Escaping from North Korea in search of freedom | Yeonmi Park | One Young World

I have to give to this because this is not I'm speaking just the people who wants to tell the world what they want see North Korea is an unimaginable country there is only one channel TV there is oh no internet we aren't afraid to sing say we are or think what you want North Korea is only country in the world but ask you two people for making unauthorized international phone calls those Koreans are being terrorized today when I was growing up in North Korea I never saw anything about love stories between men and women no books no songs no press no movies about love stories there is no Romeo and children every story was propaganda to prey on Russia's about the King dictators I was born in 1993 and I was abducted at birth even before I knew the words freedom or human rights North Koreans are desperately seeking and time for freedom at this moment when I was nine years old I saw my friend's mother publicly executed her crown watching a Hollywood movie expressing talked about the greenness of the regime can get three generations of a family imprisoned or executed when I was four years old I was world by my mother not to even whisper toppers and mice couldn't hear me IATA midi I thought the North quintic killer could read my mind my father died in China after we escaped North Korea and I had to bury him after he amis I was 14 years old I couldn't even cry I was afraid to be sent back to North Korea today I skip in North Korea I saw my mother ate the rapes through Chinese broker he targeted in me I was 13 years old there is a saying in North Korea in a week a mother's are strong my mother allowed herself to be raped in order to protect me no screaming refugees about 300,000 are vulnerable in China 70% of your screaming and teenage girls are being victimized sometimes so for as little as $200 we walked across the Kobe desert following your compass and they stopped working we follow the stars to freedom I bet only the stars were with us Mongolia would our freedom moment death or dignity under the knives we were prepared to kill ourselves if we are going to be sent back to North Korea we want you to live as humans people often ask me how can you have North Koreans there are many ways by the way I would like to mention three for now one educate yourself so you can raise awareness about human crisis in North Korea too happen support North Kerala fuses why is trying to escape to freedom three petition China stubble patrician we have to show the lie on the podcast place in the world it isn't just North Korea human rights it's all rights that North Korean dictator's have a fire lady - for seven decades we need a government or on the world put more to put more pressure on China to study situation in particular Chinese delegates of one young world can play your part by speaking up North Korea is indescribable no humans deserve to be oppressed just because of their past place you need we need to focus the last on the vision and more on the people who are being forgotten one young world we are the ones who will make them visible fellow delegates please join me as we make this a global movement to free North Koreans when I was crossing the Gobi Desert scared of time I don't know but in this order killed assume that it is customary to me but you have listened to my story you have a kid thank you very much we're not going to go to the floor today

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Id: ufhKWfPSQOw

Length: 8min 1sec (481 seconds)

Published: Sat Oct 18 2014

Reddit Comments

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It's so sickening that some people will defend the oppression that goes on there. They're enemies, same as the fash and the CEOs.

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ok so N Korea is definitely a shithole, but we have to be careful not to just swallow western propaganda. Often times defectors have enormous financial inducements to embellish and some have been caught exagerrating or flat out lying. See for example here and here