Yeonmi Park North Korea Speech
Yeonmi was speaking at the one young world summit 2014 in dublin.
Yeonmi park north korea speech. Born 4 october 1993 is a north korean defector and human rights activist who escaped from north korea to china in 2007 and settled in south korea in 2009. North korean defector speech reaches 70 million views. My mother let herself be raped to protect me there is a saying in north korea. Yeonmi park escaped north korea at the age of 13 and had to learn to think for herself.
North korea is unimaginable says human rights activist yeonmi park who escaped the country at the age of 13. Here s how she thinks we can end the dictatorship. She rose to global prominence after she delivered an emotional speech at the one young world 2014 summit in dublin ireland calling on the world to help the millions of people suffering at the hands of the north korean regime. Park escaped north korea when she was 13 years old with her mother.
Sharing the harrowing story of her childhood she reflects on the fragility of freedom and shows how change can be achieved even in the world s darkest places. She has become a spokeswoman. Women are weak but mothers are strong says yeomni park. Her speech received 50 million views in two days on youtube.
Here s the transcription of her heartbreaking speech. I have to do this because this is not just i am speaking this is for the people who want to tell the world what. Yeonmi park was born in north korea in 1993 escaped to china in 2007 and settled in south korea in 2009. Escaping from north korea in search of freedom.
Yeonmi park s two year old speech goes viral. Yeonmi park 21 escaped from north korea when she was a little girl and used her newfound freedom of speech to open up about the plight her people face under its brutal regime. Ted talk subtitles and transcript. After her father was sent to a labor camp for smuggling her.
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