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Advocacy Group: Torontos HanVoice Support Association

Torontos HanVoice Support Association: The 26-year-old defector is part of a program by Torontos HanVoice Support Association , an advocacy group for North Koreans, to help develop skills in lobbying for change on the international stage, according to The Star. My family and other people are still suffering. I feel it is my responsibility to speak for them and Lee Seong-min came here not just to improve his English, but for a far bigger purpose: learning to be an effective voice for his 24.5 million compatriots living under North Koreas oppressive communist regime. It is so important to learn to communicate with people outside North Korea, said Lee, who fled to South Korea in 2010 after a tumultuous trip through China, Laos and Thailand. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.