Lee Soon-ok Quotes

Lee Soon-ok is a North Korean defector and the author of Eyes of the Tailless Animals: Prison Memoirs of a North Korean Woman, her account of being falsely accused, tortured, and imprisoned under poor conditions for crimes against the state and her subsequent release from prison and defection from the country. Since leaving North Korea, she has resided in South Korea.

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Lee Soon-ok Quotes

“I appeal to you that every Christian you are in contact with around the world, make freedom of religion in North Korea an issue. Make the situation known, ask them to pray. Keep reminding so that something will happen.”

Interview: Soon Ok Lee https://web.archive.org/web/20071012053528/http://asialink.org.uk/magazine/Interview_Soon_Ok_Lee.html (2003)

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