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Mar 2021
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From North Korea to northern England

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Matt Chorley speaks to Jihyun Park who was tortured and persecuted in North Korea before coming to Britain, where she is now standing in the local elections.

PLUS: Libby Purves and Rachel Sylvester on the weird obsession with violence against women in books and films.


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