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Kim Ji-hae was born in January 1980 in Hyesan, North Korea. Her mother had married a man that her grandmother had picked for her. Unfortunately, she was in love with another man, so the marriage ended in divorce. Her mother’s husband took her as his own daughter and her name was changed to Min-young. This secret was kept from her for many years when her grandmother told her, Min-young resented her stepfather. She had a younger brother named Min-Ho. There were three classes, or “sungbun,” in North Korea. They were classified as loyal, wavering or hostile depending on what the father’s family be...