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Lim Su-kyung | |
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임수경 | |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| In office 30 May 2012 – 29 May 2016 | |
| Constituency | Proportional Representation №21 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 November 1968 Seoul, South Korea |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Sogang University |
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| Chosŏn'gŭl | 림수경 | ||||||
| Hancha | 林秀卿 | ||||||
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| Hangul | 임수경 | ||||||
| Hanja | 林秀卿 | ||||||
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Lim Su-kyung (also spelled Lim Soo-kyung; Korean: 임수경; born 6 November 1968) is a South Korean activist and politician. She is best known for attending the 13th World Festival of Youth and Students, held in North Korea and praising President of North Korea Kim Il Sung in 1989, without first obtaining travel permission from the South Korean government.[1] She attended the festival representing the student organization Jeondaehyop (전대협), now known as Hanchongryun. Upon her return to South Korea, she was arrested and sentenced to twelve years in prison, later commuted to five years of which she served three.
- ^ Lee Jong-tak (이종탁) (29 September 2009). 이종탁이 만난 사람, 통일의 꽃 임수경 [Interview with Lee Jong-tak, the flower of unification: Lim Su-kyung]. Monthly Kyunghyang (in Korean). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
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