Awakening North Korea's valley of the clueless | Hyeonseo Lee | TEDxBerlin

[@seekeroftruth1200]

Her book, "The Girl with Seven Names" is an excellent read. It's a real page-turner.

[@ClarkPotter]

@Billy Sak Wow, thought you were full of it but bam, half an hour later and I'm in and causing trouble. Finally getting him back for uploading that one bday pic from 2yrs ago.

[@thunkjunk]

It is a real Cliff Hanger.

[@jacksonwangspapillong4217]

@@thunkjunk how?

[@erindonnelly8283]

they should drop copies of 1984 in korean

[@DanielGonzalez-cs8pr]

People would think that it was a trick to entrap them and they would report the presence of the books scattered on the ground to the authorities to gain brownie points for their loyalty.

[@kellychuang8373]

You're right on that and also would they'd be burned in some massive book burning as well as some execution of suspects.

[@IRosamelia]

it's illegal in South Korea to send political leaflets or propaganda to the north

[@slimdudeDJC]

Honestly, tons of copies should be dropped off inside American homes.

[@71superbee39]

1984 hasn't help us so much....

[@Bankerguy]

Her book is amazing.

[@geolin5578]

brave lady

[@afterburnerfox]

Only ted talk with 0 dislikes Everyone against North Korea

[@DanielGonzalez-cs8pr]

No, the leftists have not discovered the video, when they do then you will see some thumbs down. She has other talks were they thumbed her down!

[@brianv3ntura]

Varun sawant wow you seem brainwashed yourself

[@theblackpearl7035]

If dictatorship ends in North Korea in mylife time, i would definately visit. Such beautiful people, sad they have it worse than us Africans

[@eugene-hungaroserv1559]

Hahaha, no it won't end !!

[@2Ten1Ryu]

I also understand the apporach of Suki Kim, though. We all kind of want to help and inform people in North Korea, but by giving them information we also put people at risk. I wish the dictatorship will end some day (while I still live) but I think it's much much harder to do than people imagine.

[@angelyael1839]

2Ten1Ryu True, but it's not like governments have made this a priority

[@starlighttigers7128]

2Ten1Ryu : Puts on Nerd Glasses I shouldn't even wear : Um actually once Kim Jong Un passes away, Kim Han-Sol will take power and he wants to unify the Koreas If I'm correct Uh Give me... An Emoji Ice Cream? 🤔

[@globe255]

The big hinder is in fact nuclear weapons.

[@wonderland-Alice]

2Ten1Ryu take out their elites that's all we gotta do

[@AtomicElectronCo]

You can send USB drives to people who will smuggle them into the DPRK, but yes....once they have that choice they are put at great risk. They must either snitch on the person who gave it to them, ignore it (which may be as bad as taking it), or take it and watch and read what's on it. Either way you will change people's lives and get involved. It's up to you.

[@b.k.kashyap3623]

Best part was to hear how she says thank you ❤️❤️

[@DestructorSVK]

Great video, the end of NK is only a question of time!

[@ClarkPotter]

Just like Palestine, Lybia, Iran, Iraq, and Venezuela. Hallelujah amirite?

[@WMDistraction]

The idea that K-Pop is considered a threat to the DPRK is hilarious.

[@DanielGonzalez-cs8pr]

Once a upon a time, reruns of Dynasty, The Love Boat and Gilligan's Island was considered a threat to East Germany as well!

[@kellychuang8373]

So's a whole lot of things not just K-Pop that's a threat to North Korea. I'm pretty sure you can't deal with American Comics there or any manga and anime there either and so's a whole lot of others even KZbin isn't allowed there not like the average North Korean can get Internet there.

[@slimdudeDJC]

@@DanielGonzalez-cs8pr Sort of funny you mentioned "Gilligan's Island" since they were stranded there with hardly any connection with the outside world except a radio.

[@tommyhallum2054]

Hilariously frightening

[@navneelverma4237]

Thanks to you

[@onlineuser1990]

Almost 4 years only 68k views

[@karininhacpt18]

Great speech!!!

[@badmanbadman8507]

great speech... pray for a trium

[@rogerdodger8415]

The greatest danger to ANY human, is when he's not allowed to vote with his feet.

[@karenk2409]

Absolutely. I used to tell my college students debating what freeedom was: You know you are free when you can leave.

[@improvidancer]

imagine what is it like to live on a "planet of clueless", and sometimes catch other world`s broadcasts ?

[@aaradhyaneti320]

IKRR,imagine several planets of clueless-es in the universe in which there are several places of clueless

[@Ginnilini]

I'm very interested in what happens in North Korea. Maybe it's because I'm from Dresden in Silicon Saxony ;-)

[@harryha1958]

Dear Hyeonseo Lee, you are doing a great job of telling the truth about North Korea. But I am wondering that your journey of TED Talk would take long to effect to liberate North Korea. North-South unification will be the ultimate solution to liberate North Korean from the suffering. The biggest enemy of preventing the unification from happening lies within South Korea. That is the opposing forces of South Korean people who follow the propaganda of North Korea and yield the power of opposing everything for what South Korean government need to do to advance for the South to ultimately unify Korean peninsula. This is the fact that the enemy exists within South Korea who try to destroy South Korea for North Korea. This is due to ignorance and wrongheadedness who follow the North Korean propaganda who defy truth of life like freedom and human dignity as well as Korean history. These ignorant people of South Koreans occupy important position in the government, academia, media and culture who call themselves "elite". These ignorant elites in South Korea must be liberated from yoke of wrongheadedness. Educating these ignorant elites in the South would be the first job to do for the eventual liberation of North Koreans. Dear Hyeonseo 현서, you have experience and knowledge to educate the opposing South Koreans to turn their mind to unite with the Korean government toward the unification. I would like to propose that you do speaking tour in the South to wake up these ignorant North-inspired South Koreans to liberate North Korea. It would be much tougher job for you to do in the South than TED Talk and meeting with foreign dignitary. Your talking tour in the South would be less attractive to you, but I believe it would help accelerate Korean unification.

[@xXxTr0nxXx]

Harry Ha korean unification would mean economic ruin, much worse than in germany, for south korea. Will never happen buddy.

[@UnicornsPoopRainbows]

They have been working on plans to limit the economic burden in South Korea. But yes, that is a big reason why many younger South Koreans oppose reunification and why the government hasn't tried to push anything. It is still a goal though. It is very evident when you ask any South Korean to draw map of (South) Korea. They include the North. Sometimes they draw the DMZ also but usually not. I always ask why they added the North and they say, "Because it is Korea."

[@patphatkitten]

xXxTr0nxXx. It needs to happen sooner or later. communism is horrible. no one is allowed to have more than anyone else, except for the people in government and the military. why can't leaders learn to enjoy life and let their own people enjoy life too? (rhetorical question) It will not be easy and there will be a period where all Koreans will have to adjust, but I can't imagine leaving North Koreans to suffer like that, especially if I lived in South Korea. with Trump and Tillerson threatening to bomb north Korea, there is little hope the reunification will happen any time soon.

[@hydrophobicfrog4652]

Great points. However there will be a cost of lives. Americans will die just as Koreans. Personally (as an American) I think it would be an honorable death but I can't make that decision for my fellow Americans. Only for myself.

[@jeannettecampbell685]

Dear Harry Ha, Do you work for the North Korean secret police/propaganda centre as it looks to me as though the way your comment us written you are an ally of the north

[@lockefinely2841]

information is power , hopfully with advancments in technology food can , be acquired ,phosphates aren't the answer for soil ,. crop rotation and turning under wheat etc. for one season is .

[@RoSario-vb8ge]

Question: why did she have something to eat and let her friend go hungry?

[@nandinis6037]

She would give her friend food whenever her friend visited her, it's in her book. But when she visited her friend for the first time in that year she saw that they had nothing to eat.

[@khaelkugler]

Friends and neighbors will report you to the Bowibu if they think you've done something illegal. Neighbors aren't friends

[@blissfulfragrance2511]

💔

[@phyllissnook7344]

This is NOT WW II but is it?

[@kimberleyhe2128]

Ok lets bombarded North Korea with K-pop drama

[@onlineuser1990]

That will never happen and your grammar is horrible

[@bella8145-d9z]

I think north koreans still living in 1980's..

[@slimdudeDJC]

Probably the '50's. . .

[@DanielGonzalez-cs8pr]

@@slimdudeDJC Probably the 1450s!

[@slimdudeDJC]

@@DanielGonzalez-cs8pr B/C of the ignorance level the population is kept in, I'd agree.

[@alcosan1]

You can speak better english than most of the people than i work with. Hopefully things will change for your country. You are beautiful!!!

[@barbiewert7182]

We must help the North Korea peoples and it leader with foods

[@renecordova6349]

GOD has heard our cries and prayers. HE will end the reign of the madman of NK. GOD has promised!!!

[@tommyhallum2054]

The near future: Democratic Republic of Korea "Teardown that wall"..

[@ท้าว.จันทะสอนหานชะนะ-จ8พ]

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[@lockefinely2841]

where is the skip button no offense to the video