An Hyuk
Appearance
An Hyuk | |
Hangul | 안혁 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | An Hyeok |
McCune–Reischauer | An Hyŏk |
An Hyuk (born 1968) is a North Korean defector. He formerly lived as an expatriate in China, and repatriated to North Korea in 1986; however, he was accused of spying, and imprisoned at the Yodok concentration camp.[1] He escaped from North Korea together with Kang Chol-Hwan, whom he met while interned at Yodok.[2] Along with Kang and Lee Soon-ok, who was imprisoned in Kaechon concentration camp, he received the Democracy Award from the United States' National Endowment for Democracy in July 2003.[1]
Publications
- Kang Chol-hwan; An Hyuk (1993), Template:Asiantitle, Seoul: 향실, ISBN 978-89-85523-01-1, OCLC 29999004
- An Hyuk (1995), Template:Asiantitle, Seoul: 천지미디어, ISBN 978-89-86144-02-4, OCLC 45322350
References
- ^ a b "Three N. Koreans Named Winner of NED's Democracy Award", YON - Yonhap News Agency of Korea, 2003-07-16, retrieved 2010-02-26
- ^ 양정아 (2005-06-15), 부시와 면담, 강철환은 누구인가? 함남 요덕 수용소 출신, 現 <북한민주화운동본부> 공동 대표, Daily NK (in Korean), retrieved 2010-02-26