North Korean defector Lim Ji Hyun starred in South Korean TV shows (far left). She resurfaced in the North in a recent video slamming the South.PHOTO: TWITTER ACCOUNT OF NK NEWS.
SEOUL: South Korea is investigating the case of a North Korean defector who became a celebrity refugee in Seoul, but recently appeared on Pyongyang television to claim she had returned home from the "hell" of the capitalist South.
Lim Ji Hyun, a female defector in her 20s, arrived in Seoul in 2014 and soon became a public figure after starring in several South Korean TV shows featuring escapees from the North.
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