2 Quotes & Sayings By Kim Inyook
Kim In-yook (b. 1986, South Korea) is a writer known for her memoirs of her life as the daughter of North Korean spies. Kim was born in Seoul in 1986. Her parents, Lim Choong-in and Lee Ok-youl, were North Korean spies who defected during the Cold War. Her father defected to South Korea, while her mother stayed in North Korea
Both parents were recruited by North Korean spies in Japan after graduating from college. Her mother was captured by the Chinese authorities when she escaped to South Korea with her husband during the Korean War, but her father was able to escape to South Korea with his family before being caught by the Chinese authorities. When Kim grew up, she grew close to her father. She spent time living with him and his second wife, where she attended school at the Korean Military Academy before being sent back to South Korea at age 13.
She has written two memoirs about her life as a spy's daughter: The Spy's Daughter (2009) and My Father's Spy (2012).