# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jang-yeong-jin
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:53:17.155Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jang-yeong-jin"
name: "Jang Yeong-jin"
slug: "jang-yeong-jin"
description: "Jang Yeong-jin is a writer and the only openly gay North Korean defector."
tagline: "North Korean writer and defector"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1959"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.19
  momentum:             1.52122641509434
  historical:           6.768505333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BC%B5%E8%8B%B1%E9%80%B2"
    title: "張英進"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jang_Yeong-jin"
    title: "Jang Yeong-jin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jang_Yeong-jin"
    title: "Jang Yeong-jin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AF_%DB%8C%D8%A6%D9%88%D9%86%DA%AF_%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "جانگ یئونگ جین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%92_%D7%99%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%92-%D7%92'%D7%99%D7%9F"
    title: "ג'אנג יאונג-ג'ין"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9E%A5%EC%98%81%EC%A7%84_(%EC%9E%91%EA%B0%80)"
    title: "장영진 (작가)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%81%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Чан Ёнджин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106097827"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump