He fled with his family from their home in Pyongyang, where his family had lived for generations, to South Korea during the night when he was five years old to escape Communism.
Ahn flygtede sammen med sin familie fra deres hjem i Pyongyang, hvor hans familie havde boet i flere generationer, til Sydkorea i løbet af en nat da Ahn var fem år gammel i håb om at undslippe kommunismen.