▲ Wisdom Yang and nurturer Lydia Imsand


"Hello, it's wisdom. Nice to meet you."

Yang Ji-hye (9, Vietnamese name Newgen Hung An), who was born under a North Korean parent and forced to go through China and Vietnam, was a bit vague, but he said a calm greeting.

Yang is 10 years old in Korea and celebrates her ninth birthday on the 27th of next month.

A North Korean defector gave birth to herself in China, but she was not immediately remembered because she lost contact, and the father did not know the news since she was arrested by the North Korean authorities.

A couple of American pastors Ernest Imsand, 41, who helped North Korean defectors in North Korea, regretted Kim Yang's hard situation and took care of it since then.

The couple, Mr. Imsand, were the daughters of a Vietnamese couple and even reported a birth of a stomach, helping them pass through China and Vietnam on September 12, 2014.

When asked, "Who is the most grateful person," Kim said, "I don't know exactly, but thank everyone."

Yang is calling and following the pastor's couple as a mother and father, and the pastor's couple is nurturing with the intention of supporting until she can become an adult.

Yang came to Korea through a drama-like process, but when she was too young, there were few concrete images of China and Vietnam.

However, he said, "It's like my home."


When asked, "What is your dream in the future," Kim said, "I want to be a mother, as if she raised me."

He also said, "I like to paint, so I want to be an artist."

We also thanked North Korean defector A (50), who has taken care of himself with the pastor's couple.

"I don't have any relatives, but I'm an aunt," said Kim Yang.

A temporary guardian, Mr. A, will formally become a guardian of Yang Yang.

Mr. A said that North Korean defector Kim's mother, Song Mo, helped when she was unable to give birth in hospital because she was an illegal immigrant in China.

He was also responsible for the postpartum cooking of Mr. Song, and came to Korea with Kim Yang through China and Vietnam.

Mr. A is currently studying multicultural welfare, theology, and unification of North Korea at a university in Korea.

(Photo = Yonhap News)