Yuna Koo
Appearances
Global News Podcast
Diplomacy gathers pace over war in Ukraine
Yoo Hyuk is actually one of those 30,000 North Korean defectors right now living in South Korea. In this case, what makes him different is that he has been going through a very hard childhood when he was back in North Korea. His parents divorced when he was four, and then he lived with his father and grandmother, but both of them were unable to work.
Global News Podcast
Diplomacy gathers pace over war in Ukraine
So from the age of nine, he had to make his own living.
Global News Podcast
Diplomacy gathers pace over war in Ukraine
His mom, after divorcing, she defected to South Korea earlier. And then she sent a Chinese broker to bring her son to South Korea as well. However, Yoo Hyuk wanted to live with his grandmother and his father. So first time he refused to go to South Korea. However, his mom sent broker for the second time. And this time, his father also persuaded Yoo Hyuk to follow the broker.
Global News Podcast
Diplomacy gathers pace over war in Ukraine
That was when he was 13. Yoo Hyuk didn't set out to become a K-pop idol from the start. really gave him comfort was writing poetry and lyrics because he had been through so much from a young age, unlike many other people. He had this innate fear of sharing his experience and feelings to other people in South Korea because he thought nobody would accept and resonate with his experience.