The Hard Road Out - One Woman's Escape From North Korea

Informationen zum Autor Jihyun Park was born in Chongjin, North Korea, in 1968. She experienced acute poverty, famine, illness, and intimidation. She first escaped at the age of 29. After her second escape from North Korea, with the help of the UN, she was granted asylum seeker status in 2008 and moved to Bury, Greater Manchester, where she lives with her husband Kwang and three children. She has been outreach and project officer at the European Alliance for Human Rights in North Korea and is a human rights activist. Seh-Lynn Chai is South Korean. She divides her time between London, where she lives with her family, and Seoul, where her parents reside. She has a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in French Literature from L’Université Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV) and an MBA from Columbia Business School. After a career in finance at JP Morgan, she is now an active campaigner for peace on the Korean Peninsula and for human rights and has served on the Korean government’s Peaceful Unification Advisory Council. Klappentext The harrowing story of a woman who escaped famine and terror in North Korea, not once but twice. 'A gripping, suspenseful and cathartic memoir that tells a story of pain and perseverance and makes the moral case for asylum.' David Lammy MP Zusammenfassung The harrowing story of a woman who escaped famine and terror in North Korea, not once but twice. ‘A gripping, suspenseful and cathartic memoir that tells a story of pain and perseverance and makes the moral case for asylum.’ David Lammy MP

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Seh-Lynn Chai, Jihyun Park, Jihyun Park Park, Sarah Translated by Baldwin
• Con la collaborazione di: Sarah Baldwin (Traduzione), Baldwin Sarah (Traduzione)
• Editore: Harper Collins Uk
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 22.06.2023
• EAN: 9780008541446
• ISBN: 978-0-00-854144-6
• Dimensioni: 129 mm x 198 mm x 14 mm
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Biografie, autobiografie; China, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Survival, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, Memoirs, HISTORY / Asia / China, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Refugees, Autobiography: historical, political & military, Social issues & processes, True stories of heroism, endurance & survival, True stories of survival of abuse & injustice, North Korea, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Asylum Law, Aiding escape & evasion