Defector from North Korea: Kim Jong Un's rocket scientist is striving for political power - in the South. Next week he will become a South Korean lawmaker, making him only the fourth refugee from authoritarian North Korea to sit in South's democratic legislature.
Park and another refugee, 32-year-old Kim Geum-hyok, have drawn attention to the ambition of young North Korean refugees to strive for a leadership role in South Korean society. They want other younger South Koreans to become interested in reunification, even if the majority of their peers consider it unnecessary.