Thae Yong Ho aka Tae Ku-min

Former North Korean diplomat elected lawmaker in South Korea
https://abcnews.go.com/International/north-korean-diplomat-elected-lawmaker-south-korea/story?id=70163962
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    Key points:

    Thae Yong Ho is the first defector from North Korea to be directly-elected to ROK’s National Assembly. His pseudonym, Ku-min, means “saving people.”

    He and fellow defector Ji Seong-ho, a human-rights activist, successfully ran under the banner of opposition conservative United Future Party in the midst of the ruling party’s landslide.

    After watching DESIGNATED SURVIVOR: 60 DAYS, I hope that the social status of defectors improves as a result of voters’ acceptance of these two candidates at the polls.

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