A North Korean defector has revealed how she bravely broke out of her country twice only to become a slave in before finally escaping to the West.Jihyun Park, who was born in in 1968, shared how she fled the country when her uncle died of starvation in front of her and her father became ill. She told MailOnline how her father's final wish was for her to save her younger brother and 'leave this country'. Ms Park followed her father's wish and set off on her first attempt to flee North Korea with her brother in the freezing cold on February 18, 1998. Halfway through their journey, they came under attack from North Korean soldiers who opened fire.
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