A young defector’s harrowing journey to freedom. Yeonmi Park, North Korean Human Rights Activist Interviewed by Lyse Doucet, Chief International Correspondent, BBC
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 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 .
@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 .
@@1ACL You have taken the bait if a false corrupt media.. They will not report on Presidents Trumps accomplishments.. All negative..that is how we know the truth Feeding the American people Unprofessional junk So they will believes satans lies..who is the father of lies 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 Trump Administration Accomplishments Almost 4 million jobs created since election. More Americans are now employed than ever recorded before in our history. We have created more than 400,000 manufacturing jobs since my election. Manufacturing jobs growing at the fastest rate in more than THREE DECADES. Economic growth last quarter hit 4.2 percent. New unemployment claims recently hit a 49-year low. Median household income has hit highest level ever recorded. African-American unemployment has recently achieved the lowest rate ever recorded. Hispanic-American unemployment is at the lowest rate ever recorded. Asian-American unemployment recently achieved the lowest rate ever recorded. Women’s unemployment recently reached the lowest rate in 65 years. Youth unemployment has recently hit the lowest rate in nearly half a century. Lowest unemployment rate ever recorded for Americans without a high school diploma. Under my Administration, veterans’ unemployment recently reached its lowest rate in nearly 20 years. Almost 3.9 million Americans have been lifted off food stamps since the election. The Pledge to America’s Workers has resulted in employers committing to train more than 4 million Americans. We are committed to VOCATIONAL education. 95 percent of U.S. manufacturers are optimistic about the future-the highest ever. Retail sales surged last month, up another 6 percent over last year. Signed the biggest package of tax cuts and reforms in history. After tax cuts, over $300 billion poured back in to the U.S. in the first quarter alone. As a result of our tax bill, small businesses will have the lowest top marginal tax rate in more than 80 years. Helped win U.S. bid for the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Helped win U.S.-Mexico-Canada’s united bid for 2026 World Cup. Opened ANWR and approved Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines. Record number of regulations eliminated. Enacted regulatory relief for community banks and credit unions. Obamacare individual mandate penalty GONE. My Administration is providing more affordable healthcare options for Americans through association health plans and short-term duration plans. Last month, the FDA approved more affordable generic drugs than ever before in history. And thanks to our efforts, many drug companies are freezing or reversing planned price increases. We reformed the Medicare program to stop hospitals from overcharging low-income seniors on their drugs-saving seniors hundreds of millions of dollars this year alone. Signed Right-To-Try legislation. Secured $6 billion in NEW funding to fight the opioid epidemic. We have reduced high-dose opioid prescriptions by 16 percent during my first year in office. Signed VA Choice Act and VA Accountability Act, expanded VA telehealth services, walk-in-clinics, and same-day urgent primary and mental health care. Increased our coal exports by 60 percent; U.S. oil production recently reached all-time high. United States is a net natural gas exporter for the first time since 1957. Withdrew the United States from the job-killing Paris Climate Accord. Cancelled the illegal, anti-coal, so-called Clean Power Plan. Secured record $700 billion in military funding; $716 billion next year. NATO allies are spending $69 billion more on defense since 2016. Process has begun to make the Space Force the 6th branch of the Armed Forces. Confirmed more circuit court judges than any other new administration. Confirmed Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch and nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh. Withdrew from the horrible, one-sided Iran Deal. Moved U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem. Protecting Americans from terrorists with the Travel Ban, upheld by Supreme Court. Issued Executive Order to keep open Guantanamo Bay. Concluded a historic U.S.-Mexico Trade Deal to replace NAFTA. And negotiations with Canada are underway as we speak. Reached a breakthrough agreement with the E.U. to increase U.S. exports. Imposed tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum to protect our national security. Imposed tariffs on China in response to China’s forced technology transfer, intellectual property theft, and their chronically abusive trade practices. Net exports are on track to increase by $59 billion this year. Improved vetting and screening for refugees, and switched focus to overseas resettlement. We have begun BUILDING THE WALL. Republicans want STRONG BORDERS and NO CRIME. Democrats want OPEN BORDERS which equals MASSIVE CRIME.
@@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
@@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...
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.
@@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.
@@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.
@@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.
@@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.
@@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
@@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.
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.
*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.
@@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.
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.
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!!
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
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.
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 🙏🏻❤❤😞
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
*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.
@@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
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.
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.
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.
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
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... KOREAN IS A VERY OLD LANGUAGE. YOU HAVE TO BE DUMB TO BELIEVE THIS.
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.
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.
@@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.
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!
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
@@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.
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!
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
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.
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!
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!
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.
@@beandal8493 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
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.
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.
@@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!
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.
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.
+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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Thsi interview is such an emotional rolling coaster. I cried, I laughed and then I cried again. It was hard to listen, so it had to be much harder to speak up. I'm amazed by her, she's my next woman hero!
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
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
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 ❤️
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.
😭😭😭😭 🤧🙏🏻🙏🏻 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. 😭🙏🏻🙏🏻😭🙏🏼🙏🏻😓
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.
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.
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
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.
@@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 👍
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...
@@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🥂
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.
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 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.
@@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.
The way how she describes the experience as she learns and sees things in the free world for the first time just amazes me. God made her survive and live to tell the tale, because she had an important mission to open the world’s eyes with whats happening in North Korea and at the same time see the “heaven” we normally take for granted. God bless her lovely soul. North Korea’s freedom and its people will always be in my prayers from now on. 🙏🏼
+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.
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)
@@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
@@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.
@@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
*"How can anyone think this clown is telling the truth."* Yeonmi is a paid, celebrity "witness." The Diplomat did a write up of her about how her stories do not line up, and they have the receipts. It’s is fabricated, unfortunately. I know that perspective is difficult and unfair, it seems, but that’s the point of such a story perfectly tuned over time to appeal to your emotions. If you need more proof look at the Greyzone video with Max Blumenthal, and another further report he did previously. There is a literal TV program in South Korea where North Korean defectors compete with their lavishly embellished escape stories to win.. it’s a game show. Yeonmi Park has personally made almost $1,000,000 telling her story. Her story changes massively. One of the most crucial changes in her story from the initial tv interview is that her father was initially with her when she left N.K.. later she said it was only her mom that was with her, in order to weave in the part where her mom is raped to save her from that assault- a much more heart-wrenching progression. Says she was poor but slips up by saying she grew up with her mum having chanel handbags🥴....how can anyone think this clown is telling the truth. Anything she says is suspect, as she could easily be grifting Rightwing media. The story is she stole other defectors stories. She was a high ranking person in DPRK (according to one version they claimed) and did escape (probably through bribes). She steals other people’s stories to make her story sound more sensational. you will always see someone trying to be over dramatic and get attention and fame by making the story 100 times worst. Did she go through horrible things? We don't know. Did she use other peoples stories and exploit them as her own? Yes, 100 percent. She's definitely from North Korea and she definitely "escaped" but I'm pretty sure she's laying the story on thick because her whole career depends on it. It's her livelihood. She's Korean Elizabeth Holmes. She arrived here in South Korea and used the refugee system in every way, got free education, numerous plastic surgeries including breast implants, appeared on TV to find a rich man, failed, then rehearsed years for the show targeting foreign countries. They never escaped to Mongolia. Her mother never raped, and they were never kidnapped/captured as sex-slaves! And her father never was or died in China! The whole story/ her book is pure fabrication. I can document it! But I am not aware of their real life/ story! I just know that they are lying! She lied about her father's death, and got exposed by North Korean government, so she had to admit it (in silence! few people were paying attention to it). Here you go : "But North Korean government came after me and described me that I didn't suffering in North Korea and also they said that my father died in North Korea not in China, and they say that I was an very ambitious girl because he gripping ambitious extremely bad thing and they say you are an ambitious girl, and your father was a bad person, and your mom was immoral person............But they didn't really come up with a like big thing *except my father died in North Korea* and my father's ashes were in China, and my mother went to China a few months ago and brought my father's ashes to South Korea." (ReasonTV : In Order to Live: Yeonmi Park's North Korean Defector Story Nov 13, 2015) 18:30 th-cam.com/video/cjE7apYAdBM/w-d-xo.html
I’ve been following ms park for a couple years but first time seeing this interview. It should make us all ashamed of just how spoiled we really are. She’s an inspiration in so many ways.
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.
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.
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.
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😢😭😭
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.
I had been told, trained, and taught how bad things were there. It never dawned on me that it was that bad until i was standing on the edge of the dmz and watching the lights go out at 10. seeing the darkness everywhere. pitch black. then turning around and seeing the glow from seoul, a beacon glowing like the sun.
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 !!!
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.
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
@@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.
@@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
Yeonmi, you have been through so much. For you to be able to still see the beauty in life after the horrors you've seen speaks volumes to your inner strength. I'm so sorry for everything you've had to endure in your short life. I'm so glad you're in a better nation. I hope we all do our part to keep this nation free and beautiful, so more young girls like your teenage self can have somewhere to escape to.
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.
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.
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.
"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!
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.
@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
I'm so sorry you and your family suffered and lost so much! To me your the bravest most sincere young woman I could hope to me. Your free now sent to the rest of our world to tell your story. To educate us all about not taking our precious lives for granted.
"I will never fully understand the concept of freedom" Yes. Yes, you will. You are understanding it when you talk of the things you no longer have to live in fear of. It means different things to each of us. The things you mentioned are your individual freedoms. Enjoy your freedom. You and your family deserve it! Now we must continue to fight for freedom here too because some of us are more free than others.
What a brave, courageous, wise young woman she is. What she & her family went through. All of the North Korean people. Their leader should be prosecuted. Why won’t the world do something. Keep on fight you are the hope of many in your country
You are a brave heart, honest and sincere soul. You being a girl and being subjected to such pain ..was just destined and unfortunate earlier ..yet ...it has somehow made you victorious in your quest. I am very happy for you. I am utterly sad about the other traumatic souls in North Korea..who have such oppressions in their lives. Keep up your good work...and I hope the world realises that something needs to be done urgently. We all have one life to live..and that is a precious gift given by the supreme human creator. No person has the right to take away that freedom from anyone.
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.
The U.S. and other "free" countries are "free" only for those with money.
Exactly
@@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 .
@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 .
That was before Corona.
Quote: "This dictator is very strong, but I don't think he is stronger than the truth and the justice."
Absolutely!!
You BLINDLY accept and believe with NO CRITICAL THINKING *all* she says.
DUMP THE CHUMP TRUMP! Believe your own eyes and ears. When a man shows you who he is, believe it!
D Ku your wrong you dont know whats happening on north korea
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You have taken the bait if a false corrupt media..
They will not report on Presidents Trumps accomplishments..
All negative..that is how we know the truth
Feeding the American people
Unprofessional junk
So they will believes satans lies..who is the father of lies
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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He's a spoiled, mean greedy little bastard!
“He’s [Kim Jong-un] is very strong, but he’s not stronger than the truth.” - Yeonmi Park
His job is to create a green line between NATO and China and he is doing it at the expense of these ppl.
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Exposing #YeonmiPark & other deceptive defectors and dissidents, from #NorthKorea to #Iraq, #China to #Syria
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@@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
@@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...
When she said: *I actually didn’t care. I was just so hungry.* That BROKE ME.
I hear you, I just cried like a child.
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.
@@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.
@@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.
@@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.
She used to be in middle class. I can't even imagine what the lowest class is like in North Korea.
Farming cabbage that you are not alowed to eat in a prison camp until you die.
@@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.
@@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
@@aprilpinkelton4385 Only stupid people emulate or regard Cardi B as a woman who is worth giving time and attention.
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Worst is even the Chinese takes advantage of those poor runaways.
Tashi Lama , exactly , they have no mercy. Explotación is their way.
Chinese govt are good at taking advantage of anything..full of liers and fakeness
@@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.
You know Tiktok's rating is down because of us(Indian). Chinese products should be banned.
That's because they too are same Communist country. They too ate are killing people and groups because they practice their religion.
I love this lady interviewer. She is so kind, compassionate and respectful towards Yeonmi.
they fact that she made everyone clap for yeonmis mum and sister 🥺
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Also, she was constantly holding Yeonmi's hands when she was crying/ emotional!🥺
No worries, she'll never understand or experience a single second of her nightmare.
The ending was a mockery tho
She is the chief international correspondent of BBC and probably has the most experience of reporting from the most violent areas in world
“We don’t have the luxury to like anything else but surviving.”
That hit hard. My God....
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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.
And tears down my cheeks 🥺
Makes me cry
And we are here complaining that we are bored... This is a lack of gratefulness for the freedom we have.
*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.
@@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.
When did I start thinking that my life was bad???? I realize that I don’t know what a bad life is.
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.
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!!
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
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.
She JUST started a youtube channel. Checker her out. "Voice of North Korea by Yeonmi Park"
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 🙏🏻❤❤😞
Amen 🙏🏽😭
Wasn’t it rude to show him for dramatic effects. Maybe it’s just me
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
*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.
The fact she kept the beautiful tiolet paper speaks volumes about how spoiled we really are in America 😣
I feel so grateful that I was born in America because of this video and the videos she makes
this is so intense.
I feel ashamed for not beeing grateful everyday.
Me too :(
Bro your comment just kill me from the inside. I just want to thank God every day for life.
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
@@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
I felt the exact same! We're so lucky to have electricity and hot water. :'(
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.
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.
I know:(
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.
Yea 100%
@@mssburr The sad thing is most of them don't even know how bad they have it
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
She said that there isn't even a word in North Korean for love or liberty or free
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...
KOREAN IS A VERY OLD LANGUAGE. YOU HAVE TO BE DUMB TO BELIEVE THIS.
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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.
I can't believe how fluent she is in speaking English despite of her unspeakable journey.
"His" ???
@@imsuchafunnyjokesta5381 I guess you're pinoy
@@wilsonmorden1650 don't know what a pinoy is but thanks
@@imsuchafunnyjokesta5381 .......
Yes, to be so young and so fluent in English, a very difficult language to learn. Incredibly impressive young woman indeed.
That women in the red is so amazing for making her feel so happy and telling her she’s strong
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.
Lissa McBride calm tf down it was a simple comment, no need to reply with a whole f*cking book...
Pinoy Pilot lmfaoo right
@@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.
Lissa McBride “Talking too much.” Lissa, sweetheart, you’re doing the exact same thing.
You can tell that she has a bulletproof mind. Her perception is empowering.
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!
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
That's beautiful.
Yeon-mi is an angel heroine.
Good I’m glad she shook some sense into your head
Well said. Bless u
G L shut up stop trying to turn someone’s learning experience into a way to push YOUR political conspiracy theories
@@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.
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!
@April Pinkelton
WELL SAID 👏👏👏
Absolutely
Yes and meanwhile Paris Hilton’s considered an icon.
Absolutely. Well spoken. Courage omg. Ugh
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
And suddenly all my problems seem petty and insignificant.
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.
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. 😭😭
same :(
Leonardo L fr! we need to be more appreciative of the small things we have :(
I think she was saying she "stole" it in her charming Korean accent!
I have never ever ever been to an airport with patterned fragranced toilet paper, and I have traveled alot
Even through Seoul airport
And also is she trying to tell us she then didn't wipe at all..
Damn, what she said about him being a joke to us. I never even thought about it that way
and the way she said it as well. From the stories i hear, he certainly is no joke
That got me to. I feel ashamed of myself.
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.
rjkbuny Good point and very insightful!
Rachel Bronke “dear leader” is his title just like “president” is
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!
She was the Paris Hilton of North Korea
You getting Wet Honey
She's very innocent. I wish her a happy, healthy and long life
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!
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.
@@beandal8493 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
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.
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.
@@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!
I couldn't stop crying, she's such a brave woman.
Right I can’t believe they treat her like that and she’s still standing
I have been watching her videos lately I am absolutely in love with her 💕 brave beautiful angel
She JUST started a youtube channel. Checker her out. "Voice of North Korea by Yeonmi Park"
Shoot...I'm crying too. Omg!
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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.
Her happiness when she says “we are free” made my day🥺
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.
+Bee she's a bitch that's what she is
God Nice troll account. Pretty clever.
+God fucking think
+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.
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.
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
imapandaperson 😥😥😥 her mom was raped omg ...ppl lvng in hell dre its really sad and heartbreaking
Truly u r lucky to meet a person like her
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.
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😍😍😍
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.
well not every American is that petty. lol.
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I can’t imagine the gratitude this girl has for life after experiencing what she’s been through.
Um, hey, unrelated but. *I love your username 🤣*
I admire this young woman to no end.
She lied I sue about that
why dont we made a h tag about these broblematique
+phuong uyen Vu snowflake - you lied
Brad Cooney she's beautiful 😍😍
she is telling true & experienced stories from North Korea.
"I'm hungry, Mom." That just broke me.
Fuck u
Sarahr98998 I’m always hungry. If I was North Korean, I’d be dead. I think it’s Chinese genes.
Sarahr98998 me too
@@emdadulhoque7780 why ❓
This isn’t funny sarah.
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
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.
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!
Watching at work, I started to shed some tears as well. Can you imagine the pandemic over there?
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.
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.
She JUST started a youtube channel. Checker her out. "Voice of North Korea by Yeonmi Park"
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"He's very strong, but I don't think he's stronger than truth and justice." Chills.
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haha very ｆｕｎｎｙ..
Hybrid Gaming He’s.* Yeonmi was talking about Kim Jong-Un
Yes, she is so clever .
Who is He? Are yoy talk about kim?
Thsi interview is such an emotional rolling coaster. I cried, I laughed and then I cried again. It was hard to listen, so it had to be much harder to speak up. I'm amazed by her, she's my next woman hero!
Her closing remarks have me bawling my eyes out. No, he’s not a joke. He’s the epitome of evil.
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
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.
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
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 ❤️
You r right.... Nd i m also from india
I love my INDIA. Thank god I am born here.
I born in India as well and I'm really grateful for this ..
Wat abt freedom of women.. still not ... defined... fed up with patriarchy 😐
@@sreedevibt7671 exactly
i love how the interviewer hold her hand, i just know she just need those😭❤
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HER SMILE WHEN SHE SAID I M FREE 😭😭 really made me think that I took my freedom for granted!
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.
😭😭😭😭 🤧🙏🏻🙏🏻
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.
😭🙏🏻🙏🏻😭🙏🏼🙏🏻😓
People who unliked this video were probably Kim and his crew of cronies with real internet
Kim and his crew 😂😂😂😂😂😅😂😅
WHERE are the THREE generations of her family?
Or maybe they stopped to look at her story from every angle and saw the potential holes in it.
I was literally thinking who the hell would unlike this!?
Crew 😂 😂 😂 😂 for sure
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.
Her appearance on Joe Rogan's podcast hopefully puts a big ass f'n spotlight on North Korea, China and all their sick leaders, life, etc.
Let her be the next president of NK instead of kimjong un so that people in NK will survive brighter future
Poam Levi ...nice
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.
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.
Poam Levi true ^^^^
Poam Levi she would get shot if she went back
Let's appreciate the interviewer! She's awesome!
@Luna 36 I thought the same, couldn’t stand her. The joke about executions was not it at alllll.
Absolutely
One of the bravest, most genuine "personality"'s speaking out for freedom.
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That brought a tear to my eye. It was International Women's Day yesterday, Yeonmi is a shining example of an inspirational woman.
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
It's sad to knw that people still live this way
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@@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 👍
@@mmchef100, all true, thanks, and same to you!
@@mmchef100 He probably can't read.
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...
yes it's call PTSD
Heartbreaking. I’m so proud of this young lady. May God continue to Protect, keep and Bless her 🙏🏽
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❤️
Do something regarding your horrendous caste system before you worry about Korea
@@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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That's well and legit;
You're playing a well Sarcasm aren't you?
@@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🥂
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.
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 :(
communism must be exterminated
@@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.
@@thelyricologist9568 You are partly right, communism is an idea sounds wonderful but will eventually leads to a twisted evil cult.
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This is incredibly heartbreaking. No person should ever have to go through this trauma.
Well.... Maybe Kim Jong-Un should have to go through it. But he's the only one.
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@@davecarsley8773 Um... he only left one comment. 🤔
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Yet millions, at least, probably go through similar.
Suddenly realised how blessed I am ... THANK YOU LORD 🙏🏼
Exactly! 😢💔 forgive us Jesus for ever complaining
The way how she describes the experience as she learns and sees things in the free world for the first time just amazes me. God made her survive and live to tell the tale, because she had an important mission to open the world’s eyes with whats happening in North Korea and at the same time see the “heaven” we normally take for granted. God bless her lovely soul. North Korea’s freedom and its people will always be in my prayers from now on. 🙏🏼
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This woman is so amazing, I hope we can really listen to her message and not get caught up in our own privilege.
+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.
+LUIZ ANTONIO SILVA Completamente correcto, es lamentable la condicion en la que viven esas personas
+Mind The Gap bitch is lying
+God are you out of your mind? stop being evil.
God Shut UP Troll!!
“I will never understand the concept of freedom but I’m learning every day”
Sad just sad 😔
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)
@@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
@@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.
@@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
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I'm watching this video 6 years later. 🙏 Pray for you people. God be with you amen
*"How can anyone think this clown is telling the truth."*
Yeonmi is a paid, celebrity "witness." The Diplomat did a write up of her about how her stories do not line up, and they have the receipts. It’s is fabricated, unfortunately. I know that perspective is difficult and unfair, it seems, but that’s the point of such a story perfectly tuned over time to appeal to your emotions. If you need more proof look at the Greyzone video with Max Blumenthal, and another further report he did previously. There is a literal TV program in South Korea where North Korean defectors compete with their lavishly embellished escape stories to win.. it’s a game show. Yeonmi Park has personally made almost $1,000,000 telling her story.
Her story changes massively. One of the most crucial changes in her story from the initial tv interview is that her father was initially with her when she left N.K.. later she said it was only her mom that was with her, in order to weave in the part where her mom is raped to save her from that assault- a much more heart-wrenching progression.
Says she was poor but slips up by saying she grew up with her mum having chanel handbags🥴....how can anyone think this clown is telling the truth. Anything she says is suspect, as she could easily be grifting Rightwing media.
The story is she stole other defectors stories. She was a high ranking person in DPRK (according to one version they claimed) and did escape (probably through bribes). She steals other people’s stories to make her story sound more sensational. you will always see someone trying to be over dramatic and get attention and fame by making the story 100 times worst. Did she go through horrible things? We don't know. Did she use other peoples stories and exploit them as her own? Yes, 100 percent.
She's definitely from North Korea and she definitely "escaped" but I'm pretty sure she's laying the story on thick because her whole career depends on it. It's her livelihood.
She's Korean Elizabeth Holmes. She arrived here in South Korea and used the refugee system in every way, got free education, numerous plastic surgeries including breast implants, appeared on TV to find a rich man, failed, then rehearsed years for the show targeting foreign countries.
They never escaped to Mongolia. Her mother never raped, and they were never kidnapped/captured as sex-slaves! And her father never was or died in China! The whole story/ her book is pure fabrication. I can document it! But I am not aware of their real life/ story! I just know that they are lying! She lied about her father's death, and got exposed by North Korean government, so she had to admit it (in silence! few people were paying attention to it). Here you go :
"But North Korean government came after me and described me that I didn't suffering in North Korea and also they said that my father died in North Korea not in China, and they say that I was an very ambitious girl because he gripping ambitious extremely bad thing and they say you are an ambitious girl, and your father was a bad person, and your mom was immoral person............But they didn't really come up with a like big thing *except my father died in North Korea* and my father's ashes were in China, and my mother went to China a few months ago and brought my father's ashes to South Korea." (ReasonTV : In Order to Live: Yeonmi Park's North Korean Defector Story Nov 13, 2015)
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I’ve been following ms park for a couple years but first time seeing this interview. It should make us all ashamed of just how spoiled we really are. She’s an inspiration in so many ways.
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.
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.
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.
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😢😭😭
Exactly. No words can describe her feelings. I felt so sorry for her
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.
I had been told, trained, and taught how bad things were there. It never dawned on me that it was that bad until i was standing on the edge of the dmz and watching the lights go out at 10. seeing the darkness everywhere. pitch black. then turning around and seeing the glow from seoul, a beacon glowing like the sun.
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 !!!
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.
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Me too
I thought he was in 40s
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I can't help my tears falling while listening to Yeonmi. Such a brave lady. God bless her and prayers for North Korea.
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Man I can't see any more of these episodes because it deeply saddenes me! Life a full life young Lady!!!
You're not a victim at all. Yeonmi, you're an incredible human being.
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FoodforThought man please what the hell are you saying? Atleast respect her for what she has gone through please.
10yrs of English, she puts my English to shame
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.
falun gong cult You are a cold hearted,cruel freak.What a selfish, immature ass you are.
And we have people here in the US complaining about wearing masks. It blows my mind how ungrateful people are
facts bro
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
SERIOUSLY!!!
@@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.
@@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
Yeonmi, you have been through so much. For you to be able to still see the beauty in life after the horrors you've seen speaks volumes to your inner strength. I'm so sorry for everything you've had to endure in your short life. I'm so glad you're in a better nation. I hope we all do our part to keep this nation free and beautiful, so more young girls like your teenage self can have somewhere to escape to.
I am crying so much. This is hard, yet necessary to watch. I love this young woman and her bravery.
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.
Priscila Lee yeah you can do that! or join some kind of pageant to make your statement and be an influence.
I agreeeee
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.
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Her voice is so pleasant.
One outstanding woman. Strong with a big heart.
she has an incredible youtube channel and i think everyone should watch it. it’s so eye opening
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.
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.
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What’s her yet Chanel
@@catsmeow5295 voice of North Korea by yeommi park. Her latest video was on north Korean comedy
@@life_with_logan9691 thanks Logan I appreciate it. Logan
The whole interview is heart wrenching! Especially when this interview hits the 10 minute mark.
I have to come back and watch this to remind myself how thankful I need to be and spread awareness. God bless her.
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"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!
Ahhhh😭 I suddenly remember my section last grade it was St. Augustine section
I am in tears literally.. I have immense respect and admiration for you from the bottom of my heart.
I'm so sorry I couldn't stop crying when I watching your interview 😢 God bless you and your family 🙏
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.
I cryed my eyes out! How gratefull this girl is, how beautifull she is, inside and out...
Yeah
I'm a 56 yo white guy... and this made me cry.
@Drew Hong proof?
@@logic-facts get the hell out of here stinky old ass bastard supporter of propaganda scams of usa against its rivals
@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
I'm so sorry you and your family suffered and lost so much! To me your the bravest most sincere young woman I could hope to me. Your free now sent to the rest of our world to tell your story. To educate us all about not taking our precious lives for granted.
"I will never fully understand the concept of freedom"
Yes. Yes, you will. You are understanding it when you talk of the things you no longer have to live in fear of. It means different things to each of us. The things you mentioned are your individual freedoms.
Enjoy your freedom. You and your family deserve it! Now we must continue to fight for freedom here too because some of us are more free than others.
Forget storming area 51 lets storm north korea instead
Paranz Anonymous - AGREED!!!
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yes
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Spare the innocent NK people, just storm the NK leader bastard
Can This Woman Be a Presidential Of North Korea
And Bring The People Independent and Not Communist
No.. there will be only one candidate in ballet paper
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hmmm, does she have the bloodline??? that is why he had his half brother killed to prevent anyone from challenging his rule.
What a good idea.
What a brave, courageous, wise young woman she is. What she & her family went through. All of the North Korean people. Their leader should be prosecuted. Why won’t the world do something. Keep on fight you are the hope of many in your country
You are a brave heart, honest and sincere soul.
You being a girl and being subjected to such pain ..was just destined and unfortunate earlier ..yet ...it has somehow made you victorious in your quest.
I am very happy for you.
I am utterly sad about the other traumatic souls in North Korea..who have such oppressions in their lives.
Keep up your good work...and I hope the world realises that something needs to be done urgently.
We all have one life to live..and that is a precious gift given by the supreme human creator.
No person has the right to take away that freedom from anyone.