Yeonmi Park Speech Transcript
The transcript of yeonmi park s speech.
Yeonmi park speech transcript. 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. 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. I have to do this because this is not me speaking this is the people who wanted to tell the world what they want to say. North korea is unimaginable says human rights activist yeonmi park who escaped the country at the age of 13.
In less than a week 65 million people have watched this heartbreaking video about a young girl s amazing story of survival. North korea is an unnatural country. Yeonmi was speaking at the one young world summit 2014 in dublin. Watch here i have to do this because this is now i m speaking for people who want to tell the world what they want to say.
Yeonmi park tells her story of life in north korea and calls for action against such human rights violators. We aren t allowed to sing say or think the way we want. North korea is an unimaginable country there is only one channel on tv there is also no internet. North korea is an unimaginable country there is only one channel on tv there is no internet we aren t free to sing say wear or think what we want.
After her father was sent to a labor camp for smuggling her. 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 they want to say. Ted talk subtitles and transcript. Yeonmi was speaking at the one young world summit 2014 in dublin.
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 s escape from north korea has given the world a window into the lives of its people. Yeonmi park s two year old speech goes viral. Park yeon mi or yeon mi park.
Escaping from north korea in search of freedom. Transcript yeonmi park at one young world summit 2014. Escaping from north korea in search of freedom. She came from an educated politically connected family that turned to black market trading during north korea s economic collapse in the 1990s.
Yeonmi park tells her story of life in north korea and calls for action against such human rights violators. Here s the transcription of her heartbreaking speech.