![]() So the family escaped the country by crossing the border into China, on the night of 30 March 2007, with the help of human traffickers, Yeonmi and her mother crossed a frozen river and three mountains to get into the Chinese border and her older sister left for China earlyer, before they could without notifying them. When reunited with his family, Park’s father urged the family to plan their escape to China. Not long after this, she saw one of her mom’s best friends being publicly executed and her crime was watching a hollywood movie. She states that the movie taught her the true meaning of love and gave her “a taste of freedom” - In order to live by Yeonmi Park ![]() Her views of the Kim Dynasty changed later when she watched an illegally imported DVD of the movie Titanic this caused her to realize the oppressive nature of her countrie’s government. The rest of her family was left to starve and faced horrible situations. Her family was wealthy by the countries standards during most of her childhood, although the family later struggled after her father was imprisoned for engaging in an illegal business and was sent to a labor camp for smuggling. Her mother was a nurse for the North Korean Army . Her father was a civil servant who worked at the Hyesan town hall as part of the ruling Worker’s Party who later established a metal smuggling operation in the capital, where he spent most of the year while his wife and daughters remained in Hyesan. ![]() She comes from a politically connected and well educated family. We all know her from her tremendous speech given back in 2014 at the worlds conference of One Young World in Dublin with over 50 million views in two days on YouTube and social media, with a current total of more than 80 million. Park Yeon-mi was born in October 4th 1993 Heysan North Korea , she is a human rights activist and North Korean defector. “This is not me only speaking, this is for all the people who want the world to listen” – Yeonmi Park inOne Young World 2014 Summit in Dublin. ![]()
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