SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Shin Dong-hyuk

1982 - Today

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Shin Dong-hyuk (born Shin In Geun, 19 November 1982 or 1980) is a North Korean-born human rights activist. He claims to be the only prisoner to have successfully escaped from a "total-control zone" grade internment camp in North Korea. His biography, Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West, was written with the assistance of former Washington Post journalist Blaine Harden. Shin has given talks to audiences around the world about his life in North Korea's Camp 14 to raise awareness of the situation in North Korean internment and concentration camps and North Korea. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shin Dong-hyuk is the 604th most popular social activist (up from 672nd in 2019), the 122nd most popular biography from North Korea (down from 121st in 2019) and the 6th most popular North Korean Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Shin Dong-hyuk ranks 604 out of 840. Before him are Akira Amano, Mamie Till, Luisa Cuesta, Hu Jia, Salih Mahmoud Osman, and Sylvia Rivera. After him are Anna Aloys Henga, Iqbal Masih, Martin Luther King III, Dolores Huerta, Yelizaveta Chaikina, and Vladimir Kara-Murza.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Shin Dong-hyuk ranks 180. Before him are Dwyane Wade, Cícero Moraes, Nadia Petrova, Marco Borriello, Isabelle Caro, and Robert Schwartzman. After him are Guillermo Coria, Rasmus Paludan, Bobi Wine, Jenny Slate, Yoichi Futori, and Jermain Defoe.

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In North Korea

Among people born in North Korea, Shin Dong-hyuk ranks 125 out of 162. Before him are Li Chan-myung (1947), Kim Ok (1964), Ji Yun-nam (1976), Park Yeon-mi (1993), Han Pil-hwa (1942), and Thae Yong-ho (1962). After him are Choe Son-hui (1964), Hong Yong-jo (1982), Li Bun-hui (1968), Ri Myong-guk (1986), An Kum-ae (1980), and Kim Yong-jun (1983).

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  • Photo of Li Chan-myung

    Li Chan-myung

    SOCCER PLAYER

    1947 - Present

    HPI: 56.20

    Rank: 119

  • Photo of Kim Ok

    Kim Ok

    SOCIAL ACTIVIST

    1964 - Present

    HPI: 55.88

    Rank: 120

  • Photo of Ji Yun-nam

    Ji Yun-nam

    SOCCER PLAYER

    1976 - Present

    HPI: 55.65

    Rank: 121

  • Photo of Park Yeon-mi

    Park Yeon-mi

    WRITER

    1993 - Present

    HPI: 54.79

    Rank: 122

  • Photo of Han Pil-hwa

    Han Pil-hwa

    POLITICIAN

    1942 - Present

    HPI: 54.56

    Rank: 123

  • Photo of Thae Yong-ho

    Thae Yong-ho

    POLITICIAN

    1962 - Present

    HPI: 52.92

    Rank: 124

  • Photo of Shin Dong-hyuk

    Shin Dong-hyuk

    SOCIAL ACTIVIST

    1982 - Present

    HPI: 52.52

    Rank: 125

  • Photo of Choe Son-hui

    Choe Son-hui

    POLITICIAN

    1964 - Present

    HPI: 52.02

    Rank: 126

  • Photo of Hong Yong-jo

    Hong Yong-jo

    SOCCER PLAYER

    1982 - Present

    HPI: 51.87

    Rank: 127

  • Photo of Li Bun-hui

    Li Bun-hui

    TABLE TENNIS PLAYER

    1968 - Present

    HPI: 49.94

    Rank: 128

  • Photo of Ri Myong-guk

    Ri Myong-guk

    SOCCER PLAYER

    1986 - Present

    HPI: 49.79

    Rank: 129

  • Photo of An Kum-ae

    An Kum-ae

    POLITICIAN

    1980 - Present

    HPI: 49.45

    Rank: 130

  • Photo of Kim Yong-jun

    Kim Yong-jun

    SOCCER PLAYER

    1983 - Present

    HPI: 48.89

    Rank: 131

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In North Korea

Among social activists born in North Korea, Shin Dong-hyuk ranks 6. Before him are Kim Hyong-jik (1894), An Jung-geun (1879), Kang Pan-sok (1892), Cho Man-sik (1883), and Kim Ok (1964).

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