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A NORTH Korean mum is making history by standing for election as a Tory councillor. Jihyun Park, 52, is the first defector to seek political office outside the Korean peninsula . The mum of three first fled the murderous regime — now headed by Kim Jong-un — after seeing loved ones starve to death. But Mrs Park was sold into slavery in China before being sent back in 1998, thrown into a notorious prison and tortured. When she suffered a horrific leg injury, she was booted out to die outside. Incredibly, Mrs Park escaped again through the mountains and desert in 2004 before the UN rescued her. Now, after settling in Prestwich, Greater Manchester, she hopes to represent Bury council. Mrs Park, a married human rights activist, vows to give “a voice to the voiceless” and said: “British people opened their arms and welcomed me. “I cried tears of happiness because, in North Korea, I didn’t feel welcome, but in the UK they made me feel at home. Most … [Read more...] about North Korean mum makes history by standing for election as Tory councillor

A FOOTBALLER dubbed North Korea's Cristiano Ronaldo has been forced back home after he was accused of breaching UN sanctions. Former Juventus striker Han Kwang-song , 22, who most recently played for Qatari side Al-Duhail, may have been sending much of his £80,000-a-month wages back to Kim Jong-un 's ruthless regime, experts believe. Han, the first North Korean to score in Serie A, was considered a promising young talent and was previously linked with big money moves to Liverpool, Manchester City, Arsenal and Everton. But Al-Duhail has released him from the multimillion-pound contract he signed last year amid a sanctions-busting probe by UN officials. Athletes are not exempt from international rules that stop North Koreans earning money overseas in case it goes to fund Kim's nuclear program. Experts told The Sun it is likely Han would have been forced to send most of his hefty pay packet back to North Korean regime - which would have been in a blatant breach of UN … [Read more...] about North Korean ‘Ronaldo’ once linked to Liverpool accused of ‘funnelling £20k-a-week wage to Kim’s nuke programme’

A NORTH Korean man in full diving gear swam around the heavily fortified border with South Korea to defect. After swimming past the frontier, the man in his 20s crawled through a filthy drain beneath a barbed wire fence , South Korea's military have said. He was spotted after coming ashore in the early hours of the morning and was detained after a three hour hunt. His audacious escape saw him make it across the world’s most dangerous frontier which divides the two Koreas, who are technically still at war with each other. A huge fence separates the countries and the border is bristling with two million mines while North Korean soldiers ordered to shoot-to-kill any defectors. The defector was a civilian who has expressed his flee Kim Jong-un's brutal regime the Joong Ang Daily reports. He wearing a crude diving suit not made of rubber but with a detachable helmet made of metal used by North Korean fishermen. “The man likely swam across the maritime border, came … [Read more...] about North Korean in diving gear swims through filthy drain across heavily defended border to defect to South, military says

A North Korean defector is hoping to make history when she stands as a Conservative candidate in the UK's local elections in May. Jih-yun Park arrived in the country 13 years ago and will be on the Tory ballot in Bury, Greater Manchester . If she were to win in Moorside, which is a marginal ward, she would become the first known North Korean defector to hold political office outside Korea. After managing to make her way to China in 1998, she was eventually caught and returned to North Korea , where she was tortured. The 52-year-old escaped again and arrived in the UK in 2008 without being able to speak any English, but quickly settled into her new life with the help of the surrounding community, which she said gave her "lots of opportunities" and "happiness". Advertisement She told Sky News her ambition to become a local councillor was partly so she could "help residents" and because she wanted to "pay back" people who had given her fresh … [Read more...] about North Korean defector Jih-yun Park hopes to make history as Tory candidate in local elections

The United States has charged three North Korean men with stealing and extorting more than $1.3bn (£940m) from financial institutions and cryptocurrency exchanges around the world. "North Korea's operatives, using keyboards rather than guns, stealing digital wallets of cryptocurrency instead of sacks of cash, are the world's leading 21st century nation-state robbers," said John Demers, the US assistant attorney general. "Simply put, the regime has become a criminal syndicate with a flag, which harnesses its state resources to steal hundreds of millions of dollars," he continued, while unveiling the previously sealed federal indictments. Into The Grey Zone: How cyber is used to attack Listen to "Episode Four: Cyber Power (Part I)". The charges follow a confidential UN report circulated among Security Council members that is believed to have claimed that North Korea had continued to maintain and develop its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes through funding … [Read more...] about US charges North Korean hackers with stealing and extorting more than $1.3bn