Yeonmi Park: My escape from North Korea

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  • @dku6122
    @dku6122 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5649

    Quote: "This dictator is very strong, but I don't think he is stronger than the truth and the justice."
    Absolutely!!

    • @weedermann
      @weedermann 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You BLINDLY accept and believe with NO CRITICAL THINKING *all* she says.

    • @1ACL
      @1ACL 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      DUMP THE CHUMP TRUMP! Believe your own eyes and ears. When a man shows you who he is, believe it!

    • @dannelleabajar4703
      @dannelleabajar4703 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      D Ku your wrong you dont know whats happening on north korea

    • @estelleschneider9033
      @estelleschneider9033 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@1ACL
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      Taking the bait
      Here is the truth you Will not hear
      You vote for whay he does
      You are not a perfect man either..For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God
      Romans 3:23 KJ
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    • @ronniehicks3258
      @ronniehicks3258 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He's a spoiled, mean greedy little bastard!

  • @kennethwilliams7697
    @kennethwilliams7697 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7413

    She said, "I will never fully understand the concept of freedom." What profound statement! Some of us who were born free don't fully appreciate it either.

    • @filmefurfreunde8617
      @filmefurfreunde8617 4 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      The U.S. and other "free" countries are "free" only for those with money.

    • @pocahontasseguinart7099
      @pocahontasseguinart7099 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Exactly

    • @pocahontasseguinart7099
      @pocahontasseguinart7099 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@filmefurfreunde8617 we are still not free , remember ever sence Covid got worse and worse before around the middle and after the lockdown started , whites were attacking everyone becsyse we wanted justice for what the the police did to the man when he could not breath .that’s not freedom that’s still happening and they hung a man or 2 as well .

    • @pocahontasseguinart7099
      @pocahontasseguinart7099 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @Real DeShawn Stevens I rather live where all Asians live that’s not India and America and North Korea where my ancestors from abs Canada than staying in America with people like Trump . Trump also made the virus’s situation worse for telling everyone not to wear mask abs dumb fools listion and blame China stupidly when Asians are the smartest and they wear mask . I swear a mask and I’m born and live in America and my mom is Jamaican abs we have Chinese in us because the Chinese came to help with the plantation in the fealds and is history that Americans don’t teach and they treated like slaves too .

    • @hellen7964
      @hellen7964 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That was before Corona.

  • @Grapepary
    @Grapepary 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4867

    She used to be in middle class. I can't even imagine what the lowest class is like in North Korea.

    • @nicholasheimann4629
      @nicholasheimann4629 4 ปีที่แล้ว +274

      Farming cabbage that you are not alowed to eat in a prison camp until you die.

    • @aprilpinkelton4385
      @aprilpinkelton4385 4 ปีที่แล้ว +115

      @@nicholasheimann4629 Wow! Could you imagine only living life to survive another day!?!? I know in a sense we all are living life to survive another day but nothing could compare to living in North Korea.

    • @aprilpinkelton4385
      @aprilpinkelton4385 4 ปีที่แล้ว +207

      @@nicholasheimann4629 This is the type of young lady that should be a "celebrity" not a woman like Cardi B. I get it that Cardi is entertainment and I love to be entertained I think we all do. But these are the types of women we should make sure we're teaching our girls about. I know I will be teaching my daughters about this young woman. I

    • @FJB_USA_1ST
      @FJB_USA_1ST 4 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      @@aprilpinkelton4385 Only stupid people emulate or regard Cardi B as a woman who is worth giving time and attention.

    • @shamalakaranjkar9812
      @shamalakaranjkar9812 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nicholasheimann4629 h

  • @intoreality1189
    @intoreality1189 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1038

    “He’s [Kim Jong-un] is very strong, but he’s not stronger than the truth.” - Yeonmi Park

    • @NickAlpha_
      @NickAlpha_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      His job is to create a green line between NATO and China and he is doing it at the expense of these ppl.

    • @kaiw522
      @kaiw522 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Epic quote

    • @SimonAshworthWood
      @SimonAshworthWood 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Exposing #YeonmiPark & other deceptive defectors and dissidents, from #NorthKorea to #Iraq, #China to #Syria
      th-cam.com/video/pJCY7dS7StU/w-d-xo.html

    • @Trolls-Be-like
      @Trolls-Be-like 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@SimonAshworthWood oh look another c..c..p.. paid troll what a surprise. Trying to discredit defectors who speak the truth. KJ MUST BE SCARED. His crimes gaianst humanity are revealed and the regime will pay

    • @Trolls-Be-like
      @Trolls-Be-like 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@surenaanerus7387 ...and another one lol. You are PATHETIC. If you aren't afraid of what she's saying why copy and paste the SAME thing on every video of her speaking? Cowards...

  • @tasscee825
    @tasscee825 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5382

    Worst is even the Chinese takes advantage of those poor runaways.

    • @mimi1o8
      @mimi1o8 4 ปีที่แล้ว +174

      Tashi Lama , exactly , they have no mercy. Explotación is their way.

    • @Anushrisonsurkar
      @Anushrisonsurkar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +346

      Chinese govt are good at taking advantage of anything..full of liers and fakeness

    • @cau1471
      @cau1471 4 ปีที่แล้ว +238

      @@Anushrisonsurkar not just the government unfortunately, Yeon-Mi Parks older sister lived in China in hiding after her escape, and worked for no pay, under threat of being turned into the police (north koreans arent considered refugees in china, so those who escape to china and get caught are sent back and imprisoned)... very sad, I'm just glad they are all reunited and safe now tbh.

    • @dharmendrasinghsolanki3853
      @dharmendrasinghsolanki3853 4 ปีที่แล้ว +108

      You know Tiktok's rating is down because of us(Indian). Chinese products should be banned.

    • @aaf1568
      @aaf1568 4 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      That's because they too are same Communist country. They too ate are killing people and groups because they practice their religion.

  • @LizVerkannt
    @LizVerkannt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10750

    this is so intense.
    I feel ashamed for not beeing grateful everyday.

    • @marlenepaulino6733
      @marlenepaulino6733 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      Me too :(

    • @daney2154
      @daney2154 4 ปีที่แล้ว +140

      Bro your comment just kill me from the inside. I just want to thank God every day for life.

    • @Alex-lk7qy
      @Alex-lk7qy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      Yup. Sad people with freedom and privilege don't notice how great we have it and all the sacrifices it took to obtain all we have

    • @Alex-lk7qy
      @Alex-lk7qy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@SnowdropWood maybe you misread but I didn't say the privilege to be free. But good point. I also mean be grateful because things can easily be worse. Grateful for the sacrifices taken to have what we have

    • @Lisa-RiisarghInJapan
      @Lisa-RiisarghInJapan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      I felt the exact same! We're so lucky to have electricity and hot water. :'(

  • @marimarino6981
    @marimarino6981 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3429

    When did I start thinking that my life was bad???? I realize that I don’t know what a bad life is.

    • @Andrea-ul7cm
      @Andrea-ul7cm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +204

      I want to remind you, while her life is very hard, your feelings and difficulties are also valid. She might have had it much more difficult than us, but everything is relative to us--your problems are worthy of thought as well.

    • @ayaso_fia
      @ayaso_fia 4 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      what you feel may seem smaller than what north korea is like, but yours are just as valuable. a life is a life. just because their life may be worse doesnt mean yours should be invalidated. take care!!

    • @biancacherry7059
      @biancacherry7059 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I realised this also when a girl came to my high school in Australia as a refugee and her entire family had died on the boat while trying to get here with her

    • @hannahhodges9075
      @hannahhodges9075 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I was watching this in disbelief the entire time.
      To say your story is incredibly powerful is an understatement. I’m so thankful for coming across your original channel, which led me here.
      I lost it at the end when they were both saying “I’m free” and how you don’t think you’ll never fully understand the concept of freedom. Using your voice the way you are is the best definition of it. I hope you feel that! Wishing you and your family healing hearts, and a liberated, successful, happy life ahead.

    • @Lorisa25
      @Lorisa25 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      She JUST started a youtube channel. Checker her out. "Voice of North Korea by Yeonmi Park"

  • @_Jai_
    @_Jai_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +970

    When she said: *I actually didn’t care. I was just so hungry.* That BROKE ME.

    • @nicolasramos2170
      @nicolasramos2170 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      I hear you, I just cried like a child.

    • @travelingsober
      @travelingsober 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      She's lying. She and her family never knew hunger in north Korea. She and her mom admit this in videos when she was younger after they moved to South Korea. She was very very wealthy.

    • @nicolasramos2170
      @nicolasramos2170 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@travelingsober I read her book and she says that in the beggining she and her mom lied because she was ashamed about what she had been through so she lied.

    • @travelingsober
      @travelingsober 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@nicolasramos2170 I don't buy it. She and her mom would have had to have been amazing actresses. And how does that happen if you have never even see tv? Also there are photos of her childhood floating around where they are dressed very well and have trendy very expensive bags. You can't fake photos of your childhood looking rich. In fact they showed those childhood photos on one of those old south Korean shows. Her family was wealthy. And yeah she said she and her mom lied on tv also during her Joe Rogan or Jordan Peterson interview.

    • @nicolasramos2170
      @nicolasramos2170 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@travelingsober cool, I didn't know she's been on Joe rogan, I'm gonna watch It, but she says in the book that in the beggining she had a good Life because her family had a good songbun ( i can't remember if that's how it's called) It means that your family line is well seen by the "great leader" she traveled, she's been on Pyonyang to the zoo etc, but they Lost all of that because of the songbun from one of ancestors Just because he owned lands ir somthing like that, after that, they lost everything and her dad had to engage in ilegal activities and etc, It's a long story anyway, you should read the book It is very interesting. Excuse my english I may have written somthing wrong.

  • @hannahkoncsol2681
    @hannahkoncsol2681 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3400

    Hearing her say, "'You can wear jeans. You can watch movies. And you will not be executed or arrested for that.' And I thought wow that's amazing and I'm going to risk my life for that." Sent chills down my spine.

    • @miyolo1383
      @miyolo1383 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      And tears down my cheeks 🥺

    • @linziRyan1965
      @linziRyan1965 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Makes me cry

    • @Giniro_No_Suisei
      @Giniro_No_Suisei 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      And we are here complaining that we are bored... This is a lack of gratefulness for the freedom we have.

    • @surenaanerus7387
      @surenaanerus7387 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      *The market is huge for stories about NK that fit a certain narrative pushed by the imperialists*
      She seems compromised…… a CIA asset? She’s playing the game quite well. If you’re a minority who looks conventionally attractive and says the same talking points, the GOP and institutional right will hire them on the spot.
      There's an article about her from 2014 about her contradictions on the diplomat. Now the excuse made then was, Her language barrier with english. The problem with that statement is she told the same lies in Korean on South Korean TV which baffled the host of the show. The best part is she did a full 180 and when investigated, her real story came out.
      On a South Korean TV show Park Yeonmi told the audience that her family was doing extremely well and that her mother was wearing pants that ‘were all imported from Japan’ and added, ‘My mum even carried around a Chanel bag in North Korea.’
      They didn't ask her to play any role, that's why it was a shocker to the South Korean public, She did a 180 on what they expected. They never propped her up to be privileged, that crap came out of her mouth after she became famous. So doing a 180 and asking your mom on networked TV "Am I really North Korean, these other people seem poor"!!!
      *But after she started being coached by a Seoul-based American anti-DPRK think tank Freedom Factory along with other right wing/pro imperialist Think Tanks / NGO's (Atlas Network, Oslo Freedom Forum, Human Right Fundation, etc) who hired/paid/taught her what kind of horror stories she should tell about the DPRK, her narrative completely changed.* That’s when she started claiming she was so poor that she had to survive eating grass, that she saw dead bodies floating in North Korean rivers (where she previously said to have had fun together with her friends), promoting how she was starved while saying she never was poor? and other gibberish. The host lost his composure and looked confused AF. Then having her mom says "oh those stories of her eating grass ect that never happened." HuH??? was the whole crowd, audience and hosts.
      She then became the media darling for several years and her new narrative turned out to be very lucrative for her.
      I also noticed that she talks a lot of crap about South Korea and says that she moved to America because they were oppressing her there. I think they were just catching on to her BS and she had to try lower hanging fruit -

      To be fair a lot of defectors struggle in South Korea due to discrimination, economic and social problems, etc. a fair amount even want to return to North Korea, and some have. However, I highly doubt Yeonmi faced anything remotely oppressive in South Korea, being a rich girl funded by every alphabet agency in America. It’s likelier that she said something stupid, the South Korean media picked up on it, called her out on her bullshit, and asked her who her CIA handlers are
      South Korea tends to be sympathetic towards North Korean defectors, especially if they are ardently anti-North Korea. However, Yeonmi’s story is so full of holes that the South Koreans do not take her seriously, nor do they respect her. *All she seems to do is make up grandiose stories to get more clickbait, and to promote a neocon agenda,* rather than actually helping North Korean refugees. Other defectors want nothing to do with her, and she has been reduced to making all of her content in English because she knows that no Koreans will ever take her seriously again, and that only Americans will believe anything she says (much like they believed Saddam ground people into burgers with a meat grinder and had nukes pointed at America).
      The money is to good to pass up, even if that means lying and embellishments. She is not the first to sell out, but so much was learned from watching her blatantly lie and try to cry without crying throughout the whole show.
      In a way it's good to have a liar on record when she gets exposed again.

    • @GardenGrownGreens
      @GardenGrownGreens 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@surenaanerus7387 how do you know all of this? if your right then wow i dont know what to say or think. Makes me feel like im ignorant.... America is not a awesome place but im happy to be here. I wonder what is true.... I Believed her other videos which led me to here... I will say i noticed the interviewr seemed to be guiding her or almost promoting her throuhg the whole show. like she was tellin the story but Ms. Park was the one being heard. I can see how well that would work. It would totally make sence too. i Wonder what they are really doing out there right now bec out whole world is rapidly changing right now.... Sucks bec i totally believed her and liked to other videos. I want to believe your wrong but i have to give it to you... You made some very interesting and understandable points. Take care.

  • @marlenepaulino6733
    @marlenepaulino6733 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3570

    The heartbreak a mother has to suffer when her little girl cries and tells her she’s hungry :’( To not be able to feed you children, to me that’s the worst kind of hell.

    • @mssburr
      @mssburr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      Agreed,
      I wish all the soldiers and citizens would finally reach their breaking point.
      Snap and turn on the Kim family..
      And force them out of power...
      throw all of them especially Kim little fat butt
      into the prisons he loved to lock his people in... And feed him the same slop he fed to them.

    • @maddyngo2717
      @maddyngo2717 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I know:(

    • @nicholasjohnson6373
      @nicholasjohnson6373 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Even if she doesn't know the word for what she feels for her daughter. I know that she does love her very much. Even if there are things that must take priority over love. Its still there.

    • @narmayachhantyal643
      @narmayachhantyal643 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yea 100%

    • @annayork4178
      @annayork4178 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@mssburr The sad thing is most of them don't even know how bad they have it

  • @aprilpinkelton4385
    @aprilpinkelton4385 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4950

    This is the type of young woman American girls should be idolizing and looking up to. She is refreshing, intelligent, strong, fierce, brave, etc. I could go on! I am so glad she broke away from the chains! I wish her a long happy, healthy, successful life!

    • @GingerNinja1
      @GingerNinja1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @April Pinkelton
      WELL SAID 👏👏👏

    • @hannahchamberlain2902
      @hannahchamberlain2902 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Absolutely

    • @akedam9297
      @akedam9297 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Yes and meanwhile Paris Hilton’s considered an icon.

    • @Lamirkhanyan818
      @Lamirkhanyan818 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Absolutely. Well spoken. Courage omg. Ugh

    • @yuh1597
      @yuh1597 4 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      Im from america and almost everyone here says they hate their own country and says they arent free and support the BLM but America is the most free country and sooo privileged and no body is opressed and they think they arent bc they are blinded by media

  • @Hs000_00
    @Hs000_00 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1450

    I love this lady interviewer. She is so kind, compassionate and respectful towards Yeonmi.

    • @unknown-wc8qx
      @unknown-wc8qx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      they fact that she made everyone clap for yeonmis mum and sister 🥺

    • @Orion22810
      @Orion22810 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      @@unknown-wc8qx
      Also, she was constantly holding Yeonmi's hands when she was crying/ emotional!🥺

    • @Sh0sh0ne76
      @Sh0sh0ne76 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      No worries, she'll never understand or experience a single second of her nightmare.

    • @oxidationreductionpotentia4949
      @oxidationreductionpotentia4949 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The ending was a mockery tho

    • @luit361
      @luit361 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      She is the chief international correspondent of BBC and probably has the most experience of reporting from the most violent areas in world

  • @sparklecap7470
    @sparklecap7470 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4304

    That women in the red is so amazing for making her feel so happy and telling her she’s strong

    • @lissamcbride8214
      @lissamcbride8214 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Hello sparkle, you seem like a nice young person but in need of adult help distinguishing between a nice lady in a red jacket and an inept interviewer who could have done so much more for the interested, empathetic, listening audience. I find it gently amusing that you saw the nice lady in the red jacket amazing while I caught my dumb self yelling at her to shut-up. Ain't I funny. For starters the nice lady in the red jacket talks too much; that means she uses far too many words Sparkle, to coax a simple answer. Additionally she fails to assist this delicate and scarred young woman in telling her horrendous story. So many times the listening audience needed help translating the simple, tearful anxious words pouring forth that were softly clouded with an inadvertent accent so as to be indiscernible. In other words dear Sparkle, we had trouble understanding all of it and we needed help but none was forthcoming. Now, don't get upset with me, as we both agree that this nice lady in the red jacket is genuinely concerned , thoughtful, caring, etc,etc. But she ain't what we need right now. So stop it with the misplaced adulation. I suspect you thought the subject a delicate one as did I and everyone else . The idea here is for you to learn to distinguish between what is sweet and what is RIGHT. I get tired of trying to help so many misplaced feelings types as I'm sure they grow tired of me, Funny ain't it. Oh well, life is fun that way. Listen up Sparkle. I suspect the nice lady in the red jacket has the same interviewing style for any western pop video star. How nice, sweet and quaint. If you're reading through this sarcasm sparkle you're starting to understand my failure to share your feelings of amazement, your words not mine, about the nice lady in the red jacket. Hope this finds you somehow or some gentle soul tells you I've written. Have a nice life Sparkle. Love you. Write anytime for additional help. love, love, love.

    • @deskfanman8310
      @deskfanman8310 5 ปีที่แล้ว +171

      Lissa McBride calm tf down it was a simple comment, no need to reply with a whole f*cking book...

    • @pierresursock6000
      @pierresursock6000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Pinoy Pilot lmfaoo right

    • @Hannah-rs5ch
      @Hannah-rs5ch 5 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      @@lissamcbride8214 Bloody hell, could you be any more condescending? You're both entitled to your own opinions. As much as you may hate to hear it, hers is just as valid as yours and just as correct.

    • @majestaec5018
      @majestaec5018 5 ปีที่แล้ว +101

      Lissa McBride “Talking too much.” Lissa, sweetheart, you’re doing the exact same thing.

  • @jenh.6882
    @jenh.6882 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1937

    Because of the pandemic, I’ve become so ungrateful, feeling tired of being at my house all the time yet everything I own and live in North Koreans couldn’t even dream of which opens my eyes to realize that everyday and everything is a blessing

    • @tulayamalavenapi4028
      @tulayamalavenapi4028 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      That's beautiful.
      Yeon-mi is an angel heroine.

    • @Tatt17
      @Tatt17 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Good I’m glad she shook some sense into your head

    • @Neilleber
      @Neilleber 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Well said. Bless u

    • @nn7303
      @nn7303 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      G L shut up stop trying to turn someone’s learning experience into a way to push YOUR political conspiracy theories

    • @yepthatisme6201
      @yepthatisme6201 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@nn7303 How many North Koreans took their leaders at face value and live how they live now? I love how you can see the BS behind a movement and yet call people that point it out a Conspiracy Theorist.

  • @wilsonmorden1650
    @wilsonmorden1650 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1363

    I can't believe how fluent she is in speaking English despite of her unspeakable journey.

    • @imsuchafunnyjokesta5381
      @imsuchafunnyjokesta5381 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      "His" ???

    • @wilsonmorden1650
      @wilsonmorden1650 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@imsuchafunnyjokesta5381 I guess you're pinoy

    • @imsuchafunnyjokesta5381
      @imsuchafunnyjokesta5381 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@wilsonmorden1650 don't know what a pinoy is but thanks

    • @miisoma
      @miisoma 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@imsuchafunnyjokesta5381 .......

    • @demef758
      @demef758 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Yes, to be so young and so fluent in English, a very difficult language to learn. Incredibly impressive young woman indeed.

  • @MaddyIntravia
    @MaddyIntravia 3 ปีที่แล้ว +178

    Omfg I BROKE seeing her cry after looking at the picture of Kim Jong Un, saying he is not a joke. He is killing 25 million North Koreans 😥😥😥😭 GOD BLESS HER BEAUTIFUL BRAVERY & SOUL. PLEASE LORD, GUIDE HER PEOPLE TO FREEDOM 🙏🏻❤❤😞

    • @analizationnation4482
      @analizationnation4482 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Amen 🙏🏽😭

    • @oxidationreductionpotentia4949
      @oxidationreductionpotentia4949 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Wasn’t it rude to show him for dramatic effects. Maybe it’s just me

    • @Noor-gf6zi
      @Noor-gf6zi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That his hair isn't funny and that it doesnt matter if he is fat or not 😥😥😥😥😥 I can totally understand why laughing at him hurts her, because it takes away the focus on how viscious he is 😔😔😔, I sobbed and sobbed at that part

    • @surenaanerus7387
      @surenaanerus7387 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      *The market is huge for stories about NK that fit a certain narrative pushed by the imperialists*
      She seems compromised…… a CIA asset? She’s playing the game quite well. If you’re a minority who looks conventionally attractive and says the same talking points, the GOP and institutional right will hire them on the spot.
      There's an article about her from 2014 about her contradictions on the diplomat. Now the excuse made then was, Her language barrier with english. The problem with that statement is she told the same lies in Korean on South Korean TV which baffled the host of the show. The best part is she did a full 180 and when investigated, her real story came out.
      On a South Korean TV show Park Yeonmi told the audience that her family was doing extremely well and that her mother was wearing pants that ‘were all imported from Japan’ and added, ‘My mum even carried around a Chanel bag in North Korea.’
      They didn't ask her to play any role, that's why it was a shocker to the South Korean public, She did a 180 on what they expected. They never propped her up to be privileged, that crap came out of her mouth after she became famous. So doing a 180 and asking your mom on networked TV "Am I really North Korean, these other people seem poor"!!!
      *But after she started being coached by a Seoul-based American anti-DPRK think tank Freedom Factory along with other right wing/pro imperialist Think Tanks / NGO's (Atlas Network, Oslo Freedom Forum, Human Right Fundation, etc) who hired/paid/taught her what kind of horror stories she should tell about the DPRK, her narrative completely changed.* That’s when she started claiming she was so poor that she had to survive eating grass, that she saw dead bodies floating in North Korean rivers (where she previously said to have had fun together with her friends), promoting how she was starved while saying she never was poor? and other gibberish. The host lost his composure and looked confused AF. Then having her mom says "oh those stories of her eating grass ect that never happened." HuH??? was the whole crowd, audience and hosts.
      She then became the media darling for several years and her new narrative turned out to be very lucrative for her.
      I also noticed that she talks a lot of crap about South Korea and says that she moved to America because they were oppressing her there. I think they were just catching on to her BS and she had to try lower hanging fruit -

      To be fair a lot of defectors struggle in South Korea due to discrimination, economic and social problems, etc. a fair amount even want to return to North Korea, and some have. However, I highly doubt Yeonmi faced anything remotely oppressive in South Korea, being a rich girl funded by every alphabet agency in America. It’s likelier that she said something stupid, the South Korean media picked up on it, called her out on her bullshit, and asked her who her CIA handlers are
      South Korea tends to be sympathetic towards North Korean defectors, especially if they are ardently anti-North Korea. However, Yeonmi’s story is so full of holes that the South Koreans do not take her seriously, nor do they respect her. *All she seems to do is make up grandiose stories to get more clickbait, and to promote a neocon agenda,* rather than actually helping North Korean refugees. Other defectors want nothing to do with her, and she has been reduced to making all of her content in English because she knows that no Koreans will ever take her seriously again, and that only Americans will believe anything she says (much like they believed Saddam ground people into burgers with a meat grinder and had nukes pointed at America).
      The money is to good to pass up, even if that means lying and embellishments. She is not the first to sell out, but so much was learned from watching her blatantly lie and try to cry without crying throughout the whole show.
      In a way it's good to have a liar on record when she gets exposed again.

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  • @KathwithaK
    @KathwithaK 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2637

    Damn, what she said about him being a joke to us. I never even thought about it that way

    • @Derrickg987
      @Derrickg987 4 ปีที่แล้ว +180

      and the way she said it as well. From the stories i hear, he certainly is no joke

    • @jerimow8400
      @jerimow8400 4 ปีที่แล้ว +182

      That got me to. I feel ashamed of myself.

    • @rjkbuny
      @rjkbuny 4 ปีที่แล้ว +187

      Can't agree more. I saw a video on North Koreans reviewing memes about him, and they were all like, I don't get why it's funny. But I wonder if part of that is from feeling like we can't do anything about this horrible person, so we end up making fun of him to make us feel better.

    • @jerimow8400
      @jerimow8400 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      rjkbuny Good point and very insightful!

    • @imani8356
      @imani8356 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Rachel Bronke “dear leader” is his title just like “president” is

  • @leonardol2051
    @leonardol2051 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1251

    it's the "i saw the toilet paper with flowers and fragrance and thought I can't use it for that, so I wrapped it and stored it", for me. 😭😭

    • @esmepersis351
      @esmepersis351 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      same :(

    • @tulipmars
      @tulipmars 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Leonardo L fr! we need to be more appreciative of the small things we have :(

    • @lisalu910
      @lisalu910 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I think she was saying she "stole" it in her charming Korean accent!

    • @cm-yu6gu
      @cm-yu6gu 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I have never ever ever been to an airport with patterned fragranced toilet paper, and I have traveled alot
      Even through Seoul airport

    • @cm-yu6gu
      @cm-yu6gu 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      And also is she trying to tell us she then didn't wipe at all..

  • @imapandaperson
    @imapandaperson 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3023

    I met her, she came to my college to speak and I got to shake her hand
    she's a wonderful person, and she carries a huge amount of pain. I remember her talking a little about getting flashbacks of her mother's rape (esp memories of the expression of the man's eyes as he did it), but she's in therapy and working hard to heal
    on top of that she's working to get a criminal justice degree, and has built a name and a vocal platform to help those still in North Korea
    truly inspiring

    • @nehathakur2516
      @nehathakur2516 7 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      imapandaperson 😥😥😥 her mom was raped omg ...ppl lvng in hell dre its really sad and heartbreaking

    • @karategirl8685
      @karategirl8685 7 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Truly u r lucky to meet a person like her

    • @Lyn4817
      @Lyn4817 7 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      imapandaperson Getting the education she is getting, she obviously intend to attempt to help her own people. Just surviving has made her a remarkable young woman. As long as she does it the right way and remains safe. The public awareness that she is creating, working with as many people as possible to become aware of the hardships within her country is remarkable and even dangerous to her safety and welfare.

    • @numba7549
      @numba7549 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Zieke abadar

    • @ascendingneet2263
      @ascendingneet2263 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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  • @rosebencosme0319
    @rosebencosme0319 3 ปีที่แล้ว +570

    “We don’t have the luxury to like anything else but surviving.”
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  • @tiad2125
    @tiad2125 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1245

    For people in China to take advantage of people who just escaped being in a slave form of living..and use them for slaves, when they in the past were used as slaves is absolutely disgusting! Slavery in general is one of the worst things a human can do...but to take advantage of them in that extremely vulnerable state breaks my heart!

    • @Beandal
      @Beandal 4 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      I was shocked when I read about the treatment North Koreans had to endure when they got away from their hellish country.... slavery, sexual abuse, violence, discrimination etc. If only those who got away would be treated with kindness and would receive the help they need.

    • @tiad2125
      @tiad2125 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@Beandal I seen one short documentary about a lady and group who help people that want to escape North Korea and they actually help them and get people things they need and some little extras people want like face mask or nail polish

    • @Jade45224
      @Jade45224 4 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      Plus, if Chinese authorities find someone from North Korea who escaped, they bring them right back to North Korea, where they are tortured and put into either concentration or labor camps, depending on their “crime”. The treatment of women in particular in the interrogation process is horrendous. Sadly, many of the North Korean refugees living in China are women, who were forced to flee in order to work as a prostitute or labor worker in China so they can support their family in North Korea. And it is not easy to be a hiding North Korean refugee in China, as Chinese officials are constantly checking IDs and whether or not someone speaks Chinese. I cannot BELIEVE that both North Korea and China have been allowed to get away with this for years now.

    • @Jade45224
      @Jade45224 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      If you’re interested, the woman in this video (Yeonmi Park) actually has a TH-cam channel called “Voice of North Korea” - she covers everything to do with North Korea, would highly recommend looking into it. People really need to educate themselves on this topic - let’s make this so mainstream that people must listen.

    • @tiad2125
      @tiad2125 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@Jade45224 I watch a clip of a woman who has a TH-cam channel that is a defector of North Korea(that's what she refers to herself as) that escaped from her village that was right across the water from China. She said right when her and her family got over there the men who helped them assaulted her mother and then sold them to farmers, her dad passed away and she had to sneak to bury him at 3 or 4 am alone @13, then she had to eventually sell her own mother(the mother told her to do it) to someone else to get money to cross into another country and go in front of their government with a knife saying if they sent her back she would take her own life right there so they gave her refuge and then she went to Canada and then into the US and has gotten back in contact with her mother recently. She shares alot of her stories on her TH-cam...it absolutely disgusting there are things like this going on in the world, but really makes me appreciate the life I've had, and want to help people in positions like theres where ever they are!

  • @kaiseix
    @kaiseix 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2854

    Yeonmi is a SURVIVOR not a VICTIM. She's a warrior and so is the rest of her family, and all of the citizens living in North Korea who are brave and strong every day even under their oppressive regime.

    • @superbenbenhahaha
      @superbenbenhahaha 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      +Bee she's a bitch that's what she is

    • @kaiseix
      @kaiseix 8 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      God Nice troll account. Pretty clever.

    • @orangepeech1952
      @orangepeech1952 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      +God fucking think

    • @JP-wx6uh
      @JP-wx6uh 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      +Bee Don't forget, her family was also equally corrupt. She's merely trying to get revenge because her family lost their privileges. If her father was never imprisoned, she would still be living a privileged life in the hermit kingdom of North Korea. And some people are just listening to her b.s., despite the MANY inconsistencies in her stories. Remember one thing... people of privilege will do anything to maintain that lifestyle. Why do you think her dad became so wealthy from the underground business? Some people are unable to look carefully, because they have never lived in Asia nor understand the culture. Do you understand how much psychological counseling North Korean defectors usually must go through once they are in South Korea? This girl just happens to be well-educated because of her former social status in the DPRK, and she can communicate. Even she admits that she doesn't know what "love" means. She is a classic example of a master manipulator. She was "so poor", but somehow she can wear name brand clothes and study a masters in the US as a non-resident (which means she will pay 2.5 to 3 times the tuition in American universities). North Korea is an oppressive regime. This is a fact. But please understand, the elite class of North Korea have a very privileged life with plenty of food, name brand clothes, wealth, etc. You think she would be here doing all these things now if her father had never gone to prison in North Korea? Please don't lie to yourself.

    • @gimmi1reasonhazel422
      @gimmi1reasonhazel422 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      fyi foreigners come to the u.s.a and attend college for free and the middle and poorer classes taxes pay for it and as citizens we have to pay tuitions that take a life time to repay. as for the rest of her story I can not say. I do know that the few that have escaped have suffered aweful atrocities. others stories I've seen are different than hers and their eyes and body language are extremely different.

  • @Jesuslovesme137
    @Jesuslovesme137 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3048

    I couldn't stop crying, she's such a brave woman.

    • @champagnethebest7532
      @champagnethebest7532 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Right I can’t believe they treat her like that and she’s still standing

    • @linziRyan1965
      @linziRyan1965 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I have been watching her videos lately I am absolutely in love with her 💕 brave beautiful angel

    • @Lorisa25
      @Lorisa25 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      She JUST started a youtube channel. Checker her out. "Voice of North Korea by Yeonmi Park"

    • @twincherry4958
      @twincherry4958 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Shoot...I'm crying too. Omg!

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      @elfdzzkw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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  • @haleyt3754
    @haleyt3754 3 ปีที่แล้ว +230

    Kills me she said they’re not taught about love, but their family showed each other the most love during this hard time. I’m so proud of her and her family

    • @dl1747
      @dl1747 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      She said that there isn't even a word in North Korean for love or liberty or free

    • @dariang4725
      @dariang4725 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      This is such an egregious lie. The exact type of lie that makes what she says so unbelievable. You can find our that's not true with a simple Google search.
      My god can you hear yourself? You understand in order for that to be the case the regime would have go kill everyone who knows the word love, and then remove it from the dictionary...
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  • @BradCooney
    @BradCooney 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2606

    I admire this young woman to no end.

    • @phuonguyenvu9957
      @phuonguyenvu9957 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      She lied I sue about that

    • @wejdenboukrain5850
      @wejdenboukrain5850 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      why dont we made a h tag about these broblematique

    • @undisclosedaddresss
      @undisclosedaddresss 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      +phuong uyen Vu snowflake - you lied

    • @Tipticklerrr
      @Tipticklerrr 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Brad Cooney she's beautiful 😍😍

    • @MyJudyKim
      @MyJudyKim 7 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      she is telling true & experienced stories from North Korea.

  • @Sarahr98998
    @Sarahr98998 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1524

    "I'm hungry, Mom." That just broke me.

    • @emdadulhoque7780
      @emdadulhoque7780 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Fuck u

    • @emilyxu5563
      @emilyxu5563 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Sarahr98998 I’m always hungry. If I was North Korean, I’d be dead. I think it’s Chinese genes.

    • @huntercarr2805
      @huntercarr2805 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sarahr98998 me too

    • @Priyanshikaurav1975
      @Priyanshikaurav1975 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@emdadulhoque7780 why ❓

    • @twb_luis915
      @twb_luis915 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This isn’t funny sarah.

  • @bonelessbooks9263
    @bonelessbooks9263 6 ปีที่แล้ว +571

    "He's very strong, but I don't think he's stronger than truth and justice." Chills.

  • @venus6304
    @venus6304 3 ปีที่แล้ว +315

    She brings a new meaning to the word "thank you". You could just feel how much she means it. It's not just an act of being polite, she's just so so grateful to be free. Freedom means so much more than what we think it means.

  • @poamlevi8615
    @poamlevi8615 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2233

    Let her be the next president of NK instead of kimjong un so that people in NK will survive brighter future

    • @debashishbehera933
      @debashishbehera933 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Poam Levi ...nice

    • @beasanguino2824
      @beasanguino2824 7 ปีที่แล้ว +136

      The problem is than Kim is not a president,he’s a dictator. If no one stops his family and him,democracy won’t be possible.

    • @zamzemdarine6056
      @zamzemdarine6056 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      that's a great idea. But they won't let her 'cause kim jong un is so strong ; and if they will let her be a president in stead of him the 3rd world war. I hope that we will hapen some day.

    • @lebanon5588
      @lebanon5588 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Poam Levi true ^^^^

    • @kopeter5944
      @kopeter5944 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Poam Levi she would get shot if she went back

  • @richellemarbano9900
    @richellemarbano9900 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2053

    I couldn’t stop crying imagining all the worst experiences she had at a very early stage of life. You are a true brave person Yeonmi!

    • @ErikROKonly
      @ErikROKonly 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Watching at work, I started to shed some tears as well. Can you imagine the pandemic over there?

    • @aprilpinkelton4385
      @aprilpinkelton4385 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      My heart has and always will go out to the North Korean community. I don't understand nor will I ever understand why all of the other countries can't band together and help the ppl of North Korea. I just don't get it.

    • @aprilpinkelton4385
      @aprilpinkelton4385 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I know there are a lot of countries experience horrible living conditions and I pray for those as well. Even America isn't as great as ppl think but it's nowhere near as bad as North Korea.

    • @Lorisa25
      @Lorisa25 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      She JUST started a youtube channel. Checker her out. "Voice of North Korea by Yeonmi Park"

    • @liberatomartin9342
      @liberatomartin9342 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ĺĺĺ

  • @tiffanygreen7115
    @tiffanygreen7115 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1416

    It's terrible that she has to say that "this is not a joke". That absolutely broke my heart. She is so desperate for people to know the horrors that are going on in her country. The things that she had to endure on a daily basis just to survive makes me realize how ungrateful I am most days and the freedom I take for granted.

    • @davecarsley8773
      @davecarsley8773 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Freedom is not the default state. If you are the person in your profile picture, you look young. You'd damn well start speaking out against compelled speech and cancel culture, and quickly. Freedom can be gone in a generation. North Korea was free in your grandmother's childhood.

    • @AnnaLVajda
      @AnnaLVajda 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      There are sex slaves and abuse victims in North America too. I think NK is just an example of how bad it can get when people are just conditioned to socially accept things as normal and we are on our way to that I think.

    • @TwoBs
      @TwoBs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@AnnaLVajda You’re right.
      We’ve become so conditioned to have the mindset of “it’s not happening to me, but life is cruel and there’s not much I can do about it”. We continue thinking that we alone can’t do anything, ignoring the power the people have when they actually come together and speak against something. Instead, we put that energy towards banning mean words and hounding people for misgendering someone, all while we double down and continue ignoring the big things that take away basic human rights because it’s not happening to us personally….
      However, it can and will gradually get worse and worse the more people continue to dig their heels into the ground and believe the comforts and freedoms we have now will be forever instead of actually being temporary. We’ll continue to double down with that very same thought process of “but I’M not affected by it, so that means it’s not that big of an issue”. Before we know it, we’ll be in those same positions that evil is done to wishing we had someone speaking up for _us_ much like how we could’ve done for others and ourselves long before letting it get this far.
      The thing is, no one does….because others continue the pattern of “it’s not happening to me, but that’s just how cruel life is and there’s nothing that I can personally do about it”.
      It’s a horrible mindset and could easily be changed if people stopped taking what they have for granted and and saw the bigger picture *outside* of their bubble, especially Western countries - need to see things beyond race, gender, sexuality, rich vs poor, etc. None of that is going to matter one single bit when you’re under the rule of a dictator who can comfortably discard you like trash and can easily see you as nothing more than a mere worker who doesn’t even deserve the basic freedoms or rights.
      To see so many right now in a first world country cheer on the idea of censoring “bad words”, arresting people for “misgendering”, calling for segregated schools and spaces because “white bad”, applauding when corporations take part in political schemes and exchange money for quid pro quo because “they said and did the thing that I agree with!”, are eager to tell on anyone to a higher authority if it means they’re dealt with like the “scum” they’re made to be, cutting out family over politics, and encouraging the idea of giving socialism/communism a shot…. it’s honestly just sad.

    • @AngeliqueTraveler
      @AngeliqueTraveler 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      This is what a true hero sounds like. She’s not doing it for cameras. She is in her own way sacrificing her life to help her people.

    • @nubianfx
      @nubianfx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I actually had to look away there. I feel so guilty that we have the luxury of seeing him as this delusional, cheese loving clown. But hes dangerous..and a mass murder and nothing is funny whatsoever

  • @TheRealHerbaSchmurba
    @TheRealHerbaSchmurba 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    You can tell that she has a bulletproof mind. Her perception is empowering.

  • @paranzsan2321
    @paranzsan2321 5 ปีที่แล้ว +421

    Forget storming area 51 lets storm north korea instead

  • @AP-nu7hb
    @AP-nu7hb 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3168

    Im born in free India..we have always been taught about how our freedom fighters struggled sacrificing their lives for our freedom..but i never truly realized the importance of freedom until i heard you today..it makes me respect my country's freedom fighters even more had it not been for them i would not have been here writing this comment❤️😢 i sincerely hope that north koreans too will definitely attain their freedom soon❤️🙏 truly inspiring ❤️

    • @AhelisCraftcreatures
      @AhelisCraftcreatures 5 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      You r right.... Nd i m also from india

    • @kiranmayipulipaka1204
      @kiranmayipulipaka1204 5 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      I love my INDIA. Thank god I am born here.

    • @deekshasaxena4674
      @deekshasaxena4674 5 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      I born in India as well and I'm really grateful for this ..

    • @sreedevibt7671
      @sreedevibt7671 5 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      Wat abt freedom of women.. still not ... defined... fed up with patriarchy 😐

    • @kimtaehyung7027
      @kimtaehyung7027 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@sreedevibt7671 exactly

  • @ankitbisht8981
    @ankitbisht8981 5 ปีที่แล้ว +147

    Even after all these years..you could she’s terrified of Kim Jong Un...The moment she sees his picture she just broke in fear...She’s absolutely right when she says”he’s not a joke..his regime is not a joke”..
    God bless North Koreans...

    • @RomyArg30
      @RomyArg30 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      yes it's call PTSD

  • @sandraandrew763
    @sandraandrew763 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    The BASIC things we take for granted, she didn’t even know existed. Her humility is heart warming, and the horrors she and her family endured had me literally crying. Yeonmi Park you’re very #Brave and #Strong!!! I wish you all the best life has to offer!

  • @enriloni
    @enriloni 4 ปีที่แล้ว +706

    This isn't the worst. The worst is that there are many more people like her in north korea who are going through this hell. I want to do something good for these people.

    • @Noname-ye1vg
      @Noname-ye1vg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      But these people in North Korea are indoctrinated in that "dear leader" ideology from beginning of their life and regime promoting their 'kindness' is everywhere around them, so I guess they don't know for better life outside NK :(

    • @maxlee6986
      @maxlee6986 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      communism must be exterminated

    • @thelyricologist9568
      @thelyricologist9568 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@maxlee6986 What is in North Korea (and what used to be in the former Soviet Union and in Eastern Block countries) is not even remotely close to communism.

    • @maxlee6986
      @maxlee6986 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@thelyricologist9568 You are partly right, communism is an idea sounds wonderful but will eventually leads to a twisted evil cult.

    • @davecarsley8773
      @davecarsley8773 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@thelyricologist9568 You are an idiot. The woman on the stage who actually lived there and was made to praise the "communist revolutionary dear leader" every morning in school calls North Korea communist. But you, the dumb middle class free white person in the TH-cam comment section, knows what communism is and isn't better than someone who actually lived under it?
      Get off TH-cam and go read some books, idiot.

  • @mackenziekarsonovich1073
    @mackenziekarsonovich1073 4 ปีที่แล้ว +786

    She said her journey wasn’t that of a hero’s, but I’d argue otherwise. She and her family are so brave I can’t even fathom it. I can’t imagine what it felt like seeing the outside world and experiencing so much for the first time.

    • @tulayamalavenapi4028
      @tulayamalavenapi4028 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      😭😭😭😭 🤧🙏🏻🙏🏻
      The only little thing wrong with "hero" is that it's male. YEON-MI is a HEROINE, and and the world seeing her tragic but triumphant escape.
      The world is seeing her tears and hearing her honesty and simplicity, just to be able to survive and eat and not be hungry.
      😭🙏🏻🙏🏻😭🙏🏼🙏🏻😓

  • @kingalpha4755
    @kingalpha4755 6 ปีที่แล้ว +706

    Can This Woman Be a Presidential Of North Korea
    And Bring The People Independent and Not Communist

    • @fathima_6_5_7
      @fathima_6_5_7 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      No.. there will be only one candidate in ballet paper

    • @jenshokz
      @jenshokz 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      King Alpha 475 gdggggdgydydggdgd

    • @loveacrossthesaltdesert6055
      @loveacrossthesaltdesert6055 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      King Alpha 475 u are right

    • @mssburr
      @mssburr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      hmmm, does she have the bloodline??? that is why he had his half brother killed to prevent anyone from challenging his rule.

    • @luckyme6252
      @luckyme6252 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      What a good idea.

  • @cravity1082
    @cravity1082 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    I cried. Yeonmi is the bravest. Got exposed to traumatizing situations at a very young age and had to make life and death decisions, when she should be living her life freely ever since shes out to the world. I'm so proud of her!

  • @kajalmauryayoutube
    @kajalmauryayoutube 5 ปีที่แล้ว +848

    yeonmi u are an inspiration ,real warrrior..love u from country india

  • @mmchef100
    @mmchef100 4 ปีที่แล้ว +413

    I am a 61 year old man in Scotland and after watching Yeonmi story and buying her book I have a new life heroine .I will never forget your story I admire you SO SO much .North Korea should be proud of someone like you ,and if the people their ever break free then they will revere you, good luck with everything you do . X

    • @gracesmurugi5591
      @gracesmurugi5591 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It's sad to knw that people still live this way

    • @leehaelters6182
      @leehaelters6182 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Man of Scots, when guys like us get to an age we fall in love easily, especially with beautiful young girls who are smart, confident, and dress very well.

    • @mmchef100
      @mmchef100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@leehaelters6182 ha ha wouldn't say that but read her book and know her story of the journey she had to make and the sacrifice, she was raped by her handlers and had to watch her mother being raped and she was only 12 at the time had to Bury her father in the dead of night so the Chinese police did not see them.
      People like you and me don't know how lucky we are in our cushy lifes.STAY SAFE 👍

    • @leehaelters6182
      @leehaelters6182 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mmchef100, all true, thanks, and same to you!

    • @jillblackburn5207
      @jillblackburn5207 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mmchef100 He probably can't read.

  • @mysticbloom2640
    @mysticbloom2640 7 ปีที่แล้ว +257

    Her pain is so deep. No matter how strong she is, she can't help her tears when she recall her dark experiences. You are not alone girl, you will forever remain in my prayers.

    • @jungkookswifeu
      @jungkookswifeu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mystic Bloom not only yours,the all who knows about her,freedom is very precious,we get this that's why enjoy our life,eating nonstop,live about freely,but what about her,A developed country girl said mom I am hungry,I'm in pain of hunger😢😭😭

    • @getmyvibe762
      @getmyvibe762 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Exactly. No words can describe her feelings. I felt so sorry for her

  • @usmc_sunscreenqueen
    @usmc_sunscreenqueen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    I have so much compassion for this lady. The things that she has endured is absolutely amazing. My heart goes out to her. May she be blessed all the days of her life.

  • @Kittykatkat30
    @Kittykatkat30 9 ปีที่แล้ว +839

    This woman is so amazing, I hope we can really listen to her message and not get caught up in our own privilege.

    • @pastorluiz2008
      @pastorluiz2008 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Mind The Gap sim uma mulher incrivel, e corajosa, espero que essa mensagem nao esbarra na politica ridicula em que vivemos, os governos mundial ja deveria ter feito algo pelo povo norte coreano, e uma pena que em pleno seculo 21 isso ainda exista...lamentavel.

    • @diegovargas8318
      @diegovargas8318 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      +LUIZ ANTONIO SILVA Completamente correcto, es lamentable la condicion en la que viven esas personas

    • @superbenbenhahaha
      @superbenbenhahaha 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +Mind The Gap bitch is lying

    • @user-yt3go8wg3l
      @user-yt3go8wg3l 8 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      +God are you out of your mind? stop being evil.

    • @PrincessMeganElsaBoo
      @PrincessMeganElsaBoo 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      God Shut UP Troll!!

  • @caroline1844
    @caroline1844 4 ปีที่แล้ว +884

    This is incredibly heartbreaking. No person should ever have to go through this trauma.

    • @davecarsley8773
      @davecarsley8773 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Well.... Maybe Kim Jong-Un should have to go through it. But he's the only one.

    • @davecarsley8773
      @davecarsley8773 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@bobkhan1809 Stop spamming bullshit in the comment section.

    • @pierregutierrez9372
      @pierregutierrez9372 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@davecarsley8773 Um... he only left one comment. 🤔

    • @TheRodriSosa
      @TheRodriSosa 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@davecarsley8773 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @DR-nh6oo
      @DR-nh6oo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yet millions, at least, probably go through similar.

  • @yasnam5599
    @yasnam5599 4 ปีที่แล้ว +648

    Let's appreciate the interviewer! She's awesome!

    • @MissJadeXCX
      @MissJadeXCX 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @Luna 36 I thought the same, couldn’t stand her. The joke about executions was not it at alllll.

    • @reneiloesongo4224
      @reneiloesongo4224 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Absolutely

  • @ChadVarquez
    @ChadVarquez 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    18:10 - She was smiling up to her ears then BAAAAM came 18:35.
    The trauma she experienced must’ve been no joke for her to easily switch emotions.

  • @aneparty
    @aneparty 4 ปีที่แล้ว +373

    “I will never understand the concept of freedom but I’m learning every day”
    Sad just sad 😔

    • @Tyco072
      @Tyco072 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      She will never understand it, because also in the capitalism people are not free. In a differently way, but they are enslaved too. In order to eat, now she has to SELL her books, SELL some useless gadgets and pro human rights merchandise. In exchange to this, she will can afford 2 weeks of "freedom" as holiday on a beach, per year. Welcome to the capitalist slavery. (And not, I am not communist)

    • @aneparty
      @aneparty 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@Tyco072 you are partially right, but at least we choose the prison we want to be in. We have CHOICES!! Plus we have the right to FREE SPEECH, speak our minds to even change laws to better our lives as a society. And it’s not two weeks of “freedom” or holidays, many of us travel months and months around the world. There’s no comparison to a dictatorship

    • @Tyco072
      @Tyco072 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@aneparty Yes, it is exactly what I mean. We are free to choose our prison, how we will be enslaved. Of course there is no comparison with a dictatorship, but we are not free how we are used to think to be. The 80-90% of the people have to work for the 85% of their effective daily time, to get a miserable 1000$ monthly pay. Very few people can afford to travel for months around the world.

    • @aneparty
      @aneparty 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Tyco072 the income depends on which country you are in. The gap can be huge. It is more of a personal circumstance as well, if you have family, children, bills etc but again it is ALL by choice. Including the country you live in. Cheers

    • @pierregutierrez9372
      @pierregutierrez9372 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Tyco072 :-\

  • @explore1222
    @explore1222 9 ปีที่แล้ว +248

    You're not a victim at all. Yeonmi, you're an incredible human being.

    • @FoodforThought12345678dsds
      @FoodforThought12345678dsds 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      she's hot

    • @rishu521
      @rishu521 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      FoodforThought man please what the hell are you saying? Atleast respect her for what she has gone through please.

    • @thinhphan3816
      @thinhphan3816 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      10yrs of English, she puts my English to shame

    • @alanchen8273
      @alanchen8273 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      falun gong cult SHE PROBABLY DIDNT KNOW IT WAS A CHINESE MAN IN THAT VIDEO AND BURYING HER DADS ASHES IS BASICALLY BURYING HER DAD. SHES GOING TO BE ALOT BETTER THAN YOU EVER ARE.

    • @juliesprik870
      @juliesprik870 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      falun gong cult You are a cold hearted,cruel freak.What a selfish, immature ass you are.

  • @reina2121
    @reina2121 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1608

    And we have people here in the US complaining about wearing masks. It blows my mind how ungrateful people are

    • @lunacrazy9587
      @lunacrazy9587 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      facts bro

    • @autumn5852
      @autumn5852 4 ปีที่แล้ว +145

      If people keep on wearing masks we will be in the same boat as North Korea; people who wear a mask don’t appreciate what they’ve got, they think they are so privileged that wearing a mask is the least they can do, they’re too damn lazy to find out what’s really going on and what the masks really represent

    • @dollymadison2397
      @dollymadison2397 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      SERIOUSLY!!!

    • @dollymadison2397
      @dollymadison2397 4 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      @@autumn5852 I seriously doubt anyone is going to keep wearing a mask after we get past this pandemic. Until then, it's a very minor & temporary inconvenience. I think we should be far more concerned about so many Americans blindly believing the rantings of an impulsive, juvenile, thin-skinned, fearmongering, insecure, paranoid "leader" who falls in love with dictators alienates our allies & calls our news sources fake while he invents and/or spreads baseless nasty gossip & bizarre conspiracies via social media on a daily basis.

    • @Veratheprettiest
      @Veratheprettiest 4 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      @@autumn5852 wearing a mask representing caring for others and not trying to spread germs everywhere? It's not like it's a damn muzzle it's a medical tool come on. Nobody's trying to hurt your rights but you're hurting others' rights to LIVE by not wearing it It's ridiculous when people are dying of a preventable virus and american snowflakes are like B-B-BUT MUH FREEDUM

  • @spiritseeker9531
    @spiritseeker9531 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    And suddenly all my problems seem petty and insignificant.

  • @coreymaze2348
    @coreymaze2348 6 ปีที่แล้ว +329

    "THE TRUTH IS LIKE A LION.
    YOU DON'T HAVE TO DEFEND IT.
    LET IT LOOSE.
    IT WILL DEFEND ITSELF."
    - ST. AUGUSTINE
    Brave, smart, intelligent, survivor and a beautiful human being!

    • @gigilim8501
      @gigilim8501 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ahhhh😭 I suddenly remember my section last grade it was St. Augustine section

  • @sashasasha9598
    @sashasasha9598 5 ปีที่แล้ว +768

    I cryed my eyes out! How gratefull this girl is, how beautifull she is, inside and out...

    • @tsungdihumanity2550
      @tsungdihumanity2550 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah

    • @logic-facts
      @logic-facts 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I'm a 56 yo white guy... and this made me cry.

    • @corrigemoijapprends6405
      @corrigemoijapprends6405 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @Drew Hong proof?

    • @VOLTRON999
      @VOLTRON999 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@logic-facts get the hell out of here stinky old ass bastard supporter of propaganda scams of usa against its rivals

    • @solidus784
      @solidus784 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @Drew Hong lol look at the obvious bot. She showed your dear leader up for the liar he is and the weak little man had her kidnapped. If he were a real man he could take criticism it was the act of a coward

  • @ilerioluwakiishionyekachfa960
    @ilerioluwakiishionyekachfa960 4 ปีที่แล้ว +774

    People who unliked this video were probably Kim and his crew of cronies with real internet

    • @ziyandandyoko5272
      @ziyandandyoko5272 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Kim and his crew 😂😂😂😂😂😅😂😅

    • @weedermann
      @weedermann 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      WHERE are the THREE generations of her family?

    • @weedermann
      @weedermann 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Or maybe they stopped to look at her story from every angle and saw the potential holes in it.

    • @elizabetheinhell5158
      @elizabetheinhell5158 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I was literally thinking who the hell would unlike this!?

    • @kwagalamildred8739
      @kwagalamildred8739 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Crew 😂 😂 😂 😂 for sure

  • @SanjuSanju-wf9mi
    @SanjuSanju-wf9mi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    She's very innocent. I wish her a happy, healthy and long life

  • @dcg1112
    @dcg1112 9 ปีที่แล้ว +777

    I don't know how quite yet, but I'm going to do something with my life that helps north korean citizens, you are so strong, thank you for sharing your story.

    • @kwonjiyong9684
      @kwonjiyong9684 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Priscila Lee yeah you can do that! or join some kind of pageant to make your statement and be an influence.

    • @diariodacami5987
      @diariodacami5987 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      I agreeeee

    • @Lyn4817
      @Lyn4817 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Priscila Lee These suggestions are rediculous and obviously made by people who have never traveled. At present the only realistic way of helping North Koreans, is first to fully educate yourself on North Korea, the people and their Dictator regime. Then if you still wish to help them or others in similar conditions, then see if you can apply to Human Rights to work with them or similar groups such as UNICEF or United Nations. Provide you have qualifications that can be of assistance.
      Many people don't realize the plight of girls and young women, everywhere around the world. North Korea would be the most oppressed people in the world but to help the people, first the regime needs to change before much else can be done. Kim Jong Un is bringing​ condemnation down on himself with his Nuclear threats. The next few months or the next year will be interesting to see what will happen.
      In the meantime women and children worldwide, also need so much help in freeing them from sex traffickers. This includes the enormous number of children that go missing around he world. On top of that is the atrocities that continues to happen against girls and women in India, where the rate of rape is so high. On top of that is the rising tide of Muslim women who are trying to free themselves from Muslim imposed oppression under the guise of their cultural heritage. Yes, Muslim women are starting to see the light, that they are nothing but sexual chattle that belong to their men, where women have no voice, no freedom.
      On a less grander basis, there are groups within our own Communities that desperately need assistance. There are the Homeless, Runaway children, those forced into sex work, all in order of survive. Building up, depending on qualifications in the right direction, there is Refugee Camp Workers who are always in great demand. Remembering hard times are moving in on those in the northern hemisphere as winter is approaching. I am sure, all these groups would be happy to hear from you. Just​ remembering, you may find it changes your life, if accepted into these organizations.
      If all this is above what you are wanting to do, there is always Red Cross. Stepping down but as important is fundraising. It has to be done by approve fundraisers who have permits and associated paperwork clearances worldwide. There are other groups, just as important on smaller scales such as Health Ships that go into areas that need medical assistance. Most time those types of groups are also looking for able body people to assist along side the Health Carers. There are numerous opportunities, if you are genuine.

    • @jlivb
      @jlivb 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Diário da Cami ridiculous***

    • @frizoatuo9602
      @frizoatuo9602 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      I strongly agree

  • @preranapradeep3963
    @preranapradeep3963 4 ปีที่แล้ว +248

    My heart and gut clenched when at the end she went from laughing to instantly crying after looking at his picture. It says a lot how people are tortured !!!

    • @karcavida3250
      @karcavida3250 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      IK, her reaction shocked me tbh, didn't expect her to get so emotional. Poor Yeonmi, I'm glad she's living a much better life now.

  • @yesseniajay6729
    @yesseniajay6729 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1769

    WHAT THE HECK , he’s 32****??? 😭😭
    i thought he was like 50 idk

  • @adhyayansharma9375
    @adhyayansharma9375 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Look at her face! She's just so pretty and cheerful and bubbly, no one can ever imagine the horrific incidents she went through.
    Yesterday, I argued with the McDonald's cashier that they didn't give me extra fries. Me, being an American, I have always grumbled about little little things in life. After this video, America, my hometown, feels like a paradise.

    • @Maplelust
      @Maplelust 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      well not every American is that petty. lol.

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  • @xqueenofacorns5324
    @xqueenofacorns5324 7 ปีที่แล้ว +270

    Her voice is so pleasant.

  • @chelseas.horizon2222
    @chelseas.horizon2222 4 ปีที่แล้ว +537

    I cried so much watching this interview. I didn't expect it. Poor woman. What a rough life she had. I am really happy she finally got the life she deserves.

    • @utubeleplague
      @utubeleplague 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Now imagine roughly 24 million people like her. Including older people that will die not knowing anything else whatsoever about the outside world. Just their regime.

  • @joojabdullah4924
    @joojabdullah4924 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1089

    She's so beautiful 😭💜💜💜💜💜💜💜🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊

    • @손대웅-e4o
      @손대웅-e4o 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Jooj Abdullah u r beautiful too ~

    • @joojabdullah4924
      @joojabdullah4924 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      손대웅 you so kind 💜💜 thanks 🌹

    • @millminn
      @millminn 8 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Jooj Abdullah oh she really is, inside and out 💕

    • @PengiChyan
      @PengiChyan 7 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      a comment about her looks is the most top rated comment. interesting. i hope its about her inner looks more than her outer.

    • @thinhphan3816
      @thinhphan3816 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      She doesn't fuck with losers like u who comment about her looks

  • @FloridaMan786
    @FloridaMan786 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I can’t imagine the gratitude this girl has for life after experiencing what she’s been through.

    • @His_scars
      @His_scars 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Um, hey, unrelated but. *I love your username 🤣*

  • @jachu1433
    @jachu1433 4 ปีที่แล้ว +226

    She escaped for a bowl of rice. Unimaginable. What a survivor. Very brave strong woman. Very intelligent and well spoken. I definitely subscribed to follow her stories. Amazing host.

  • @sidneyke
    @sidneyke 4 ปีที่แล้ว +146

    I am wiping away tears. Thank you for opening my eyes Yeonmi. I will never see Kim Jung Un as funny again. It is not a joke. It life and death for so many.

  • @clar5251
    @clar5251 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1025

    i'm crying right now..

    • @kingkull9111
      @kingkull9111 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      she is lying scumbag.

    • @astrid-ko8ts
      @astrid-ko8ts 7 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      King Kull why would she lie? 😒

    • @charlenemcdaniel1941
      @charlenemcdaniel1941 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      houses theives cannot rob

    • @katherineadrianekathcy1019
      @katherineadrianekathcy1019 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      cuz you're watching from north korea?

    • @Aquais97
      @Aquais97 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I nearly cried at the end of the video. I do feel her shoes. She is now in a better place in South Korea.

  • @Charlotte-it4rq
    @Charlotte-it4rq 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I can't stop crying!!! It's amazing how someone who endured so, SO much managed to find and work their way to a better life. I can't even begin to comprehend what she has been through. She is officially the bravest person I have ever heard.

  • @nursemegz1295
    @nursemegz1295 4 ปีที่แล้ว +272

    North Koreans are quite literally living the life the people in the book 1984 did. This is absolutely abhorrent. How is this happening?

    • @johnwayne2103
      @johnwayne2103 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They sure are and have been living it since the end of the Korean war.

    • @chrissy9153
      @chrissy9153 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Right! I read 1984 this past semester and I always kept thinking about North Korea

    • @sailor916
      @sailor916 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Welcome to leftist America.

    • @SomethingClever_
      @SomethingClever_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@sailor916 lmaooooo imagine being so brainwashed you actually believe this

    • @t5grrr
      @t5grrr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@SomethingClever_ Riots? Leftists!, Corruption? Leftists, Corruption in politics, the Bidens? Leftists. Need more examples?

  • @heratlas
    @heratlas 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1857

    I was watching this in disbelief the entire time.
    To say your story is incredibly powerful is an understatement. I’m so thankful for coming across your original channel, which led me here.
    I lost it at the end when they were both saying “I’m free” and how you don’t think you’ll never fully understand the concept of freedom. Using your voice the way you are is the best definition of it. I hope you feel that! Wishing you and your family healing hearts, and a liberated, successful, happy life ahead.

    • @marianaorjuela1493
      @marianaorjuela1493 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I follow you on tik Tok xd

    • @margaretfernandez2847
      @margaretfernandez2847 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I admire her courage
      I feel everyone shd be like her. good

    • @catsmeow5295
      @catsmeow5295 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      What’s her yet Chanel

    • @life_with_logan9691
      @life_with_logan9691 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@catsmeow5295 voice of North Korea by yeommi park. Her latest video was on north Korean comedy

    • @catsmeow5295
      @catsmeow5295 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@life_with_logan9691 thanks Logan I appreciate it. Logan

  • @BudgetCarnivore
    @BudgetCarnivore 4 ปีที่แล้ว +241

    I feel like I'm the luckiest person for living in India enjoying my freedom 😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️🇮🇳

    • @ayesha8518
      @ayesha8518 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not more luckest then me we got freedom from you ppl
      if we dont got mightbe we will like north korea

    • @weedermann
      @weedermann 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Do they still have Untouchables in India? Is it true that the caste system is so socially ingrained that someone with talent but born in a low caste is barred from rising or earning a good salary?

    • @bulk_manifesto3624
      @bulk_manifesto3624 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      But they said when you are not born in india, you already won the lottery of life

    • @AllTheTales7
      @AllTheTales7 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@weedermann actually you are right the problem still exists but we have improved upto a great extent.....and hopefully we'll keep improving and such practices would be eradicated every country has their own problems so has INDIA ...but altogether INDIA ia a great great country with loving people 🤗and also with lot of opportunities and aspiration JAI HIND🇮🇳

    • @STstars101
      @STstars101 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@weedermann In majority of India this system is gone . Only the most rural villages follow this system.

  • @dailybaracatinha
    @dailybaracatinha 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Her happiness when she says “we are free” made my day🥺

  • @Grace-vb3qh
    @Grace-vb3qh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +254

    I love how this was made in 2015 but so many of the comments are from just a few days ago. That shows how much we still need to hear this.

  • @aer0449
    @aer0449 5 ปีที่แล้ว +321

    Her smile hides a lot of suffering .... She's really an inspiration ♥️

  • @Lushiestgirl07
    @Lushiestgirl07 4 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    When she said that this man is not a joke I felt that. I cannot imagine the fear she has experienced.

  • @Rabbit-285
    @Rabbit-285 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    When she said they don’t have the luxury of liking things, having interests...wow, that really hit. It’s so important to hear these stories from direct sources

  • @lasvegashula
    @lasvegashula 4 ปีที่แล้ว +347

    She’s a brave, young warrior. Such painful memories. God bless and heal her.

  • @simonebittencourt8251
    @simonebittencourt8251 9 ปีที่แล้ว +377

    I love so much the way the great journalist Lyse Doucet, here interviewing Yeonmi Park talks to her. Her nonverbal language is all understanding, generosity, affection, empathy! I love the way she holds Yeonmi's hands... Very touching attitude, Lyse! Great interview about this young warrior. Two amazing women!

    • @kimnolan2878
      @kimnolan2878 7 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      It warms my heart greatly too to see an interviewer respond affectionately towards someone sharing a painful story. I have been watching other interviews on Yeonmi Park and other North Korean defectors and while no one is shedding tears or expressing such degree of emotion during the interview, it's rough to see some of the interviewers being stoic or non-nurturing, jumping to the next question without really acknowledging the painful answer given to the previous question - I get this is all for many reasons and not necessarily because the interviewer is cold, I just deeply appreciate interviews like this.

    • @MrStephenheldt
      @MrStephenheldt 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Simone Bittencourt Very true

    • @lilacbox223
      @lilacbox223 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Simone Bittencourt yeah

  • @preranapradeep3963
    @preranapradeep3963 4 ปีที่แล้ว +387

    Do people not see the resemblance of Hitler and Kim? Same things are happening in North Korea that happened during Hitler's period. If not, even worse. It's the time all Nations freed these people just like how they freed Prisoners in Camps

    • @need100k
      @need100k 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      And right now Trump is emulating both of them. He literally wants to turn the USA into a N Korea style country. No joke.

    • @muaowa
      @muaowa 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      It's insane how similar the situation is. The true horror of the Holocaust wasn't discovered until after Hitler's death and the end of the war. I wonder what we''ll find out once it's over in North Korea

    • @adelaidemarie
      @adelaidemarie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@need100k that’s not true. Social media Thinks we are in China

    • @katwil89
      @katwil89 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @HuMan Being Social media is not our government. It is not the same thing at all. Trump has always admired dictators and has openly admitted it. Remember how he said that he and Kim Jong Un "fell in love"? He wants to be a dictator.

    • @Jazzykatt23
      @Jazzykatt23 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@need100k How? You are so brainwashed. The left are the ones censoring free speech and scaring people into silence. Trump let’s the haters publicly hate.

  • @Inannarising
    @Inannarising 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Her closing remarks have me bawling my eyes out. No, he’s not a joke. He’s the epitome of evil.

  • @strawpanda
    @strawpanda 9 ปีที่แล้ว +332

    The light shines in the darkness and the darkness shall not overcome it.

    • @lowercase21
      @lowercase21 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Ppl say well a black hole has no light. Well bitch guess what fact black holes blows up into light It can't keep light for long. Light overcomes darkness no matter what. Fuck black holes!

    • @jiadi25x
      @jiadi25x 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      #Amen. !

  • @rishu521
    @rishu521 7 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    Love to all South Korean brothers and sisters.. You are so kind....
    Love from India
    💜💜

    • @alexanderzaldostanov4233
      @alexanderzaldostanov4233 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      South Korea is like India
      And north Korea is like Pakistan
      Oh wait India have nuclear bombs😀

    • @sakshisharma9854
      @sakshisharma9854 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@alexanderzaldostanov4233 North Korea is the hell of earth

    • @alexanderzaldostanov4233
      @alexanderzaldostanov4233 5 ปีที่แล้ว

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    • @सुनैंनाजैंन
      @सुनैंनाजैंन 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@alexanderzaldostanov4233 So does Pakistan..both India & Pakistan have nuclear weapons okay!

    • @parveenmalik2947
      @parveenmalik2947 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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  • @Ufsykmbdseyjhbds
    @Ufsykmbdseyjhbds 7 ปีที่แล้ว +437

    I HAVE to get her book!!!.

    • @shorts-ci3ve
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    • @Maher_Daoud
      @Maher_Daoud 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I have just finished it literally 15 mins ago. The book is absolutely worth every second of reading it!

  • @archanasaavyas6976
    @archanasaavyas6976 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    This opened my eyes to the grateful things around me... I'm trying hard to wipe my tears. I wish I could meet her once just to give a warm hug❤️

    • @Nova.207
      @Nova.207 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Do something regarding your horrendous caste system before you worry about Korea

    • @archanasaavyas6976
      @archanasaavyas6976 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Nova.207 I don't know who you are but still I don't deny the fact you have told but still I'm grateful for the things I have❤️

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      @Nova.207 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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      You're playing a well Sarcasm aren't you?

    • @archanasaavyas6976
      @archanasaavyas6976 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Nova.207 I have heard that no matter what you do someone will always be unhappy. Especially in this age of social media it's so easy for us to be confused between the voices that actually matters and the opinions of faceless people writing behind the anonymity of what web offers. They don't matter.
      So rule number nine- You can never please everyone all the time😊
      So young lady by telling this I would like to apologise for not being able to please you and 'Adios' as I'm too busy to be lingering here anymore ❤️
      See ya🥂

  • @gopikaaravind1590
    @gopikaaravind1590 5 ปีที่แล้ว +488

    O my god! I didn't know the truth about north Korean government.. I always thought of kim as a joke..
    We are really inspired by her story..
    I don't think anyone could not cry after watching it...
    Lot of love from India🇮🇳

    • @cynthiacools-lartigue5297
      @cynthiacools-lartigue5297 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Gopika Aravind read "under the same sky"by Joseph Kim. It talks about his life as a child on the streets of NK. It's one of the best depictions of the strife of these oppressed people. If more of these stories were told and the world awakens perhaps we'd spend more efforts trying to help right their wrong.

    • @andrewpestano1086
      @andrewpestano1086 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @I. Wynn Wynn i beg to disagree

    • @tstarfish140
      @tstarfish140 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @I. Wynn Wynn wow u assume alot im a male but i care :/

    • @peachcloud3036
      @peachcloud3036 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fun fact what india is doing to kashmir right now is the same buddy

    • @bgrg
      @bgrg 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@peachcloud3036 The Indian government will have you believe the whole of South Asia is actually India.

  • @halinkap5217
    @halinkap5217 4 ปีที่แล้ว +419

    That's what they have to teach in American schools.

    • @nubiandoll7
      @nubiandoll7 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yes

    • @Alex-lk7qy
      @Alex-lk7qy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Hopefully it's part of the patriotic education President Trump mentioned

    • @vialistic
      @vialistic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      that's what they have to teach in all schools!

    • @davestennes305
      @davestennes305 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      American schools are teaching leftist propaganda instead of providing tools for living and succeeding. The girl mentioned lack of critical thinking. We need critical thinking to debunk and replace the travesty of biased news, ie. CNN.

    • @urszulakedra973
      @urszulakedra973 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      absolutely

  • @chrispaw1
    @chrispaw1 8 ปีที่แล้ว +900

    This video is hard for me to watch.. Im crying my big man eyes out but i will watch to the last word, every person in the world outside of North Korea should watch this video.

    • @Kaaat408
      @Kaaat408 8 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      It's so refreshing to read a comment like this.

    • @Beyonder1987
      @Beyonder1987 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      U should cry for Snoweden how they treated him in America for spilling the criminal activity of US government.

    • @ernestoperez3306
      @ernestoperez3306 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      pussy

    • @chumon1992
      @chumon1992 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Agreed. You have a heart of gold sir.

    • @pencileraser101
      @pencileraser101 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Ernesto Perez men need to express their emotions

  • @nicquewes6744
    @nicquewes6744 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    A despicable story and hard to imagine, here's one of the many regrettable paragraphs I picked up from her book...
    ""One of the big problems in North Korea was a fertilizer shortage. When the economy collapsed in the 1990s, the Soviet Union stopped sending fertilizer to us and our own factories stopped producing it. Whatever was donated from other countries couldn’t get to the farms because the transportation system had also broken down. This led to crop failures that made the famine even worse. So the government came up with a campaign to fill the fertilizer gap with a local and renewable source: human and animal waste. Every worker and schoolchild had a quota to fill. You can imagine what kind of problems this created for our families. Every member of the household had a daily assignment, so when we got up in the morning, it was like a war. My aunts were the most competitive.
    “Remember not to poop in school!” my aunt in Kowon told me every day. “Wait to do it here!”............................
    What a Story, my heart melted when I read these scenes, I'd really love to hear what her sister and other younger dreamers went through.

  • @angeltaegguk
    @angeltaegguk 5 ปีที่แล้ว +348

    She is so strong. Much love from Germany ❤

    • @minecraft_0386
      @minecraft_0386 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hi

    • @147-HH
      @147-HH 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@minecraft_0386 bye

  • @ankykool
    @ankykool 8 ปีที่แล้ว +187

    cant imagine how will the whole north korean population react/realize wen this oppressive regime will end and NK will be free again.

    • @MrFirebolt48
      @MrFirebolt48 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I don't know. I was born in east Germany which is to some extent comparable and that was 3 months before the wall came down. At that time nobody expected the system to fail but it only took 3 more months and the GDR was history. I think change sometimes can happen very quickly and I sure I hope that it happens for NK very very soon. But afterwards the people there need so much help to get them on a level comparable to western standards in SK. I think the real problems and hard journey begin after the reunification.

    • @pencileraser101
      @pencileraser101 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Benji Adam Whiskettes free is something else other than victims of western imperialism

    • @_j_8151
      @_j_8151 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Ankit Singh it could happen anytime, some good soldiers might be planning a coup de etat on Kim Joong Oon

    • @Sharon-qz1gj
      @Sharon-qz1gj 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MrFirebolt48 Exactly. There are numerous countries that could easily invade NK but none choose to because they don't want to deal with the aftermath of looking after 25 million people. Noone wants this "burden" in their hands.

  • @explore1222
    @explore1222 9 ปีที่แล้ว +240

    No wonder why so many South Korean have yearning to unite, want to help North Korean civilians and trying to smuggle to give messages across to North Korean.

    • @Lyn4817
      @Lyn4817 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      explore122 Many living in the South were living in the north prior to the war and the establishment of the Demilitarized Zone ( DMZ). Which is why anyone who escapes from North Korea and works their way to Thailand, are then able to fly to South Korea where they are able to live. Even living in South Korea is a huge cultural adjustment for many who are fortunate enough to escape the North. It is great that more and more people are becoming aware of the atrocities that are part of everyday living in North Korea.

  • @kiadent357
    @kiadent357 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Heartbreaking. I’m so proud of this young lady. May God continue to Protect, keep and Bless her 🙏🏽

  • @sampson1582
    @sampson1582 4 ปีที่แล้ว +189

    "This is a paradise, this is a heaven!" These are probably the most powerful words I have ever heard!

  • @Lee-fk9sh
    @Lee-fk9sh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +127

    Being someone who lived in a shitty one bedroom apartment and could barely afford ramen and the occasional McDonald’s, I would much rather be back in that situation than ever step into North Korea. I always think to myself daily why the word can’t just be fair.

  • @Mycroftsbrother
    @Mycroftsbrother 7 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    It is so sad that free people take their freedom for granted when there are people, like this lovely young lady, who would risk their very lives to be free.

  • @dbharrold
    @dbharrold 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    That brought a tear to my eye. It was International Women's Day yesterday, Yeonmi is a shining example of an inspirational woman.

  • @angielexar5541
    @angielexar5541 6 ปีที่แล้ว +192

    Freedom Freedom!!!✊✊✊
    North Korea should and must be free ❤❤❤😭

  • @evedotcom
    @evedotcom 4 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    “He is not stronger than the truth and justice” WOAH 🔥 goosebumps.

  • @juggaknix
    @juggaknix 4 ปีที่แล้ว +164

    listening to experiences like this makes me wonder why I am overwhelmed with depression and anxiety. We need to learn to be more grateful for what we have.

    • @Jelly-hq7ug
      @Jelly-hq7ug 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      It's like a slap with reality. I had a discussion with someone, an Asian.. Indian? man telling me because I'm black... I am oppressed and a victim and live sub par... I violently rejected it all. We have food.. we never go hungry and I have the opportunity to go to uni. I live in peace where I'm in my native West Indies or the USA. How is that subpar? Stories like this help shake off the societal imposed self pity.

    • @Prickly_Cactus_1993
      @Prickly_Cactus_1993 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      You cannot just switch off depression like that, you shouldn't feel ungrateful because you have depression. I do and no one should feel bad just because they are free.

    • @Jelly-hq7ug
      @Jelly-hq7ug 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Prickly_Cactus_1993 I agree🙏🏿

    • @dollynina8992
      @dollynina8992 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This is so true. Just earlier I was crying because my anxiety has been getting worse, and then I look at videos like these and I realise I have absolutely no right to feel constant fear when I'm in a completely safe environment, while people like Yeonmi have experienced some of the most traumatic events one can even imagine...It humbles you.

    • @Morna777
      @Morna777 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Because your brain doesn't work right. No amount of "trying to be grateful" is going to fix a malfunctioning organ. It can help (just like exercise and a proper diet can help) but if you're non-functional or your mental health is impacting your life enough to interfere with what you want to do, you probably need medication, at least for a little while. It has been the one thing that's helped me the most. Please see a doctor, and if they won't listen, keep going to different dodctors until you find one that will.

  • @tinawalker8174
    @tinawalker8174 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    This young lady is an inspiration I feel humbled and amazed by her story. My next step is to get her book. Thank you for sharing this. Her message needs to be heard.