Jihyun Park (Korean: 박지현; born 30th July 1968) is a British-Korean Conservative Party politician.
She stood as the Conservative candidate as a councilor for the Moorside ward of Bury Metropolitan Borough Council.
[1] Although she did not win, Park is the first known person of North Korean descent to stand for election in the United Kingdom.
[2] Park was subsequently brought back into the prison camps, where she was forced to work on farms.
[8] In year 2004, she again attempted defection, and eventually escaped from North Korea with help of a local broker through mountainous terrain.