![]() ![]() I thought my life in North Korea was normal, even though when I was seven years old, I saw my first public execution." Her family was not poor, but after the North Korean famine struck in the 1990s, she witnessed much suffering and death. "I grew up singing a song called 'Nothing to Envy'. "When I was young, I thought my country was the best on the planet," Lee explained in her TED talk in February 2013. ![]() Hyeon-seo grew up in Hyesan, North Korea. She escaped from North Korea and later guided her family out of North Korea through China and Laos. ![]() 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, where she is a student. ![]()
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