lee, as she is called today, takes us on her gripping journey from the Ryanggang Province of North Korea ...

AS A child Hyeonseo Lee was brainwashed into thinking North Korea was the best country in the world. But something didn’t feel right. Each night as North Korea plunged into darkness because of ...

Hyeonseo Lee left North Korea when she was 17. Now 38, she calls the recent meeting between Kim Jong Un and President Moon Jae-in "stunning," and... North Korean Defector Hopes To See Loved Ones Again ...

North Korean defector, activist and author of 'The Girl with Seven Names' Hyeonseo Lee has stressed the significance of Australian Goverment's stronger approach to heinous North Korean human rights ...

Defector-turned-human rights activist will share her dramatic life story in London tonight. Follow our updates here or on Twitter @GuardianNK North Korea is “the best place on the planet” – or that is ...

Hyeonseo Lee is appearing at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, as part of its Human Rights Now strand. In Lee's book The Girl with Seven Names she revealed the incredible story of her escape ...

“The Girl With Seven Names” (William Collins), by Hyeonseo Lee with David John Escaping North Korea was the easy part. In her memoir, “The Girl With Seven Names,” Hyeonseo Lee, as she is called today, ...