Between one and two thousand people defect from North Korea every year. Yeonmi Park was one of them.
She escaped her home country through the Chinese border aged just 13. Now 22 and based in New York, she is a human rights activist and author, using her new-found freedom to educate the world about the horrors that are occurring within the world’s most secretive country.
We met at her book launch in Central London, which is crazy considering that up until last October she didn’t even know what Europe was. Since escaping North Korea in 2007, Yeonmi’s life has been one of endless discoveries. As she explains, it is almost impossible to describe the differences between her country, and the vast bustling city we are sitting in.
She explains that nothing, not the cupcakes we were eating, the chairs we were sitting on or even the constant supply of electricity that lights the room exist for the normal people of North Korea.
Between one and two thousand people defect from North Korea every year. Yeonmi Park was one of them.She escaped her home country through the Chinese border aged just 13. Now 22 and based in New York, she is a human rights activist and author, using her new-found freedom to educate the world about the horrors that are occurring within the world’s most secretive country.We met at her book launch in Central London, which is crazy considering that up until last October she didn’t even know what Europe was. Since escaping North Korea in 2007, Yeonmi’s life has been one of endless discoveries. As she explains, it is almost impossible to describe the differences between her country, and the vast bustling city we are sitting in.She explains that nothing, not the cupcakes we were eating, the chairs we were sitting on or even the constant supply of electricity that lights the room exist for the normal people of North Korea.
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