Young woman defected from North in 2014, and it' s unclear if she went back home willingly to appear in propaganda video
SEOUL, South Korea — Police in South Korea’s capital on Wednesday began investigating how a North Korean woman who defected in 2014 and made South Korean TV appearances ended up back in the North.
The woman known as Lim Ji-hyeon in South Korea had appeared on cable talk shows that aired until April. She left the country earlier this year for China and is the same woman who appeared in a North Korean propaganda video that aired Sunday, said an official from the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency.
Police are planning to track her recent activities and interview her acquaintances, while also trying to determine whether she returned to North Korea willingly or was abducted in China, the police official said. He spoke on condition of anonymity because of office rules.
In the North Korean propaganda video, the woman introduced herself as Jon Hye Song.
