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'''Lee Ae-ran''' ([[Korean language|Korean]]: 이애란; born 1964) is an activist.<ref name=state>{{cite web|url=https://www.state.gov/s/gwi/programs/iwoc/2010/bio/137496.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113191544/http://www.state.gov/s/gwi/programs/iwoc/2010/bio/137496.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-01-13|title=Dr. Lee Ae-ran, Republic of Korea|publisher=state.gov|accessdate=2014-10-05}}</ref> After her grandparents defected to [[South Korea]], she and her family were sent to a North Korean labor camp.<ref name=state /> She was imprisoned for eight years.<ref name=state /><ref name="ait">{{cite web|url=http://iipdigital.ait.org.tw/st/english/article/2011/05/20110519091211enaj0.364361.html|title=Lee Ae-ran Helps North Koreans Build a Brighter Future {{pipe}} IIP Digital|publisher=iipdigital.ait.org.tw|accessdate=2014-10-05}}</ref> In 1997, she ran away to South Korea after an American relative published a memoir stating that Lee's father was involved in anti-regime efforts.<ref name=state />
'''Lee Ae-ran''' ({{Korean|hangul=이애란}}; born 1964) is an activist.<ref name=state>{{cite web|url=https://www.state.gov/s/gwi/programs/iwoc/2010/bio/137496.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113191544/http://www.state.gov/s/gwi/programs/iwoc/2010/bio/137496.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-01-13|title=Dr. Lee Ae-ran, Republic of Korea|publisher=state.gov|accessdate=2014-10-05}}</ref> After her grandparents defected to [[South Korea]], she and her family were sent to a North Korean labor camp.<ref name=state /> She was imprisoned for eight years.<ref name=state /><ref name="ait">{{cite web|url=http://iipdigital.ait.org.tw/st/english/article/2011/05/20110519091211enaj0.364361.html|title=Lee Ae-ran Helps North Koreans Build a Brighter Future {{pipe}} IIP Digital|publisher=iipdigital.ait.org.tw|accessdate=2014-10-05}}</ref> In 1997, she ran away to South Korea after an American relative published a memoir stating that Lee's father was involved in anti-regime efforts.<ref name=state />


In 2005, she founded the Global Leadership Scholarship Program, which grants North Korean students scholarships to learn English.<ref name=episcopalchurch>{{cite web|url=http://archive.episcopalchurch.org/81803_120929_ENG_HTM.htm|title=Episcopal News Service - DIOCESAN DIGEST|publisher=archive.episcopalchurch.org|accessdate=2014-10-05}}</ref> In 2008, she became the first North Korean defector to run for a seat in the National Assembly.<ref name="google">{{cite book|title=De-Bordering Korea: Tangible and Intangible Legacies of the Sunshine Policy|author1=Gelézeau, V.|author2=De Ceuster, K.|author3=Delissen, A.|date=2013|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=9781136192531|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c5I25t3DrW4C|page=100|accessdate=2014-10-05}}</ref> In 2009, Lee became the first female North Korean defector to earn a doctorate, which she earned from [[Ewha Womans University]] in the subject of food and nutrition.<ref name=wordpress>{{cite web|url=http://mouonekorea.wordpress.com/2012/04/20/in-the-news-north-korean-defectors-emerge-from-periphery/|title=In the News – North Korean defectors emerge from periphery {{pipe}} MOU OneKorea|date=20 April 2012 |publisher=mouonekorea.wordpress.com|accessdate=2014-10-05}}</ref> Also in 2009, she founded the Hana Defector Women's Organization, an NGO that gives North Korean women living in South Korea job training, childcare, educational support, and human rights training.<ref name=episcopalchurch />
In 2005, she founded the Global Leadership Scholarship Program, which grants North Korean students scholarships to learn English.<ref name=episcopalchurch>{{cite web|url=http://archive.episcopalchurch.org/81803_120929_ENG_HTM.htm|title=Episcopal News Service - DIOCESAN DIGEST|publisher=archive.episcopalchurch.org|accessdate=2014-10-05}}</ref> In 2008, she became the first North Korean defector to run for a seat in the National Assembly.<ref name="google">{{cite book|title=De-Bordering Korea: Tangible and Intangible Legacies of the Sunshine Policy|author1=Gelézeau, V.|author2=De Ceuster, K.|author3=Delissen, A.|date=2013|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=9781136192531|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c5I25t3DrW4C|page=100|accessdate=2014-10-05}}</ref> In 2009, Lee became the first female North Korean defector to earn a doctorate, which she earned from [[Ewha Womans University]] in the subject of food and nutrition.<ref name=wordpress>{{cite web|url=http://mouonekorea.wordpress.com/2012/04/20/in-the-news-north-korean-defectors-emerge-from-periphery/|title=In the News – North Korean defectors emerge from periphery {{pipe}} MOU OneKorea|date=20 April 2012 |publisher=mouonekorea.wordpress.com|accessdate=2014-10-05}}</ref> Also in 2009, she founded the Hana Defector Women's Organization, an NGO that gives North Korean women living in South Korea job training, childcare, educational support, and human rights training.<ref name=episcopalchurch />
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Latest revision as of 00:52, 21 March 2024

Lee Ae-ran
Korean name
Hangul
이애란
Revised RomanizationI Aeran
McCune–ReischauerRi Aeran
In this Korean name, the family name is Lee.

Lee Ae-ran (Korean: 이애란; born 1964) is an activist.[1] After her grandparents defected to South Korea, she and her family were sent to a North Korean labor camp.[1] She was imprisoned for eight years.[1][2] In 1997, she ran away to South Korea after an American relative published a memoir stating that Lee's father was involved in anti-regime efforts.[1]

In 2005, she founded the Global Leadership Scholarship Program, which grants North Korean students scholarships to learn English.[3] In 2008, she became the first North Korean defector to run for a seat in the National Assembly.[4] In 2009, Lee became the first female North Korean defector to earn a doctorate, which she earned from Ewha Womans University in the subject of food and nutrition.[5] Also in 2009, she founded the Hana Defector Women's Organization, an NGO that gives North Korean women living in South Korea job training, childcare, educational support, and human rights training.[3]

As of 2012 she is in charge of the North Korean Traditional Food Institute, which gives vocational training to North Korean defectors and tries to bring North and South Korea closer by teaching about the food culture of Pyongyang.[5] Also in 2012, Lee led an 18-day hunger strike in front of the Chinese embassy, against the repatriation of North Korean refugees held in China.[5]

She received a 2010 International Women of Courage award.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Dr. Lee Ae-ran, Republic of Korea". state.gov. Archived from the original on 2012-01-13. Retrieved 2014-10-05.
  2. ^ "Lee Ae-ran Helps North Koreans Build a Brighter Future | IIP Digital". iipdigital.ait.org.tw. Retrieved 2014-10-05.
  3. ^ a b "Episcopal News Service - DIOCESAN DIGEST". archive.episcopalchurch.org. Retrieved 2014-10-05.
  4. ^ Gelézeau, V.; De Ceuster, K.; Delissen, A. (2013). De-Bordering Korea: Tangible and Intangible Legacies of the Sunshine Policy. Taylor & Francis. p. 100. ISBN 9781136192531. Retrieved 2014-10-05.
  5. ^ a b c "In the News – North Korean defectors emerge from periphery | MOU OneKorea". mouonekorea.wordpress.com. 20 April 2012. Retrieved 2014-10-05.
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