Kim Tackles North Korea: Countering Aggression, Supporting Defectors, and Securing the Future

Jae Hee Jun was born in a small rural village in South Chungcheong Province called Mongiya shortly before the outbreak of the Korean War. Her father, an elementary school teacher, attended seminary to become a pastor, after which he and his family moved to a small island near Mokpo, South Jeolla Province, a community which Jae Hee remembers fondly. During the Korean War, her father was kidnapped, held captive, and later released by North Korean forces much to the relief of his family, who subseq