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Man who Defected to Escape his Marriage
Jang Yeong-jin defected from North Korea to South Korea in 1997. His reason was highly unusual - he wanted to escape his marriage, though at the time he didn't understand why. It was only when he got to the South that he was introduced to the concept of homosexuality and realised he was gay.
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