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I escaped from North Korea thanks to the foreign media
I escaped from North Korea thanks to the foreign media
There once was a nine-year-old girl who had no idea that she would ever meet you. That's because she was born in North Korea. If not for her father's decisions, she would not be here today talking to you, she would still be a prisoner of North Korea. I don't know what you were doing at the age of nine, but I know what I was doing. At that time, my father began to prepare me t...
2021-02-06 10:04
The power of giving
The power of giving
As someone who was born in North Korea, it is so unexpected for me to be speaking about the Giving Tuesday movement that started in the United States.
2021-01-16 10:14
Escape from North Korea: My dreams as a woman came true in South
Escape from North Korea: My dreams as a woman came true in South
Have you ever risked your life to achieve your dream? My dream was to walk the streets of my hometown freely wearing a pretty dress and earrings, and to express my own voice against injustice. For this dream of freedom, I risked my life at a young age and escaped from North Korea to start my new life.
2020-10-10 09:21
Escape from North Korea: 'I'm free because of movies and English'
Escape from North Korea: 'I'm free because of movies and English'
Escaped from North Korea in 2006, arrived in South Korea in 2007 (repatriated from China in 2002 and 2004). I attempted my first escape from North Korea after I began to learn about the outside world when I was in high school. I had some friends in North Korea who would share movies from South Korea and America. My mind was moved by what I had seen. I couldn't wait to get out...
2020-09-19 09:12
'Colonizing the colonizers'
'Colonizing the colonizers'
I was born in North Korea without any liberty. I couldn't say the words I wanted to say, see what I wanted to see, hear what I wanted to hear. I never expected that my first trip to another country would be when I escaped from my own. I thought if I went to China, I would have freedom, but that expectation was completely wrong because I always had to run and hide myself from ...
2020-09-06 16:48
Book donation for North Korean refugees
Book donation for North Korean refugees
Park Min, center, CEO of PR agency ToGo Communication, holds a copy of the book “Winning English” with Casey Lartigue Jr., co-founder of Teach North Korean Refugees (TNKR), a NGO offering educational services to North Korean refugees, in a donation ceremony at the NGO’s office in Seoul, Thursday. To Park’s left is Lee Eun-koo, co-founder of the NGO.
Park Si-soo | 2020-07-16 16:51
In order to graduate (Part 2)
In order to graduate (Part 2)
Yeonmi Park was already on the way to becoming a fluent English learner and public speaker when her sister Eunmi Park joined her at the Teach North Korean Refugees Global Education Center (TNKR) in May 2014. I had heard about Eunmi so many times I felt I was meeting a mythical figure.
2020-05-24 13:19
  • In order to graduate (Part 1)
In order to graduate (Part 1)
In order to graduate (Part 1)
Two North Korean refugee sisters graduated from college this past February, one in New York City, the other in South Korea. Their paths in life diverged 13 years ago when they were separated during the chaos of escaping from North Korea.
2020-05-24 13:15
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Escape from China: Former North Korean restaurant worker tells her story
Escape from China: Former North Korean restaurant worker tells her story
In April 2016, a week before the National Assembly elections, 12 North Korean restaurant workers and their manager escaped from China in what South Korean government officials called an “unprecedented mass defection.” That was the beginning of the controversy, as North Korea and some human rights organizations in South Korea charged it was a “kidnapping” or fabricated for pol...
2020-04-18 10:26
Is North Korea shooting COVID-19 patients?
Is North Korea shooting COVID-19 patients?
As COVID-19 spread around the world causing people to isolate themselves, some wondered if the most self-isolating country had been infected by the deadly virus. There have been a range of reports, with North Korea denying it had any infections and some charging that North Korea was shooting anyone suspected of having the virus.
2020-04-12 13:10
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