Up from North Korea

Two brave and inspiring defectors are elected in the South

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Ji Seong-ho

Jean Chung for the Washington Post via Getty Images

Editor’s Note: The below is an expanded version of a piece that appears in the current issue of National Review.

On April 15, South Korea held a parliamentary election. This was in the middle of a pandemic, of course. And turnout was high: 66 percent. This was the highest turnout for a parliamentary election in South Korea since 1992.

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