An Hyuk

An Hyuk (born 1968) is a North Korean defector. He formerly lived as an expatriate in China, and repatriated to North Korea in 1986; however, he was accused of spying, and imprisoned at the Yodok concentration camp.[1] He escaped from North Korea together with Kang Chol-Hwan, whom he met while interned at Yodok.[2] Along with Kang and Lee Soon-ok, who was imprisoned in Kaechon concentration camp, he received the Democracy Award from the United States' National Endowment for Democracy in July 2003.[1]

In this Korean name, the family name is An.
An Hyuk
Hangul
안혁
Hanja
Revised RomanizationAn Hyeok
McCune–ReischauerAn Hyŏk

Publications
  • Kang Chol-hwan; An Hyuk (1993), 대왕의제전 [The King's Festival] (in Korean), Seoul: 향실, ISBN 978-89-85523-01-1, OCLC 29999004
  • An Hyuk (1995), 요덕리스트 [Yodok List] (in Korean), Seoul: 천지미디어, ISBN 978-89-86144-02-4, OCLC 45322350

References
  1. "Three N. Koreans Named Winner of NED's Democracy Award", YON - Yonhap News Agency of Korea, 2003-07-16, retrieved 2010-02-26
  2. 양정아 (2005-06-15), 부시와 면담, 강철환은 누구인가? 함남 요덕 수용소 출신, 現 <북한민주화운동본부> 공동 대표, Daily NK (in Korean), retrieved 2010-02-26


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