The North Korean defectors running as Conservatives in UK local elections
Politics
Timothy Cho and Park Jihyun hope to win seats in Manchester outskirts
Park Jihyun, left, and Timothy Cho escaped from North Korea decades ago and are now running for council seats for the Conservative Party in U.K. local elections. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by AP and Joe Luc Barnes)
LONDON/BURY, U.K. — Timothy Cho recalls the first time he encountered abundance and choice.