In Order to Live: Yeonmi Park's North Korean Defector Story

[@poland1230]

"I didn't escape for freedom... I escaped for a bowl of rice." That hit hard man. These people are oppressed beyond belief.

[@steveperreira5850]

Dear Poland: It hit me the same way. The world is not civilized until these petty Dictatorships, as well as ALL authoritarianism disappears completely.

[@j.c.4192]

she's a liar kzbin.info/www/bejne/ap25dmeYl6aelc0

[@magnoliasunshine5147]

@@j.c.4192 she and her sister could have lived by themselves (and had to scavenge for food in the mountains) before being shipped off to their uncles and aunts place. I don’t see that as a proof of lies at all. Just two incomplete parts of one story.

[@j.c.4192]

@@magnoliasunshine5147 😂 two lies makes a truth. Lmao. If she was truthful from the start, she wouldn't need to spin half truths. Fn fraud, just like like the fraud plastic surgery she has now.

[@pinknailsworldseries367]

Lol they deserve

[@TopHatKitty]

When she said she never dreamed of freedom, she only dreamed of food. That just tore me up inside. I mean, how are these people expected to think about fighting back when they are being starved. Maslow's pyramid of needs, man. Why can't we do something about North Korea, ya know?

[@violachid2054]

What like take their food away? You already did that. You've been doing that for decades. They just have a self-reliant planning system to mitigate and minimize the effect of your evil sanctions.

[@cherylgeary5591]

It's a very terrible situation. In our freedom to think, speak, dream and do, it's hard to fathom that after 60 plus years, still not one Nation has ever attempted to take Kim Jong Sung (?) Down & free these SUFFERING ABUSED HUMANS! I know it's not as simple as in my logic but seriously, haven't they suffered enough yet. Also to even comprehend the fact that all 12 girlfriends of N.Korea's 1st lady, were all executed simply because they knew her, and ontop of that, several young college men who had any interest in the 1st lady while in college, were taken & either imprisoned or executed. This dictator is definitely one of many Antichrist's & he needs to be dealt with.

[@steveperreira5850]

Dear Top Hat Kitty: The bigger question is why the democracies in the west and elsewhere do nothing about it, and even mollycoddle that tyrannical government, in the USA, both Democrats and Republicans have done nothing whatsoever to help the people in North Korea Gain their freedom. A simple trade embargo on China for six months would finish off North Korea due to the pressure. I don’t want some bastard telling me that would be too high an Economic price to pay.

[@quangkhaitran4975]

cause there is nothing there for the West to take advance of and China Russia like to have some kind of ally, for example N Korean develop nuclear weapon for years but America like to attack Iraq on fault pretend of mass destruct weapon, genuine goodness is lost on this world.

[@lkikhi8629]

Steve Perreira Maybe USA should stop sanctioning North Korea

[@lenugget3446]

This is the moment I realized freedom isn't what you think it is freedom is based of the situation you're in, for her freedom was simply not to starve any longer if that is freedom for other people you shod not take it for granted

[@creators_____tm2824]

Love this girl. Someday I'll teach my children about her & her family. This is the kind of person who needs to be speaking on college campuses in the USA. Smack the SJWs & media elites with a dose of REAL WORLD & when, inevitably, some of them still choose to wallow in self imposed ignorance we can truly ignore them knowing the truth was spoken and they chose to ignore it.

[@cherylgeary5591]

Exactly!!! This whiny, poor me, victim of just about anything, society rising up against our constitution, they need to either put on their Big girl/boy pants OR hey maybe they can go live in N. Korea so they can learn to appreciate the freedoms they want to destroy in the United States!

[@gangbaem1]

Evil North korean regime is threatening to kill Park Yeonmi. Yet Yeonmi says she is not afraid because she knows what she is doing is for oppressed North Korean people to expedite collapse of evil north korean regime. That may be the reason why BBC selected Yeonmi as 1 of the 100 most influential people in the world. I admire her courage. May God protect Yeonmi.

[@ateluch87]

that's what I keep thinking about. I really hope she's well protected everywhere she goes!

[@steveperreira5850]

This is the Thanksgiving story I’m sharing with my family in this terrible year of 2020. They will watch this video, already my family are libertarians, but the more the better.

[@Morna777]

Sometimes stories of refugees are inconsistent because not being able to remember details accurately is a known trauma symptom.

[@anarchyghost704]

what an amazing person I hope her new life is greater than she ever imagined. I wish her the best

[@AustrianMarkets]

Lot of respect for this girl

[@superbenbenhahaha]

+Austrian Markets she's lying tho

[@alinadumitrescu2693]

+God why did i see ur comments in multiple videos on this subject trying to discredit her? why is that your picture? why is ur name "god"?

[@superbenbenhahaha]

Alina Dumitrescu Why don’t you go fuck yourself?

[@alinadumitrescu2693]

+God oh, so predictable. 😂😂😂 stupid people always act like this, no offense, it's not personal. have a nice day! 😙😘

[@superbenbenhahaha]

Alina Dumitrescu did you also predict yourself having breast cancer? don't think so, go talk with your doctor

[@nivedhat9278]

I ve seen many interviews of her. And every interviewer asked her the same set of questions. I love d way this interviewer interviewed her. The questions he stressed on were the ones I was constantly wondering about. Especially abt her reunion with her sister, tourism in North Korea and the North Korean govts threats

[@andreasfreyaldenhoven5785]

I dislike the interviewer. He comes across quite unempathic and as being only interested in getting the answers he wants. Seems weird to me in a situation where the person being interviewed has made traumatic experiences.

[@LavinyaAPash]

My heart's remained broken ever since I finished reading the book. I've even done a book review for that... It's a reality we have to face, the North Korean reality. It isn't something just for the Koreans or the Asians, no, it's a worldwide matter that we should all be involved in. In Order To Live.

[@sarahkreitzer817]

this is an incredible young woman the courage, the desperation required for this must of been so intense.

[@lbrtmedia8248]

Yeonmi, thank you for your important story. Please never give up.

[@than217]

The part of the book where she said she couldn't close her father's eyes after he died resonated with me. Because I had the same thing happen when my dad died.

[@osufand]

This is an incredible story. Unbelievable. She should be famous. Everybody should hear her story! Wow glad she is freeeeeee!!!

[@alsoknownas875]

I hate to inject this into the conversation about this woman's incredible story, but... Whenever women in this country complain about being oppressed, or proclaim themselves "heroes" for some ridiculous hashtag campaign, they need to watch this video and listen to this woman, and understand what TRUE oppression and TRUE courage is.

[@jabbermocky]

+Also Known As The same advice could also benefit American men for the same reasons. It's not just American females who are spoiled and whiny, demanding hashtag hero status for nothing special. American exceptionalism is an equal opportunity character flaw.

[@johneyon5257]

+Also Known As So there's a lower boundary for "injustice" - people shouldn't complain unless they're torment is equal to a N Korean's - i bet you complain all the time over little things

[@polko59]

+John Eyon Okay this isn't related at all to the discussion, but see what YT did to your apostrophes? This &#39 business? You see that too right? This has been happening to any comment I edit. I wonder what the deal with that is. I thought it had something to do with my keyboard settings, but your comment is the first time I've seen it happen to someone else. And shit, I just edited this comment so it happened again.

[@johneyon5257]

+Pokwok Bell I can't recall if i typed my message directly into the KZbin input box - or if i typed into Word or something else first - then copy n pasted it into the KZbin input box - the latter method can cause the problem you're talking about - the coding of special characters in that program is not ASCII - so i need to remember to use Notepad instead of anything else

[@polko59]

Curia Regis I'm not copy pasting any of my comments, so that can't be the issue. It only happens when I edit a comment. If I leave the comment as is without clicking edit, it' s fine. As soon as I click the edit button, all the apostraphes turn into that.

[@yamnjam]

She is one tough, brave, and lovely lady. Her English is pretty much perfect except for the accent, but given it's her 3rd language, I understand her quite well. I wish her all the best and pray she is happy in her freedom.

[@jennSalvate]

You should hear how she speaks English today.. Yeonmi has a KZbin Channel now. Over 300,000 subscribers!! She speaks perfect English with just a slight accent, which is normal.

[@NorthernThaiGardenGuy]

I really do admire her. I have been getting a really heavy heart for the people of North Korea over the past few months. I am in Southeast Asia to do all I can to help the people here, but I know that the North Koreans come through this part of the world that I am in now. I wish I could somehow do more for them. God bless Yeonmi Park and all the others who bravely defect from this brutal dictatorship.

[@Centnl287NAve]

You think you're life is hard .... but when you listen to her story ... god damn

[@SnowWhite-hr4ho]

Your brave young lady may God Bless you and your family

[@dbossmx]

If you want some laughs watch this with Close captioning. "Freezing cold" turns into "Facing Core". "What I saw on TV" become "Italian TV". "North Korea" = "Those Career". This womans story is amazing and I respect what she went through but watching this with CC had me rolling.

[@JamesAndrewMacGlashanTaylor]

Who puts a thumbs down to a video like this? Is it one of those empathy votes because you don't want to say that you "like" it per-se? Very strange.

[@nustada]

+James Taylor HillBernie supporters.

[@jelaphom]

Your story can change the world. As a leader of free world.

[@-berberry]

I pray these poor people can be freed of this existence. They deserve a life.

[@ruthiepooh86]

Everyone needs to hear this story!

[@blogegog]

That was very moving. I had not heard of her before this interview.

[@kagisomotlhaapula6751]

Ditto. Then am now ordering the book, also asking God to help me count my blessings

[@cherylsmith7282]

I have seen a few of her videos and I just bought her book

[@cherylgeary5591]

BTW sweet girl, it's definitely not your language barrier that journalists misinterpret, it's their agenda to misinterpret you.

[@box8922]

I commented on the regime in North Korea but most importantly I want to say ,this brave young women just wanted to live and be free and though everyone has a right to their own opinion ,I myself believe her story and though she felt all alone in that desert,I believe God was with her and helped her so she could go on to tell her story like others like her to expose North Korea and the horrible treatment people receive because they are of no value to him that's evil!

[@Khinhazzard]

Her story needs a movie. Something similar to Equilibrium movie.

[@invisibleaznDJ]

amazing story. this deserves a movie, like Joy Luck Club.

[@cba000abc000]

your an idiot..JLC is rancid anti Asian make propaganda.

[@princesskenny5270]

@@cba000abc000 that's what makes it so good

[@slayer-dj3dc]

What’s Joy luck club

[@mariasoto1837]

She buried her dads ashes in China 10:29. Then her mother took them from China to South Korea 19:22. So they were all in freedom.

[@ryano8613]

Interesting

[@KevinSmith-qi5yn]

The North/South Korean border is one of the most secure in the world. Both the North and South Korean soldiers are facing the same direction. I think the problem with North Korea is quite simple to solve. Its to end the trade emargo. No nation trades with North Korea. Without trade how will the people of the country know what its like in the rest of the world.

[@geocina7]

Kevin Smith not just that! But did u know the Switzerland allowed the kid Kim Jong Un to study in their country? Now the kid is already the Leader of North Korea..everytime i think of it i wonder why?

[@bts_vintagearmy3754]

Sorry, but interviewer is very insensitive. He’s trying to get a story by reiterating her pain. Sad. 😓

[@taniapimentel2706]

Everyone has struggles, they may be different but they should never be taken lesser than one another. Obviously this young woman is amazing, but that doesn't mean other women with entirely different lives and struggles aren't amazing and are not going through their own struggle. The life of a western woman and the life of North Korean escapees are entirely different and face different struggles, they shall not be compared to degrade western women's struggles, but to make not only western society better but the whole world a better place. Obviously, men are the ones commenting the most about western women "whinning" when women in North Korea go through this, but that's only one step until women of North Korea want to be equal, just like western women. Don't be assholes, be a bit more open minded. Don't manipulate facts.

[@amugae4167]

said american bitch that never had a real struggle. girls in america- OMG im so frustrated because i have to finish this hw by tomorrow, im struggling because my bf is leaving me.

[@gangbaem1]

Yeonmi has talent given by God being beautiful and ability to talk very well

[@geocina7]

I know right? I admired her courage and her intelligence.

[@randomname931]

She is a liar that was caught changing her story multiple times. And she had a lot of plastic surgery done.

[@arniespencer8502]

This lady has the strength to accomplish big things.who is John Galt ?

[@cjsmith8319]

“We were ready to kill ourselves…”. I can’t fathom that.

[@rebeccas5770]

So proud of her speaking out.

[@musicbysadda]

when she said "I saw fat kids in an advertisement" i just couldn't think of the way she lived in north korea

[@Gabriel-ip6me]

I had to listen to it several times because it's kind of hard to understand her. I will never understand the fact that people are willing to risk their lives to get out of socialist and communist regimes, and first world idiots keep bashing capitalism and saying we need to get closer to those countries.

[@ThePennyPincher]

+Gabriel Sáenz These people (SJW's, liberal-socialists, leftists, etc.) NEVER go to those countries or live like them, or give up their own privileges to assist others, or set an example. BUT, they are more than willing to dictate that YOU give up your privileges, while protecting their own!

[@violachid2054]

I went to Cuba. Loved it. Need some Cuban socialism stateside, please.

[@violachid2054]

Fun fact: every year, hundreds of students from around the world flock to Cuba to go to school at ELAM but good try.

[@alexanderdelacruz9249]

amazing woman,amazing story.

[@Morganpb]

keep smiling Yeonmi x

[@grupohebi]

she is literally The most beautiful asian person I have ever seen

[@Manen143]

So guys we are so lucky but we don’t appreciate how lucky we are 😢

[@accelerat0r747]

She is cute ...!

[@stopfakekoreandefectorsbs3697]

GoalCast video she said my mother and I found a lady told us send us to China and we climbed the mountain and we cross the frozen river. She said on One Young World Chinese broker raped her mother. She said her father was cremated in a cremation centre but she said she died in prison camp On another video she said on Joe Rogan JRE said her father stayed in North Korea it was said trafficker brought a car to bring her father with them on another video her mother said she paid 2 people to carry her father into the deep mountains she said she bury her father by herself no funeral.

[@healthhavencom]

Amazing

[@jovialbard3001]

I wonder what Jason Unruhe thinks about Yeonmi Park.

[@szymborska]

Now interview people living 3 generations deep into the US private gulag system.

[@davematherly]

OK, so now Reason has completely choked me up, thanks, I needed that. This lady is amazing, and is the first Asian woman to make me feel the way meeting my Asian (Japanese) ex-wife did. I was enamored beyond belief. She does it too. Very well.

[@waynegilbert1093]

18 thumbs down, spoiled brats who have no ideal what life really is like! How can anyone watching this video put a thumbs down you have got to be kidding me right WOW!

[@sarita9028]

Nk they from fat fucked kim jong pung IT cell

[@vampoftrance]

He has a good suggests a fashion line with her name. I would buy perfume and handbags. And she is a icon for democracy Young woman in the us.

[@good2goskee]

Astounding story! What is more astounding is the 31 thumbs down...... wow! WTF?

[@valentinaa.e]

Those 31 thumbs down are from 31 accounts that Kim Jong Um made

[@pengshuaihoax8783]

She said on her own video she said her father was cremated in the cremation center? Here she said she buried buried ashes on One Young World Summit she only said she bury father? Yeonmi’s mother said she paid two people to carried her husband Yeonmi father into the deep mountains to bury.

[@maryjunemcclaino9]

GENEVA, Switzerland, March 8 (UPI) -- The United Nations Human Rights Council is expected to adopt a North Korea human rights resolution targeting the country's treatment of its people. North Korea is charged with violations that include summary executions and the rape and torture of political prisoners. According to defectors, the country is also deploying tens of thousands of forced laborers abroad to earn foreign currency for the regime. The European Union and Japan have prepared a draft resolution, and South Korea is also taking part in the proposal, Yonhap reported. The draft is to be discussed during the 31st regular session of the Human Rights Council, being held until March 24, South

[@gamingyoutubernoonan0108]

She could have a long animated video about here story.

[@lunminthanghaokip952]

very curious, why China has light and why North Korea don't have light, this set her free from the bondage of heartless dictator.

[@sarita9028]

Shes so cute☺😚☺😋

[@ccC-rj7xd]

Where did she learn such good English? I'm assuming not in NK? She's very intelligent!!

[@juggaknix]

How did she learn English?

[@sarita9028]

Christian missionaries must hav taught her

[@laviebanale]

Her book was good.

[@nustada]

Coming to a town near you 2016.

[@TheBandersnoot]

Wow. Just wow.

[@sp1nks248]

Good book

[@DaesungMars]

Let's send SJWS, BLM, Antifa and first world feminists to North Korea, Kim Il Sung can be their president since Trump apparently isn't. KJI is literally North Korea's eternal president. On a more serious note, however, the way she talks about how desperately she wanted a bowl of rice and dreamed about baskets of bread broke my heart.

[@annbellgrau]

You really can't see the similarities between Trump and the Kims? Can't you see how Trump is treating people in the US? Even she has talked against Trump and if someone knows something about that it's her.

[@EdwardKang2009]

She is so young and should NOT be used by some people for their financial and political gains. She is just a kid. Do not use her like this...this is same as child labor. She does not know what she is doing and she believes that she is doing so well and making good money but eventually this will destroy her life and future. DO not use her and do not ruin her life. Reply · E. Kang 1 second ago She is so young and should be used by some people for their financial and political gains. She is just a kid. Do not use her like this...this is same as child labor. Reply · E. Kang 1 second ago Not only just reading, we can feel that she has practiced and practiced statements by some professional people and ACTING so well...too well. I can not believe my ears and eyes seeing this type of sophisticated and overly-trained acting...this is sad commedy. Reply · E. Kang 1 second ago She seems to memorize and be reading what someone has written for her in very sophisticated and technical manner. We all can not understand why they are making her do this amazing lies.

[@Vashti0825]

She seems to be doing alright for herself today.

[@yabiyabi]

I think she had eye surgery :D she's so pretty, I hope she finds her place everywhere. Did you guys notice? the men in North Korea look the same and nerdy, weird. The women in North Korea holy shit so beautiful, every documentary, the women look gorgeous. Such wasteT_T

[@selena9438]

your comment is so retarded 😭😭

[@yabiyabi]

@@selena9438 HAHAH I KNOW RIGHT?!?! Wooow....Wtf I was drunk 2 years ago. . . What even was I talking about ... that does not even sound like... me... hahahahaha!!! Wooow.. I should be canceled from commenting because of my past ... No but seriously, thank you for pointing out. I am so embarrassed lol! I try to make sense out of it, re-read 3x... and I honestly still don't know what... the hell I was talking about... My god... I should delete it. LOL

[@selena9438]

処音やぶ lmaoo it’s okkk, character growth 😝

[@yabiyabi]

@@selena9438 I am still laughing so hard

[@김미나-y3d]

@@yabiyabi 🤣

[@Zerpentile93]

I sort of cried when watching and listening to this. I think and hope that people in North Korea will get more and more information from the outside world and will understand how bad their living conditions really are so they stop believing the propaganda. If more people over there get more information from other countries they will see that the leaders are lying to them. They are opressed by poverty and the military so I guess it's hard anyways but if more people understand how the rest of the world is compared to theirs it will be harder for the leaders to spread their shitty propaganda and less people in the country will believe it and maybe more will leave and start protesting.

[@nikker-rz4tp]

nice

[@saphalakafle2002]

My teacher has her book

[@-berberry]

💔

[@doorran]

23 people from the CCP 50 cent army thumbed this down.

[@QML153]

I really what's the reason that Chinese man let her leave?

[@KennKennX3]

Y C maybe guilt? I'm not sure I'd like to know more on that as well.

[@QML153]

Kennedy Villella I'm gonna buy the book. hope I can find the answer :)

[@sgcl10658]

Gotta read her book to know

[@s0nnyburnett]

That poor girl, survived under the harsh communist regime only to come to the land of patriarchal oppression where digital women are objectified and called bossy. If only she knew she jumped from pan into the fire! But seriously she's beautiful. Would wife.

[@blogegog]

+s0nnyburnett They have digital women now? Awesome!

[@cheyno237]

Patriarchal oppression? Fuck off mate

[@francoistombe]

Sunny B. You should live in N Korea for a year or so before making comparisons. I would love to hear Ms Parks response to your claim of patriachal oppression in the west. Feeling oppressed is more a mental state rather than a material one. If you read her book you will see that man hating is not in her character. She often spoke of her affection for her father who was a gentle, caring man. She is married and now has a son so I expect she not a big fan of the patriarchy theories.

[@M0oranshi]

After an interview like this your response is 'would wife' because you look at her appearance. Just beautiful. As if you even deserve a bat of her eye.

[@thetruthaboutthelies9072]

s0nnyburnett She lied.

[@mahvxa]

Wait does woman in north korea have pads or tampons

[@beregu]

Mongolia is a democratic country. Good to hear Mongolia is not sending back those in need to inevitable death waiting in NK. The interviewer did really good job.

[@kapitolking]

I am in Love with her!

[@gamster96]

God...my life is fucking boring!

[@Mickeymouse7727]

I'm in love

[@lorsheckmolseh3345]

Was this nonsense filmed with a pinhole camera, or are you using the BBC's Underworld Postprocess?

[@GTcruzin]

She is so cute

[@chrissnyder3809]

AS opposed to all the innocent people in US prisons ...facepalm

[@cristy0716]

Her story changed 5 years later!

[@slayer-dj3dc]

What

[@pengshuaihoax8783]

She lied.

[@furyofbongos]

You can help finance North Korean defections/escapes here: www.libertyinnorthkorea.org/

[@LibertyDownUnder]

Send this video to all the spoiled "Black Lives Matter" activists. Make it their "Kwanza" present.

[@godblack4151]

sorry firend i'm don't konw you okay olny karen boy D.C 2020$$$$$5

[@ricochete5875]

She is kpop star now.

[@b.cdrisk2035]

anyone else get yellow fever?

[@geocina7]

What does yellow fever had to do with yeonmi video

[@barbiewert7182]

Please come back to North Korea the Dear Leader love you and want you

[@pacajalbert9018]

Mali chlapec 🧒 zľakol atómové bomby vedel že ju mám nad hlavou

[@yvonne4933]

SHE IS A TOTAL LIAR.

[@greenelephant1231]

she is so attractive Her mom is pretty tanned and sexy so I see where she gets her looks

[@godblack4151]

olny 1way

[@MultiSciGeek]

Interesting interview, but the thing that bothers me that she keeps playing the victim role. Yes she had a hard life or whatever, but by now she is probably rich, has protection and a good life because of all these shows and interviews she gives. Just enjoy the freedom and normal life. And nothing can happen to you because practically the whole world is against North Korea. Think about all the people who are still far worse off than she is!

[@ayya5107]

She is trying to raise awareness on the issue??? Would you prefer the truth be left untold?

[@mountedczarina9205]

I can buy a girl like that for only $26???

[@wtfisgoingon337]

And she lied and stuffed it up for other real defectors

[@Mamawolf_Venom]

*Skin is beautiful. We need a skin care tutorial*