I'm ashamed of myself for taking for granted all things American. This woman and others like her are truly remarkable. Selfishly, this amazing story makes me want to be a better person and help others.
Don’t be. It is human nature. Just because your suffering can’t compare to hers doesn’t mean it doesn’t matter... I doubt she'd believe such. We really can’t appreciate anything as much as we will when it is gone. And when we compare our lives we see horrid suffering like this as well as people living in absolute luxury. Of course we are closer to the quality of life a Billionaire lives opposed to what she endured but everyone's life is a series of tragedies. While it is always good to keep it all in perspective, feeling shame because our pain can’t possible match theirs doesn’t help her, probably doesn’t help yourself beyond acknowledging it.
Her telling the story about not being able to say goodbye to their family is beyond upsetting because she absolutely knows her father was tortured without mercy to get some answers out of him
Conversations like this is the reason why this podcast is important. We'd never hear this type of story told this detailed without interruption in any mainstream news outlets.
My family crossed the Mekong under starless night to avoid being shot escaping Laos 40 years ago, I was 6 months old. this story is too close to my heart and only ask that people empathize with stories like hers.
I live in Malaysia and I read your book "In Order to Live". I could not finish reading although I could have done it in just two weeks. Your story is very heart-breaking. You are the strongest woman I ever known.
@@SixStringSicario you can’t watch the podcast on PlayStation or Xbox. You can only listen to it which makes no sense. I’m don’t want to watch a 4 hour podcast on my phone. I want it on the TV and now I can’t fucking do that
My grandfather was able to escape north korea during the war. I owe my life to this man, if it wasn't for him I never would have been able to be born here in America. I appreciate him and the fact that I have the privilege of being born in such a great country 🇺🇸 even though most people here does not appreciate what they have.
People here are privileged enough to be ignorant of the harsh realities of the world. So many Americans don’t know how good they have it. Our poorest live like kings compared to most other countries.
each country has its own ways oppression some more blatant more cruel than others. the problem is wherever you are you subject to that country's agenda whether you agree or not. for a standard of living yes the USA is better than the others but this does not mean for other minorities that experience police brutality or racism
She said in another interview that when she was sold the guy asked her to be his mistress and she agreed on the one condition that he would help bring her family together. So the guy ended up bringing her dad and mom together.
I saw an interview where she said after they got to China they couldn’t take him to a hospital and he ended up dying because of all he went through in the prison camp
I’ve been a following her for years, it still amazes me how many people dismiss her story because she chose to profit off it and share, like if it’s not something that is necessary for the cause. We need more people like her that become well known and share there story, no matter who she was trained or taught by, this is a person who has seen some sh*t you can’t even begin to comprehend. There is darkness and true evil in this world and the fact that people choose to ignore it and instead spread more hate and evil is just beyond me.
People that say she's doing this for profit are smooth brained. She's the voice of a very few. Her story is of value and she deserves the riches. People suck ass
I believe if any people are allowed to profit, its legendary people like her who truly understand pain and suffering....I think the reason people often make that statement is because 90% of people who profit out of stuff...are decietful....she deserves every penny she gets and I pray she lives the rest of her days in luxury and most importantly with love and happiness!❤❤❤
A lot of the stuff that she talks about is made up bullshit. The story she tells changes every time. I wouldn’t be surprised if 90% of stuff she tells is made up. She is definitely only doing this for money
@@dylanjeffery2427 KIX is a socialist/Commie. Can you believe these people live in the USA ? And want USA to become socialist. So USA becomes the next N Korea / Nazi germany . Life must be that bad for some
@@LionHGH Congrats on pushing the narrative that north korea's not as bad or crazy as she (who was a kid when it happened) has claimed. You have no right to even call into question, with an article that's been consistently disproven, the story of someone who was terrified for her life like this.
I absolutely adore Yeonmi Park. She escaped N. Korea, survived being a refugee in China, made it to the western world, and learned the ridiculous English language. There’s way more to her story than that though. Way more! What a gorgeous, badass woman. I’m so goddamn grateful that I am fortunate enough to be born and raised in the United States. And so thankful that she made it out of there alive. The fact that she now fights to free others is mind boggling to say the least. Incredible!!She might deserve “Woman of the Century” for all of that. Astoundingly impressive.
I can't even begin to imagine the horrific experience she has been through. So glad she is speaking out and bringing awareness to these atrocities that still exist today.
Why don't you begin to imagine the horror stories that Latin American migrants can tell about why they left their countries. Horrific stuff happening in America's back yard.
China, not far from it...esp when returning citizens go back, they're aren't aloud back out. There a video about that on RU-vid a while back regarding that story.
Imagine trying to keep power yet feed millions when you don’t have food or money to buy enough food only choice is to make em stay if you give em freedom they will leave what normal human with free choice chooses no food no running water and death it would be impossible to run a free nation with no food and stuff for people to work for and buy no one now a days is gonna work for food alone if they have had wifi and microwave meals I’m gonna want something I can buy stuff with
I will not be surprised if some of the more horrific story still have not been told, like cannibalism or something... imagine if you have no food for long time your brain will be your worst enemy, every source of food you can think of, even the corpses...
If you give them freedom they don't have to leave. They will make another Korea. It's the same people and culture as the South. As soon as South Korea relaxed their laws they got really rich.
she has such an amazing calming voice and speaks English beautifully. This poor woman has been through so much, I'm hoping she was able to connect with her father again.
I read Yenomi’s autobiography this past summer and cried through most of it. She suffered and endured a horrific childhood, living under an evil regime. I am so thankful to God she escaped and is finally free. I encourage everyone to read her book: “In Order to Live”
Yeonmi’s channel is great. I learned so much from her and I’m truly happy for her. I grew up in poverty and struggled a lot, but eventually became successful. However, my poverty and Yeonmi’s poverty are in two totally different realms. I really commend her and her story is inspirational.
this episode made me realize that my problems are nothing compared to stories like her, glad she was strong to tell it all and grateful she’s here alive and well after what she went through
Heard the entire podcast - I have never been so on edge and both fascinated & terrified at the same time. I wish her an amazing peaceful life after all that she went through. Heartbreaking to know, that there are many other people who are currently experiencing what she experienced.
True. Though a lot of governments are slowly chipping away at these freedoms and leading us in that direction, even in developed western countries. Take the US for example which has for-profit prisons locking people up for minor offences making them work for cheap, or Australia which uses its police force to intimidate, assault and arrest journalists that criticise or report about corrupt politicians. It's almost like humans aren't capable of being trusted with power, and no civilised country is able to maintain its freedoms forever.
Except they’re starting to take away our freedoms already. It started with the Electoral college, and now the vaccine mandates and IRS getting a bit too frisky.
@@thetechconsultant you’re missing the point. This is literally what the initial comment is talking about 🤦😭😂. Americans complain about offensive words, vaccine mandates, somewhat strict laws because of the lack of perception. It’s so much privilege. Also, other vaccines have been mandated such as flu, measles, mumps, and tetanus shots. U probably had them as a kid, in order to attend school.
@@appl3.149 Gosh she just wants to look good, every woman wants to look good. I dont think she cant enjoy some western stuff and fit in. If you watch the Jordan Peterson podcast, you can tell she isnt " Americanized" and actually questions a lot of things.
it is! are people just finding out how bad NK is? I don't get how this is the first time people are finding out about NK? its crazy I mean NK has been evil for decades now
@@Chris971. What’s the point even if she was lying about these being her experiences? People need to know what’s going on in NK. I’ve known for a long time how inhumane the situation in NK is because I had a teacher that would go there twice a year to smuggle rice in to feed the hungry people. Everything she said is true and actually happening. Even if she didn’t experience some of these things herself it doesn’t matter. She’s not doing this for her she clearly is trying to raise awareness about NK to save her people
there's literally thousands of more stories that are even worse! are people just finding out how bad NK is? I don't get how this is the first time people are finding out about NK? its crazy I mean NK has been evil for decades now
I agree, it's surprising how many comments of people saying how horrible NK is, like they are JUST now finding out about it just because some *pretty* NK girl is saying it on JR'S podcast? All the rest of us have known about how notorious NK has been for decades now...
My grandfather was drafted into the army during the Korean War. He is 90 now. It’s so sad that things are still so terrible for the people on North Korea.
Yes, and now they're hunting his son: "Kim Han-sol". He's currently protected by the CIA and none knows where he is. They want to kill him because he is the real heir of North Korea. And he wants to end dictatorship. He is the "purest" from a dinasty standpoint. That's because Kim jong-un is half japanese while his father, Kim Jong-nam, wasn't (they were half-brothers). As Kim family members are referred as "God Entities"... the fact that Kim Jong-un is "less pure" makes a big difference for the people there. Basically they're brainwashed kinda like in Attack on Titan.
I didn’t feel like downloading Spotify but I watched Tim Pool’s interview with her witch tells the same story. What a roller coaster of emotions, this woman is incredible
I’ve watched many documentaries about people who managed to escape North Korea and those who succeeded are extremely lucky because most are not able to make it and most are unfortunately caught and sent back to North Korea and killed for defecting but hopefully those that did survive have a much better life with freedom and never have to suffer that pain ever again ❤️
@@col.hanslanda2013 she is not lying. You are. You know how I know? Her story is not unique. You know how else i know? You offer no evidence except a state sponsored broadcast. No.
She looks nothing like what she used too. I find it interesting that it didn't take that long for her to get fake boobs and a couple plastic surgeries since getting out of nokor. And no, i don't think there's anything wrong with fake boobs and shiet. People can do whatever they want.
"I thought that like, if I go where the lights were, we would be finding some bowl of rice..." It is moments like this that really make me stop and think about how lucky I am.
Imagine the yearning for freedom from a regime like this, it must be the ultimate desire to escape to a place you haven't dreamed of. Forget the countries that just let you go and don't care. What about the ones that don't let you go. You're in their prison and they own you as far as their concern.
@Bob Watters I knew about this back in the 1990s. Shows the absolute state of education in the western world and the western media. You know China is doing the same thing at the moment to the Uighurs. People still buying Chinese products and trading with them. Hollywood still taking chinse money and then protesting climate change to seem progressive. The place is a fucken circus.
Growing up in gang violence/drug violence, seeing friends and family die made me hard asf but listening to this has humbled me and goddamn it's so awful to imagine all the horrors she faced and the unspeakable acts done upon her people and still happen to this day is unimaginable. Knowing you cant fight back becausen there's no weapons, food, support system, logistics to fight the regime. God I really hope more people listen to this video :/
It's very cathartic. I recommend also listening to her interview on China Uncensored, where she and the hosts get into some more thematic content. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8hA_tGLWlFw.html
I listened to the 3+ hours on Joe's podcast. I was completely shocked!!! I had absolutely no idea anything like this was going on. HOW DO WE MAKE THIS STOP!!!!!!!
I'm glad the world is hearing her story. There's a Korean show called "On My Way to Meet You" which covers these topics with North Korean escapees...10's of thousands of people with similar stories of being captured in China, then sent back to North Korea to torture camps.
Have to love RU-vid. Listening to her story here and other from other interviews and it’s gut wrenching. What do some commenters come away with , she has a big chest ! Wow !
This is the first time I listened to a full 3hr podcast and oh boy I didn't even notice time passing. It's better than the Bob Lazar one and that was about fricking aliens. I really recommend everyone to just listen to the first 10 mins of this thing and I promise you'll continue. Apart from her story, they cover almost every relevant topic - The problems of north Korea is obvious, but also the problems of America and her own perspective. For her this country is the heaven she desired and how it is now showing similar signs as that of her previous country. I had tears by the end and I think even Joe had difficulty maintaining his composure in the last scene. Really loved it and definitely this has changed my life.
Thank you for commenting. Joe & Yeonmi have positively awesome communication chemistry. Listening to her story uncountable times always enlivens me to do what I can do, so when you say it changed your life, why not share what steps you will take in that new life? Seriously.... The Y Parks story is going to rival Rosa Parks in the history of America. Yet getting to understand deeply the reality of this horrific scenario is only the jumping off part. As Joe says only she can tell her story, but we can all process it internally as something very very urgent to be concerned about as humans. YP. " Only hope is with INDIVIDUALS". So my part now is to do the most I can to spread not only awareness but solutions. YP. may not embrace my efforts, but I don't care, because I am an individual. My heart says to discuss and question others as to what they as individuals are doing. Thank you very much.
"And there was a boy in sewer... and he was eating the rat... and the rat was eating the dog... and the dog was eating me... but I was runned away... and it was so bad... and then the police shot the dog... and the dog raped the boy... and then the rat shot the police... and then you have to eat the police... but the dog was eating the rat... and my grandmother ate the police... and the police turned the dog into lampshade... but the eat raped the police... and now my grandmother is dead inside lampshade dog..." "Wow"
@@bellingdog my friend was listening to this and he’s listened to a lot of podcasts because he’s a postal worker and he said this was the first one to make him tear up and change his perspective on life
Saw this woman on another interview a while back. Truly one of the most remarkable stories I've ever heard from anyone! I was hoping Joe would get a chance to talk to her as well.
If you can get past Tim Pools insufferable personality, he interviewed her and it was eye opening! Along with the brave woman Lilly he interviewed last night. It brought a tear to my eye to see how passionate and patriotic she is.
@@viktorcheng2061 So she a goofy chick. Someone who ran from home, talking about Black people who built the nation she fled to. I don’t care where she is from, being anti Black will not be tolerated.
Most of the story is made up. She had money in North Korea. Here is her mom talking about it ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9CE1xSQ9mRk.html
She's duplicitous. I've always had issues with her "story". She's been on YT for years and I never felt right about her. Her mom was a government worker. I've seen all those pics. They would have been considered upper class citizens over there.
Chinese communists are sin full force, trying to convince you that being a slave is preferable to freedom. Don’t fall for that. Please. Keep your mind open. I know that liberals are more likely to ignore these red flags, but this woman is speaking the truth. It’s a truth that is Mexicans face. We’re forced to be drug dealers in order to not be executed. I know right wingers will say this is fake, but it’s the realized face. I wouldn’t say this shit if it we why true.
People like you crack me up coming across grifters like Miss Park this late in the game. So, I'll get you caught up. I first came across this broad 4 years ago all by myself on RU-vid. She's duplicitous. I've always had issues with her "story". She's been on YT for years and I never felt right about her. Her mother worked for the government over there and they would have been what you would call upper class by DPRK standards. This chick lived a life of extreme privilege and has been grifting on YT since they left. What has never been made clear is exactly why they left. But I promise you it didn't have a thing to do with an empty stomach. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8hPSQxp701o.html
@@chino9927 Don't say you weren't warned. The rabbit hole is deep and well traveled on her. You'll find far more than that link I posted in your search, but that guy did a great job of summing her and her mother up. Good luck!
I came from the Spotify full episode after seeing this beautiful lady on flagrant.. Her story is absolutely heartbreaking I’ve never feel more for a stranger.. so I just came to say even do she will probably never see this.. I hope she knows that she is a very brave and beautiful women .. and I would Literly kill to protect a soul like this.. keep on fighting love.. if an average Joe like me could do something I would in a heartbeat
Listened to this yesterday at work and was entirely hooked the entire time , one of my favorite podcast episodes , very heartfelt, educational and inspiring
She’s been talking about this for several years and it’s her life’s work to bring this to light now. Earlier on she was very emotional and you can tell it’s still painful, but she has told her story so much that she has more control over her emotions.
True. Incredible, yes, but she had lots of luck. That she made it out of NK at all is lucky. That she made it out of the sex trafficking China is lucky. That she everyday made to the US to tell her story and achieve celebrity status is incredibly lucky. Had it not been for her mother and father's love and sacrifice she wouldn't be here at all.
I'm just listening to this now. It's fucking heartbreaking to think that people are living like this in this day and age. She is almost in tears several times throughout the interview. It's gut wrenching.
*She is the biggest fake around!! Why hasn’t she got an Oscar for Best Actress yet?* There are a few extremely professional & extremely convincing acts compared to Ms Park's efforts. Many people are suspicious and think she might be just a pawn, and it happens a lot in America once you gather a huge number of followers on Twitter or RU-vid or whatever… I read her story and seen videos of her talking about her escape from north korea. One day she might be able to keep her stories straight. She has a habit of changing key parts every time she yaps in from of people. Most people tend to remember things like their parents deaths etc… in her stories they always change. At the bottom of the issue is a conflict of interest--she, and other NK defectors, have a financial stake in fabricating or exaggerating their experiences because the conservative market of speakers will pay more for sensational stories. Unless they find a way to crosscheck and verify their own claims, I'm always taking their words with plenty grains of salt. Everyone knows the old saying "You shouldn't Judge a book by it;s cover etc......." True as it may , BUT, Just couldn't help noticing how fake her overall persona/presentation is ......... Her rather expressive tones & tears, ... or she dressed up nicely and dolly/innocent look in that traditonal Korean outfit was rather .... fake / trying tooooo hard perhaps etc..... Yeonmi Park is just spreading propaganda at this point. She's doing it for the views, likes and ad-revenue only. Nowadays on her channel, you see videos that there is a random uprising in North Korea, random coup here, people are angry, etc. But when you search for the sources either there are no sources & evidence regarding her claims or she only has access to same "news sources"/rumours like we do (She's not living in NK anymore). She's repeating content, making false claims too. She's milking it as long as people keep giving her money. Next year she's going to add how they met Kim Jung Un and he helped them escape. A lot of what the West says about North Korea is pure rubbish. US media could claim something completely outrageous like North Koreans execute babies by feeding them to sharks with the only reference being an “anonymous source”, yet people will believe it all uncritically. And Totally much more plausible that the trillion dollars pumped in propaganda in the west are connected to that chick's shady bullshit stories. *Imagine you actually realizing what you've been told has all been fantastic tales!!*
*"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 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cjE7apYAdBM.html
@@shenglongx that’s what the Korean War was about in the 50’s. But China has north Korea’s back so its hard for USA to do anything especially now that USA is in debt with China too smh.
*Did she and her mother cross into China by themselves or with her father in tow?* *Yenomi claims how she had to leave North Korea without telling her father.* She was worried that if he knew anything about her plan, the government would torture him to death to get information about how to find her. Ms Park said it was terrifying trying to leave as she knew there were land mines placed in strategic locations and one misstep could prove fatal. (Joe Rogan's Interview With Yeonmi) *But is it true? Please compare these contradictory statements /claims/ lies :* *VERSION 1:* 5:30-5:40 - *“I escaped with my mom and father - the three of us.”* (June 22, 2014 radio interview) static.squarespace.com/static/53615d24e4b0a4907f99ed24/t/53a8f1b2e4b04eb3d0ae79aa/1403580850616/Bob%20Zadek%20Show%20%20June%2022%202014.mp3/original/Bob+Zadek+Show++June+22+2014.mp3 YEONMI PARK: *Yeah, basically 2007 I left North Korea with my mum and my father, without my sister.* (Insight, Changing a Mindset Transcript - Yeonmi was a guest on Tuesday's episode of Insight on SBS ONE,Host Jenny Brockie , April 8, 2014) www.sbs.com.au/news/sites/sbs.com.au.news/files/transcripts/363709_insight_changingamindset_transcript.html *During this time, we decided to leave North Korea. We had to cross a frozen river in the middle of winter to sneak across the border into China. My parents brought a small amount of money with them, and my mother got a job washing dishes.* .(Yeonmi Park speaking on SBS's Insight. I am a North Korean defector By Yeonmi Park April 7, 2014 ) www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life-and-relationships/i-am-a-north-korean-defector-20140407-36860.html *Park said that as she, her mother and her father attempted to escape, they encountered brokers who claimed they could help them.* (Yeonmi Park spoke at an event about her experience growing up in and fleeing North Korea. 11/12/19) www.thejustice.org/article/2019/11/human-rights-advocate-describes-her-escape-from-north-korea-brandeis *VERSION 2 :* Yeonmi's father was a mid-ranking civil servant who tried to make ends meet by selling gold and silver across the border in China. He was eventually arrested and sentenced to 17 years in jail. *He returned to his family after serving a partial sentence, and that's when they decided to flee North Korea.* Yeonmi and her mother escaped in 2007, sneaking across three mountains and a frozen lake to get to China. *Her father stayed behind in order to minimize the risk of the whole family being arrested.* Her father joined them in China a short time later, but his freedom didn't last long: He died soon thereafter. (The World October 10, 2014) www.pri.org/stories/2014-10-10/she-risked-her-life-defect-north-korea-now-she-wants-world-hear-her-story In 2007, with the aid of human traffickers, Yeonmi's sister crossed the frozen river into China, followed by Yeonmi and her mother. *Park's father was sick and stayed behind in North Korea, thinking his illness would slow them down.* www.depauw.edu/news-media/latest-news/details/31750/ A few days later Yeonmi’s father, who had become concerned about their lengthy absence, slipped across the border and managed to join them. But the family’s slide continued. Yeonmi and her parents still had not managed to track down Eunmi but they decided to remain in China rather than attempt a potentially dangerous return to North Korea. A greataunt who lived on the Chinese side of the border found them shelter in a filthy, cobweb-filled room in the countryside outside the city of Shenyang. ‘There was no electricity. We couldn’t pay for water,’ Yeonmi said. Her parents would collect water from a dripping tap. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/11138496/Escape-from-North-Korea-How-I-escaped-horrors-of-life-under-Kim-Jong-il.html *On the night of March 30, 2007, Yeonmi and her mother set out to join Eunmi. Guided by a people smuggler,*.... *” Soon they were joined by Yeonmi’s father. The three of them lived together in this part of China for a year and a half,* finding shelter in a one-room house with no electricity or running water. .” ( candid interview Oct. 31, 2014) www.thedailybeast.com/how-titanic-helped-this-brave-young-woman-escape-north-koreas-totalitarian-state?ref=scroll *VERSION 3 :* In 2007, Park's older sister, Eunmi, who was 16 at the time, escaped to China with the help of a smuggler. Park and her mother made the crossing soon after, hoping to reunite there..... Once across the border in China, Park says that one of the brokers tried to rape her, but her mother offered herself and was raped instead. *Eventually her mother was sold as a bride to a Chinese farmer in the countryside.* www.nbcnews.com/news/north-korea/yeonmi-park-s-long-journey-north-korea-chicago-n849516 *He (the broker,Zhifang ) sold her(Yeonmi) to another broker named ongwei*....but Park would never let him rape her....She threatened to end her life, but something stopped her - *a promise of one day reuniting with her family.* (Yeon-Mi Park, In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl’s Journey to Freedom (New York: Penguin Press, 2015), 139-150 Park’s smuggler upheld his side of the bargain. He bought back her mother and smuggled her father into China. *On October 4, 2007, Park reunited with both her mother and father.* Hongwei created a feast for the group, because it was also Park’s birthday. (Yeon-Mi Park, In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl’s Journey to Freedom P.167) *VERSION 4 :* *When her father was arrested for smuggling Ms Park’s mother persuaded a man to traffic them into China,* in a journey that took them over the Yalu river and past guards to reach the Chinese border. (Yeonmi Park reveals the horrors of life in North Korea and her escape to ChinaSaturday 03 October 2015) www.independent.co.uk/news/people/yeonmi-park-reveals-horrors-life-north-korea-and-her-escape-china-a6678156.html *VERSION 5 :* Ms Park, 21, who is from Hyesan, a city in the northern Ryanggang province, fled to China aged 13, along with her mother, after her father was sentenced to 17 years in prison for trading metal. *Her father subsequently joined the pair in China after bribing his prison guards, but died of cancer in 2008.* www.indy100.com/news/this-woman-escaped-from-north-korea-this-is-what-she-has-to-say-7249271 *VERSION 6 :* Eunmi fled to China in 2007 in order to escape the harsh environment. The rest of her family joined her shortly after. *Only Yeonmi and her mother were able to flee to China *after their father died of colon cancer.* Meanwhile, while crossing the frozen Yalu River to China, Yeonmi and her mother were raped and sold into slavery by human traffickers. popularnetworth.com/yeonmi-park/ ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PWlsbToBllg.html 3: 40 Yeonmi Park's father *already Died in Prison camp because of colon cancer* *Yeonmi Park Defector Lies Exposed* ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HnAju4n4PW0.html
As an American, I want so badly to put aside our differences and focus on international humanitarian crises. We have the power to make a difference and our political system is keeping us angry at each other.
It’s not our job to intervene in every country. We should be investing in America. Look at Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria. We don’t give a F about promoting democracy, it’s about gathering resources in those nations $$
@@politicomans3123 not our job to intervene in every country, but saying that we're going in for humanitarian aid when in reality we just want resources. Ah, America
wait how will it change the world? are people just finding out how bad NK is? I don't get how this is the first time people are finding out about NK? its crazy I mean NK has been evil for decades now
@@jacksevert3099 There is a difference between having a vague idea about NK being a fascist regime and actually knowing the brutal details of just one person’s story. Putting faces on the horrors is how people begin to care. “Starvation and execution is rampant in North Korea.” and “I saw a teenage boy with his organs hanging out of his back begging for food, next to a river full of bodies with their eyes eaten hollow by rats.” don’t have equal impact. One is much more visceral than the other, and evokes a deeper reaction on the part of the listener. I still don’t think this will change the world in any way, but it certainly isn’t a waste of time.
@Jose Ramirez... Austin Ens probably did what I did... he watched the ep on Spotify, then - because Spotify doesn't have comments - he came here to RU-vid and commented under a clip regarding the ep. You're welcome for the explanation ;P
It is a crime against humanity that such a beautiful thing can have such terrible memories And land mines. LAND MINES, on top of everything, are waiting for any defectors. Not that such a thing is even possible now anyway, but the level of crazy that North Korea is guilty of is...well...crazy. She is indeed a brave and beautiful woman. My prayers go out to her.
That's why they shoot them bcs you need insight I don't know why "especially needed in this times" you need more spy's who will sell everything what they know,now reverse and what if American run in N.Korea he will be last piece of shit how much heat Rodman get just for go there few days! Americans always blindsided,how look on Snowden traitor bcs show that government spy everyone and thanks for that was run save your head when is opposite situation this are hero's! I don't fall how they are good but left father to die I will never live my family take one and other left to be tortured bcs they watch and yt and CNN and when see her how talk worst about country her father is dead
Park then goes on to point out the top and chequered pants her mother is wearing “were all imported from Japan” and adds, “My mum even carried around a Chanel bag in North Korea,” to which the host responds incredulously, “There are Chanel bags in North Korea?” Park tells him there are and he then asks another woman if she’d classify Park’s family as “rich.” The woman answers, “Yes, that’s right.”
@Sam Farza Except this time she is not risen from hell. She came from privilege. Watch her earliest appearances on South Korean television. Chanel bags, Paris Hilton of North Korea she is been known for. Now she is milking this "celebrity defector" fame for so much money. She is already a multi multi millionaire.
Well worth listing to the whole podcast, might be the best pod hes ever done. What an inspiring and strong woman Yeonmi Park is. To live through that and come out on the other side like she has. Unreal
Dude, I'm going to admit to you, a stranger, that she had me in tears. This was tough to listen to. Holy fuck! God bless her and everyone of those North Korean citizens being brutalized.
@@rh81454 Go find her TedX talks and her very first speeches. She also has a great sense of humor and laughs a lot, she's not all sadness. It's amazing.
@@rh81454 I'm not seeing the specific talk I mentioned, maybe taken down. Her interview with Jordan Peterson was very educational and they have some laughs.
@@doubledutch1988 I hadn't heard of him until this comment so, I had a bit of a search and yes, he seems like a very wise man and is saying what many of us have been saying for years.
@@doubledutch1988 I've got the excuse of living in Australia but, people like this, who speak common sense should be promoted. I'm sure he's been called a white lover and a bunch of other things because his truth goes against the story people like to nurture.
