Do you think you could do an interview of Yeonmi Park for the next North Korea themed vids? It's just a suggestion cause I've read her book and it's incredible. Also, your vids are very addictive 😇🏵🏵🏵
Yeah if she returned she would have been either killed or put in a concentration camp. If the NK government found out about her leaving, which they probably did if she was in a higher class, her family is already in those camps or dead. It's called group guilt and 3-8 generations of family end up put in the camps for crimes like leaving.
Believe it or if north koreans were granted a few days in south korea and asked if they wanted to stay many of them wouldn't because they are so used to a cold and dark lifestyle they wouldn't be able to handle thinks in a normal fast paced country, and they also probably wouldn't know what to do with their freedom as almost all of them lived with such a strict rules their entire lifes
Well are you really surprised? Going from a state that literally did everything and decided for things you, never having to worry about money or your job, to an absolutely ruthless capitalist society such as sth. Korea. where you are free and you have to decide by yourself for everything, which is panicking, even for people living in countries like that since birth. I would have went back. It would take immense strenght to adapt like that, and life definitely wasnt so bad especially for her back there.
@@kikiTHEalienthat's what happened with another north Korean women who fled the country Drew binsky had a interview with her she now lives in Denver i think
She wasn't from a poor family. She just wanted freedom. It's a reason as valid as other defectors' reasons, hence why she was allowed to stay in South Korea as a defector.
She was living in fkn north korea for shit sake!! 😆 😄 Yeah it was the food packaging that almost made her decide to go back to Kim Jung Un and company 😂
Not really. Her family is high class in NK. And if she alone could bribe $10k dollars, its not impossible that her family could do the same for a larger amount
These people need to look over their shoulders every day of their lives. Step out of line you have your choice. Be shot or starved to death. Up to Kim Jong Un.
Nara's story is quite interesting. Her story is different because she left North Korea, not because she was hungry or poor. Her family lived well but she left because she wanted freedom. Her mother already lived in China and later in South Korea and asked her several times if she didn't want to join her. Her father and brother decided to stay. It's interesting to learn a story with a different view of the life there. I really like to watch her interviews.
@@pink-cow she gets south Korean citizenship by default after escaping from the north. + The language barrier & food culture is not that big so it's easier to adapt for them. Why TF would she leave all that and go to the usa where she would be looked at as a strange animal by everyone else around her? & How exactly is she supposed to go there lol. Also South Korea has pretty good healthcare & opportunities for her. I'd pick sk over usa too lol.
@@pink-cow because South Korea conditions are way better. North Koreans are given a lot of help, studying and working opportunities and very good healthcare. She has more opportunities there, she doesn't need to learn a foreign language nor adapt to a foreign culture and their food. Besides, she'll be a foreigner in the USA, as in South Korea they are given citizenship. If North Koreans already struggle to adapt to South Korea, adapting to the USA is much more difficult. She would be returning to NK in no time and lose everything she aimed for herself. I would pick South Korea anytime than the USA.
@@alva--._..l-._.-l.._.--but south korea is more dangerous for north koreans than the us is Listen to yeonmi park she has told the dangers about south korea Because north korean government can easily hire an assassin to kill you there
People like Nara and Yeonmi Park really have it tough... I am constantly reminded that my life isn't so bad when I think of them, it makes me feel grateful for all the happiness and safety I have in my life... I really hope the ones suffering in any part of the world, not only North Korea, find happiness and peace EDIT: so i researched further on yeonmi park and why she gets load of backlash. watched project nightfalls' and a few other videos on the topic and ive got to say i really wasnt expecting her to get contradicted for almost everything she said, and now i just think she straight-up lied and lied. pray for everyone guys, and do research before forming an opinion!
Yeonmi Park’s story is totally different from Nara. Nara’s ancestors were rich communists while Yeonmi’s ancestors were poor landowners and used them for hardwork. PRAY FOR CHINA. The communists are in full effect now.
@@marylee2732 Yeonmi is wayyy more privileged than Nara, Mary. She lived in Pyeongyang, and she didn’t even heard or witness the horror stories in NK and just made things up as she went along.
@nullvoid6095 bro get a life. Out here spreading conspiracy theories about Yeonmi and her family. There's plenty of proof out there for everyone to see her truth.
@@daylight_310 yes I know she is safe in South Korea. But what I meant to say is she didn't go with her family to south korea for the first time. She was alone. Then later she decided to bring her family with her. That's why she was gone to North Korea. She said it herself in some interview or show.
@Yeonjun's lost nike tn sorry i dont know which country you are from and i can't compare.. but comparing to the north koreans south koreans are far more friendly 👍 as the goverment is not that strict..
Course, I am S. Korean. We always welcome N. Korean, and we give S. Korean citizenship and all welfare from government, such as free education and free health care. Only N. Korean can get a S. Koresn citizenship without reason.
South korea has a policy of accepting each and every north korean who wants to escape, the only problem is getting there, as you probably know north koreans aren't allowed to leave the country without a special permission from the government and a very good reason to leave. You can't escape by land as the border with south korea is heavily protected and china is an ally to north korea and if you get caught in china they'll depart you back immediately and you can guess what would happen to you then
I can’t believe she would even consider for one second returning to North Korea, especially “because the food had different names or because of all the technology in South Korea” 💀
@@OhLatte I get that but I still feel like it's a little weird. I was raised in an area with a very high crime rate and when I finally moved to a better area I did not for a single second miss my old place. The old place I lived in is nothing compared to North Korea which is why it's even more shocking to me that she would want to consider moving back. I get that there are cultural differences and that it's hard to adjust to new places, but when thinking about all of the traumatic events she must've endured in North Korea it's still quite shocking to me. That's just my opinion though.
@@cursedtortilla101 The difference between your experience and hers is that you got out of the “area” in the country without any restrictions, whereas she left everything behind to leave the country where she has family, friends and everything. Even though North Korea is a horrible country, It’s her home where she will be welcomed by her parents, siblings and friends. And imagine if they will never be able to see you or you can visit there and then.
@@ieditwhatiminterested5341 My parents left behind their home country and even though it's not as restrictive as North Korea, it wasn't until decades that they were able to see their relatives again. That's just unfortunately the sacrifices some people have to make to live a better life. While yes, this isn't as bad as her situation, in the video they never mentioned that she wanted to go back to North Korea because of her "family or friends". He simply mentioned that the cultural differences were what made her consider moving back to North Korea. It's also said that those who are wealthy in North Korea have more access to things like technology, making it a bit easier to get into contact with Nara. Plus, do you really think that the North Korean government doesn't know that Nara escaped? Even though the North Korean government can't do anything to Nara since she's legally living in South Korea now, her family still lives in North Korea which makes me think that they were affluent enough to where they wouldn't be punished for helping their daughter escape and be so public about it. This might be why her family isn't listed amongst the things that made her consider moving back.
@Witty Witty Sure it could be seen as selfish, but North Korea is a depressing, dark and harsh country. It would be better for a person to leave a country like that to live a better life rather than staying, even if it meant they’d have to leave their friends and family. And who knows, her family may have wanted to stay in the North
@Witty Witty if i wasn't wrong, her mother the one who escaped first. Leaving her husband and children. And then her ex-husband married again and nara were not really close with them. And then she want to escaped to south korea and call her mom (not in dirrect call her, but used intel? Broker? Dunno, i forget). And her family in north korea were not that suffering. Well it's just what i remember tho
Do You Wonder Why Korea Split In Two? Well, The Story Begins From 1910. It Was Taken By Japanese. And, When Japan Empire Die, Soviet Union And USA Divided By 38th Parallel. And After Korean War, The Borders Are Exact Same.
Mainly because of plastic surgery, almost 90% of Koreans in South has done plastic surgery. If you want to see the real faces if Korean, then you can see Koreans in North including Kim Jong un and Koreans in 1900.
She's very brave... I can't imagine her feelings deciding to left behind her whole Family in NK. And now she's free and to face all the New things and expirience totally to her were hard. Fighting.
TBH going to Japan or Thailand is one of your best options because if you go to Thailand, escaping North Korea they'd send you to south Korea but in Japan they'd just contact south Korea and you won't go to jail
Exactly what i thought she swam across a river, was in jail but damn the unfamiliar food names in supermarket stressed her out!!!! But jokes aside she is very brave... Its not easy to make such a hard decision of leaving behind an opressive regime the thought it self is hard many people would just accept their fate and go on living, happy that she made a change.
It must be stressed for her, I went to SK once and I understand what she felt. People in there not welcoming, wont help you, wont explained what kind of food it is, except you have a korean friend who know you. My korean friends said in SK, people much colder before Gangnam style PSY trended over the world. after it's trending, the Government promotes hallyu waves to make Tourists/foreigners come to SK. Then it's better after BTS famous since 2017 until now. SK being so famous to travel destination, so people in there especially Seoul ppl changed a lil bit, they're not too cold, at least they try to humble to tourist or foreigner who visited there
She is overrated and make new stories. So nobody want's to look into her. I would rather recommend you to look into Evelyn who escaped North Korea when she was 15.
Watched her full video on this. She told that her life was pretty normal there as her father worked for government. As we usually come across horrifying stories about NK her's bought a new perspective. She was very positive about her life there as well. I liked listening about her experiences.
@@arissavillarreal8515 dude even if 2000 people there are not starving I'm glad because directly not their fault that other people are suffering but the kim family's. Working for govt. They are more under the knife , one mistake and 🔪.
Sometimes when I think about the North Korean people I really get tears ....life is so hard for them and I won't lie I don't do it always but whenever I remember, in my daily routine I pray for those people's good health and for their good life 💜💜💜
@@pj.sinclair Hey nice to meet you, and I just want to say I'm not stupid and thanks for giving me your opinion☺️ I feel sad for them and for their hard life because they are in an Authoritarian/totalitarian state where they have absolutely no freedom and are always hungry that's why
@@slavakard6844 if i was a rich person in North Korea like her I would leave north korea without selling kidney but i would not go to south korea I would go to Sacramento, California
"She wasn't satisfied with her life" no I'm pretty sure she heard of the outside world and she wanted that because she realized it was less strict out there
If you watch her youtube channel, she was basically swayed by K-drama and tought all SK guys are super good looking and live in big houses 😂😂 Hence when she fought with her stepmother, she decided to go to SK where her mom is (and chase hot guys, tho soon reality come crashing down on her when she see that the male species are not much different than NK) 😂😂
Makes the most dangerous decision of her life to leave North Korea, spends a month in jail, swims across a river, hops between 4 different countries. "Yeah, the *food labels* stress me out so I might go back to North Korea"
It is because since the division, South Korea has interacted with the world and accepted many new words, but North Korea has not. Much of the differences occurred after the division.
It's almost same. The accent and terms are little bit different but not a problem to understand and get used to. The greatest problem is North Korea prohibit the use of English words but South Korean use a lot of English words and It could make her confused.
Life in freedom has its stresses, but returning to authoritarian state could never be a choice. No matter the stress, the freedom to choose is always better than a promise of security in a cage even when it is diamond studded gold.
@@DrRohiniM it definetely is, but 1. You are the average Western News listener 2. The people in NK think their Life IS good and 3. You need to Look it at another Point of view
@@krichenboi I've seen interviews of many people from NK. Not the westerners People in NK "think" their life is good. Because they were never open to knowing what freedom is. Without any sources they don't know what freedom means I'm telling it from the other POV, you're not seeing it
@@DrRohiniM yeah yeah totally that people in north Korea think this cause they dont have freedom No Joke but i think the USA "freedom" Joke is Very funny
I think it is truly amazing how she can travel so far like that and be so brave also having to be in jail for a month is pretty hard if you really think about it. This is a great story god bless Nara ☺️
I’m South Korean but I know many people who are North Korean that also escaped. They have to cross a river without getting caught by North Korean soldiers (if your do you get killed) but if you don’t get caught you can be free as they can’t make you go to jail as South Koreans laws are different to north Koreans law (South Koreans law does not include not having north Koreans allowed) I hope that North Korea can give more freedom to people with less harsh laws. Not much is known about North Korea so I can’t say much but I hope that people there can stay safe
I read a few accounts and watched documentaries about people who escaped from North Korea. It's definitely not the same as directly knowing people who defected but what I noticed is that most of them spoke about how they didn't feel entirely secure in China either. They said that if you get caught by the Chinese government, you are deported back to North Korea since they're diplomatic allies and that's why they also can't claim asylum in China. I can't even imagine not only the stress of living in North Korea but also of knowing that if you do escape, you have to go through a country with as much landmass as China until you can actually reach safety, knowing that your only way out is like that since there's no way of coming out alive through the DMZ.
@@floraflowers wow I never heard about china before and I feel so bad and I can’t imagine being in that position. I’d feel so isolated, scared, trapped
her life was fine but yet she just had to leave because she was soo bored of her life in NK so now her family will get the punishment for 3 generations (probably death)
@@Unknown12874 You're south Korean and you don't know that China returns defectors to nk ? How. Also there's a bunch of other countries where they're not safe cause they deport them too. Also I really do t understand this girl, she was born into a wealthy family, her life was ok. But she chose to escape and appear on video ? She really doesn't give a shit about the rest of her family.
@@akurexburners Well escaping doesn't end your family's happiness, but appearing like this in public definitely does. The only reason would be if she doesn't know much about the punishment of defecting. Which let's be honest someone in south Korea would have told her. She sentenced them all to death, or pretty much the equivalent. What a piece of shit of a human.
I think the reason why she considered going back was because North Korea is almost completely closed off to the outside world for citizens so she didn't know how much better other places are, and it was an unfamiliar place with a mostly unfamiliar language and culture (like he said) so if you really think about it, it makes sense, mostly
Yeah. Plus, her family was rich there so it wasn't that bad for her, she said her relatives are celebrities and news anchors in NK. Secondly defectors can get home sick too sometimes, I guess.
The fact she had to swim to get there and got arrested just to live a better life outside of North Korea just show how bad people over there really need help from living over there .
There's a guy you should interview, a bachelor who took in TEN boys, mostly North Korean refugees. He had/has to play father for them and step in when they get mistreated for being North Korean. Amazing guy.
@@bruhhhebrooo5269 Who are you face palming at? It does not mean that in Korean. "Nara" means "country" or "nation" in Korean. Clearly you don't speak Korean either or you would have known.
I was trying to see if someone mentioned this but it’s honestly so sad, in North Korea if someone from a family escaped they would enslave their family leaving them to die while working, and if the person that escaped didn’t have any family then their friends would take the family’s place in being enslaved. I’m happy that Nara is living well but I can’t stop thinking about her family and friends
Don't worry, I've heard from others that she talked with her father and brother and they're alright and the reason she left was because her mother escaped before her
What happen with her upscale family now? Get demoted into lowscale? I think I heard in sunnydahye vlog that Nara escaped with her mother so, yeah. She was not alone.
i think feeling confused and the world passing by is better than feeling stressed and defeated over the face that you were born in one of the worst places
@@cuberd3398 the dad was fine Proof is that when the mom left just letting you know the mom left 3 years before she did Was Zara and her dad put in labor camps even though Zara’s mom escaped 3 years before Zara did No they were fine So her father is also fine
I can see why she was surprised about the food. When you go from one ‘meal’ of grass soup and rice rations a day to being able to buy food on a whim, it’s bound to be overwhelming
@@ragh9014 wrong I’m pretty sure she didn’t escape but she paid off the North Koreans to let her mom and her escape as it says she had to spend 10,000 dollars Also her family is fine
An old high school friend of mine was a North Korean defector and we took him to super Walmart. It was so overwhelming he started to cry. The stories he told makes you appreciate the little things in life we take advantage every day.
IK this girl..nara was literally alsmost died and i just relieved how she can escape from drowning also to SK i cant believe that korea is that different and she was watching drama when shes in NK and the drama was idk but she saw a house in the drama where there is 2 floor and she was like OMG thats cool cuz in NK theres so many people who cant get 2 floor house THATS JUST MY MEMORY IDK IM WRONG OR NOT
So much love and respect to South Korean authorities for providing them a safe home, freedom, and choice 💜 how could two contries, just beside eachother, be years apart!
Nara’s story has been constantly changed and she has lied about it a lot, but still this feels pretty realistic of a story which I gotta respect you for
This is like moving from a toxic relationship to a healthy one and it feels too good to be true and overwhelming, that you want to go back to being toxic coz it's familiar. Good that she didn't do the mistake. 👏
