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Hyeonseo Lee and Jieun Baek speak at Asia Society

Hyeonseo Lee, a North Korean defector and author of the book The Girl with Seven Names, and Jieun Baek, a...

Hyeonseo Lee speaks at Perth Writers Festival

Hyeonseo Lee grew up in North Korea. Aged 17, she escaped to China. Twelve years later, she was reunited with...

NYT Op-Ed by Hyeonseo Lee: Life as a North Korean Refugee

SEOUL, South Korea — FOR years, thousands of North Koreans have been sneaking across the border into China to escape...

NYT Q. and A with Hyeonseo Lee

See how this article appeared when it was originally published on NYTimes.com. Hyeonseo Lee, who lived in a North Korean...

Hyeonseo Lee’s Interview with Korea and the World

“Hyeonseo Lee defected from North Korea at the age of 17 and eventually reached Seoul after ten years in China....

Awakening North Korea’s valley of the clueless | Hyeonseo Lee | TEDxBerlin

NYT Op-Ed by Hyeonseo Lee: North Korean Truths

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean defectors can usually tell when other defectors are lying about their past. As a...

Hyeonseo talks with Mike Barnicle on Morning Joe of MSNBC

“North Korean defector Hyeonseo Lee joins Morning Joe and talks with Mike Barnicle about the dictatorship and starvation she experienced...

Hyeonseo talks about North Korea and her book at Frontline Club

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