North Korean Defector Shares Horrifying Story Of Life In North Korea And Her Great Escape To America

[@YeonmiParkOfficial]

Thank you everyone for your heartfelt support 💕

[@domphilbrick]

Thanks for sharing your story! It’s important for people to hear it, so I’m glad you’ve been getting more media attention lately

[@lalaland962]

Thank you! I'm so glad you got out of there.

[@CousinSteve]

Can I have your number??? I would love to take you out sometime

[@TheSkinnychef1620]

You're a giant among men. Keep doing what you're doing. You're reaching more lives than you know.

[@s4v4nt]

Thank you for sharing your story. I hope that one day things get better for the north korean people.

[@alabama2uz]

No families, no fathers, no mothers, no individuals. Sounds familiar

[@zedthehead]

"You'll have nothing, and you'll be happy"

[@californiavirus3566]

smash the patriarchy

[@fraserfir19]

@@zedthehead For some owning a condo or an apartment is ideal for them because they don't have to worry about mortgage, property taxes, house insurance and house repairs because it's far less stressful and burdensome even as a 32 yr guy my parents tell me all the time that when they let me have their house through inheritance that I should sell the house and rent an apartment if I'm too overwhelmed by the upkeep of the property.

[@citydiecast6834]

@@fraserfir19 What does that have to do with owning nothing and having no identity. If you want a condo, get one.

[@neovenom9833]

@@fraserfir19 you obviously do not know what 'nothing' means.

[@armando5994]

i remember watching her interviews 12 years ago and when she explained her story then she couldn’t even get thru it without crying, and now she can laugh and joke at her trauma, even how painful it is, she’s so much stronger now and looks at her life from many angles, so positive

[@theworldofwoo8320]

Her stories are complete bs. She didn't starve. Her family was well off. How could you believe such crap lmao

[@hannalaforest4520]

@@theworldofwoo8320how would you know she didn’t go through those things

[@TrichLife]

​@@theworldofwoo8320her stories have been consitant for the past 16 years, if this was an interogation she would be believed due to her consitency and not changing the story at all throughout the years.. also considering she was from the middle class and still experiences this level of hell.. makes you wonder just how horrendous the lower class must live. And even more so for the people locked up in concentration prisons

[@Bunny11344]

I think the more you retell your story you get stronger and stronger mentally and emotionally .. but the first few times is traumatizing since you’re reliving the events in your mind.

[@racheIamber4ever]

This woman is so strong she deserves the best

[@theclawyaww3740]

This girl is amazing can't even imagine how horrible her life was and still she managed to escape

[@MykeHiggins420]

She is a survivor. She's strong. One chick not to mess with. 🙏

[@whoknows8225]

imagine escaping a country, and seeing it all happen again to where you escaped to.. that must be rough.

[@georgeschnakenberg7808]

Painful to be free... Yes dear most things worth it are hard. I'm so sorry for you.

[@VangelisFilms]

@@georgeschnakenberg7808 We take so much for granted. Most have NO idea how the rest of the world lives.

[@peo4989]

And then she went to communist america

[@mikeavila6921]

"It's painful to be free" is one of the wildest thing I've heard this year.

[@noppornwongrassamee8941]

Freedom like walking and potty training needs to be exercised and practiced. If you stop exercising and practicing those things, the relevant muscles will atrophy into uselessness. If you've NEVER exercised or practiced them, the relevant muscles never develop at all. This woman finding freedom is painful at first is because she's like a coma victim or an astronaut back from a long stint in space; she was learning to "walk" on her own for the first time in her life and that IS a painful process. But it's the good kind of pain that makes a person stronger.

[@SeekFloor1]

@@noppornwongrassamee8941 I Agree I've listened to allot of her podcast. And it got me to think of some people who go to prison for years. My father has spent I would say almost all his life in prison. He learned that system of living his whole life. He don't want leave. He can't function in normal society. Now imagine being born into that way of life. For generations of your family telling you those ideology's. The pain must be unreal and very scary.

[@natas8256]

Just like a prisoner that been released after 20yrs they miss the dependency

[@cl5193]

Freedom = Responsibility

[@wildturkey3776]

Watch Shawshank redemption, it's pretty close to what she was feeling.

[@gund2281]

"It was very painful to be free" - My God how spoiled are we in the West? This young woman went through absolute HELL, and would have gone back to it if she didn't know she would starve. This story is unreal. I'm so glad she was able to make it out.

[@joselofernandez243]

That hit me different

[@StrangerInParadise58]

I do not believe at all that we are spoiled in the West. We have worked very hard to advance civilization, technology, and our quality of life the way that we have. Rather, if what she’s saying is true… it demonstrates how deprived North Koreans are in the modern world. But just because they are deprived because of their sociopathic, tyrannical leader, that does not mean that we are spoiled. I am not criticizing you. I just honestly see this very differently. 😊

[@t-8018]

Its painful to feel your own identity if you have never met your own self in your entire life.

[@gordonwelcher9598]

Please send her some foundation and powder. Her face is more shiny than Joe Rogan's bald head.

[@babeena_gt_3645]

Not just the west but most every country other than North Korea is free.

[@cl5193]

She is describing how they teach CRT here in America.

[@Rensune]

Funny enough, North Koreans have gone to College classes and said that they're Even More cult like.

[@alphaspartan]

@@Rensune that was actually this woman who went on Fox news and said that statement about a week or two ago?

[@Rensune]

@@alphaspartan Possibly

[@SoilToSoul]

She said it in an interview with Jordan Peterson, also. That interview made me cry. This woman's story needs to be heard around the world.

[@peasantsarerevolting9343]

Pretty soon there'll be American defectors describing how they escape political persecution in the US...

[@2f30]

She speaks and understands English extremely well for someone who just learned the language a few years ago. Very good interview, she is very articulate.

[@Jillousa]

Her English keeps getting better since I first started watching her

[@Alexiully]

She is extremely smart and cognitive towards to what surrounds her. She experienced 'another world' wilderness of psychopaths brain washed society in N. Korea, experienced slavery in communist China, had to drop everything she learned as a kid and re-learn the basics of existing in a modern society, spend her entire adolescence learning new languages, cultures of other countries, history of those cultures, religion and even politics, after which she started noticing her human nature is somewhat different to what some ideologies want to teach her and articulate it pretty clear in just a few years of living and learning through it. Going down the route she experienced hunger, health issues, rape, uncertainty to her own existence, wanted to kill herself, constant moving, leaving behind family and friends, could not experience love the humane way, adjust to other people that had it easier and have different concepts and needs, learn how to trust as impossible as that might be like experiencing all of these and even open up and thrive by doing what some of us struggle to reach having the commodities she only dreamt of. This woman is a freaking survivor, probably 1 in a few millions !

[@SavannahVu1985]

@@Alexiully well said. I agree 100%

[@royalpanther6391]

I used to get so skeptical about her being a real N.korean. I was being skeptical maybe she was just S.korean then at an early age moved to and grew up in USA, then later on got hired by CIA to disguise as a N.korean defector. Because she speaks so american'ish. Just minus the accent but the pacing, speed, fluency, idioms; very american. Which made me kind of suspicious about her.

[@Random-12-l2]

​@@royalpanther6391 waw my thoughts exactly. I think she is fake with her stories. she seems to be out there saying all these horrible things that happen in North Korea to make people feel like they need to be grateful for their own government, so people don't fight for their rights now

[@patriciacook3981]

She's absolutely right, hunger is the worst pain in the world, and if you're constantly hungry, you don't care, or can't focus on anything else but finding a meal.

[@johnrodgers8457]

When she said freedom is responsiblity, that really hit home.

[@shellyseats5630]

Definitely heard and felt those words. A very simple statement that has such a deep meaning

[@mommakimmins5554]

Don't forget to clean your room

[@livefreeprintguns]

For real, and it explains a lot in terms of how these weirdos have a hard-time even taking *_PERSONAL_* responsibility... like Lori Lightfoot saying the 99% of criticism she receives is because "she is a black woman" and nothing to do with the rampant increase in crime and homicide.

[@mansionbookerstudios9629]

You can help save 25 million of North Korea people by watch yeonmi million people

[@Mystery207]

Most definitely we are all responsible. I’m going to tag the corruption as bugs 🐜

[@FR34KonaL34SH]

Possibly one of the most eye opening accounts of North Korea I've ever heard. It's like listening to an alien who has arrived here from another planet.

[@Mae-nr7wr]

her fake story which has been debunked and changed so many times now, but gullible people fall for it everytime

[@micha90210]

@@Mae-nr7wr Was it debunked by the CCP or by North Korea?

[@Ukaran]

Mae Could you please provide some evidence? Because I thought her story was too exagerated to be real, so I would like to see this debunking you're talking about.

[@unicornhollowhomestead]

@@Mae-nr7wr we get it, you are desperate for attention 🥺

[@NikkiSchumacherOfficial]

Mae stories do clarify themselves as a person attains more mastery of a language if that's what you mean. A person who doesn't know the word for hill, may use the word mountain until they know the word hill. This young woman is honest.

[@rexpayne7836]

Being Australian it's hard to fathom that anyone should have to live under these circumstances. Your ability to tell your story should make all of use realize how lucky we are.

[@johnagsmith2364]

Tim needs to repost this daily until everyone hears her story.

[@Mae-nr7wr]

her fake story which has been debunked as a lie? her constant lies and changing of stories makes other defectors look bad. might as well repeat Nayirah testmony and no, saying "move to iraq" because i say they didn't have WMD's is not an argument

[@bunnywithakeyboard7628]

@@Mae-nr7wr Evidence?

[@kevinwillett3654]

Democrat: BUT THATS NOT REAL communism REEEEEEEEEEEE

[@stevebishop9468]

@@Mae-nr7wr why don't you move to North Korea...im sure you think it is a communist utopia.

[@velkylev4217]

How do we know she speaks truth??? We can't really know

[@Indignation211]

The most chilling part for me was when she said "there is no concept of love in North Korea"

[@Stevarooni]

China is only a little behind. You can't be Christian unless you worship with approved, CCP-"upgraded" Bibles. They will not tolerate worshipping anything _above_ the State.

[@firstcontact8315]

Or maybe the bit where her mother was raped in front of her or the fact she was bought and made a mistress. But no yeah it probably not have the concept of love.

[@adararelgnel2695]

For me it was when she said it was so painful to be free that she would rather go back to North Korea.

[@davidbeckenbaugh9598]

There is no concept of love in John Lennon's "Imagine' world either. You are not allowed to love in that painting of his 'perfect' world. Why? Because pain is not allowed. Question ; "Do you love your children?". Yes? Have they ever caused you pain? Of course they have! Pain is not allowed so, therefore, you are not allowed to love. And the song 'Imagine' is a cornerstone of the elitists in our country. There is a reason for that. "There is no concept of love in 'Imagine'".

[@sbarua0001]

What pains me the most is how she brought up “hunger” as the primary reason to leave her homeland. I can’t imagine, even in a parallel universe, having to leave your country out of something that no one should ever experience. God bless this woman and the innocent folks of North Korea

[@theworldofwoo8320]

She wasn't hungry. She has been exposed many times. She was rich. You people believe anything

[@brendan4859]

Imagine being in such a horrible place that China is a level up

[@advancedcavemen4104]

China is the wealthiest and most powerful nation on Earth. It is proof that communism is the economically superior system, even if it is morally inferior. Places like North Korea would be better off too if not for sanctions because they can organize and compete better than capitalist democracies. Our biggest mistake was trading with China. If we kept communist countries poor they would have collapsed in on themselves. But now that communism has become the dominant ideology I don't believe capitalism can compete unless people are willing to work very hard and put everything on the line. I am not sure this generation is willing to do that. They'd rather take the path of least resistance. They will realize their error when they are lead to the execution chamber, but by then it will be too late. Hope is not lost, but it might as well be if people are not willing to endure hardship and struggle to fight for something larger than them. Defeating communism when they are so much more powerful than us will be the most difficult task our civilization has ever undertaken. Plus side is that it will make victory that much sweeter if it ever comes.

[@Nightscream452]

@@advancedcavemen4104 only problem is China isn't a fully communist country either. It made it's money allowing capitalism in, but highly monitored & regulated to extremes not acceptable in other countries.

[@abrahamelnikety151]

@@Nightscream452 the problem is they make everyone work in China, they don't have give any mercy to anyone who doesn't have a job, it's work or die, and there whole culture is about putting the collective before yourself, while here it's about the individual, which makes efficient use of their workers, and also the fact they have 2 billion people there. I'm saying if we want to take them on we should work together, but also be careful to not lose sight of our values and let the government use emergency powers as an excuse to take our freedoms, otherwise we'll be in same situation but with us living under a horrible regime.

[@georgeswanson697]

@@advancedcavemen4104 Wumao moment. Go great leader Xi!

[@AllucB]

@@advancedcavemen4104 communism is great in the short race but look at china now. Record low birth rate that will continue to decrease, their labor force is shrinking and young chinese people now more than ever aren’t having babies because of how stressful life is as well as chinas increasing property prices. They will level out like japan did

[@thegoodthebadtheoffended6548]

Freedom was painful and then she learnt that "freedom is a responsibility." BOOM! BLEW MY MIND!

[@adararelgnel2695]

Responsibility is painful.

[@misoudeweese7209]

Maybe that is why so many westerners prefer having the govt to provide for them and then tell them what to do, how to live, and what to think. They simply can't handle or don't want the responsibility of freedom. 🤔

[@tjhammer24]

@@misoudeweese7209 bingo

[@tjhammer24]

This is why socialism and radical feminism are so aligned, it's the quest for authority WITHOUT responsibility anddddd the vice versa... responsibility without the authority

[@Emma-yg2uf]

Freedom is a birth right.

[@soyounoat]

Yeonmi - Your story of escape and survival humbles me. People complain about how bad they think their lives are because they have not lived through real hardship as you have. Your experiences make you very valuable to people who believe in freedom.

[@oliviac985]

Love her, glad more people are sharing her story. Her book is eye opening.

[@augingma5518]

So you read it all? I want to find it at a bookstore but I might need to find it on Amazon. Couldn't find it.

[@oliviac985]

@@augingma5518 Yes, I actually just got an audio book cause I don't have much time to sit down and read. So I was able to finish it in a couple days. VERY cool story, she actually got pretty lucky despite the horrors. She expresses that in the book. Makes you think of what some of these people go through who don't get the chance to speak about it.

[@augingma5518]

@@oliviac985 That's great. I am definitely getting the audio book! Thanks for the info.

[@Mae-nr7wr]

Her book is eye opening. until you find out her story is fake

[@kscommentary9710]

@@Mae-nr7wr I seen pics of her hugging Hillary Clinton

[@noppornwongrassamee8941]

It's an indictment of just how BAD North Korea is that being enslaved by human traffickers - in China no less - is actually an improvement in quality of life over living in NK.

[@MrHeftyFine]

This is one of the most harrowing stories ive ever heard told, and she experienced it! The things this woman endured are beyond imagination

[@ms.cellaneous2687]

This story is heartbreaking, may God be with this woman and her family

[@Nobody-11B]

People don't feel love because death is to close, messed with my head

[@mansionbookerstudios9629]

You can help save 25 million of North Korea people by watch yeonmi million 7

[@derptweaker945]

yea, just like she said the only way for her to get help was to believe in something someone else forced her to believe in. Hopefully now she would not need to go throe that anymore.

[@sophiemarie7125]

What god ? It’s you ppl with ur passive attitude thinking god will right everything wrong that causes these issues. Get your finger out ur arse. The most damage on this world has been done in the name of religion

[@danielpiesto532]

Her family is already with God.

[@lordsangone]

As a fellow Korean, we are most thankful for USA's support in the Korean War. My family was able to escape the Communist North and come here. Many Americans have no idea how good they got it here in US. Podcasts like this can help us appreciate our freedoms and opportunitites. Keep rockin it steady Tim, my fellow Korean brother.

[@crazytongue9189]

And you guys are racist towards north koreans, indians, pakistanis, philippinos, etc.😊

[@eixrago1012]

​@@crazytongue9189 how was commenter racist??

[@bojicc9miso]

Despite it is good circumstance that US got involved in ensuring South Korea's stability, it should not be fortgotten that US primary interest is expanding their political and economic influence in east Asia

[@KienCherry]

@@crazytongue9189 crazy assumption

[@popepiusxv]

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAH "the USA's support" - oh, you mean when they carpet bombed civilian infrastructure, dams, fields and leave only a few buildings with one story standing in cities? Is THIS what you call "support"? Be ashamed. My part of the world felt the american "support" after 1991 and let me tell you, it did not bring ANYTHING good.

[@albel0]

As a Cuban born and raised on the island, I understand her. I like listening to what happens in Cuba. communism is horrible.

[@CatsAttackAgain]

It's important to remember that true evil isn't something that died long ago or will live in an unlikely and vague future. It's always waiting. There are places in the world run in such a way that it would crush your soul to live there for a day, and there are people living near us now who want to bring that evil here.

[@surroundedbytools]

One of the most important guests the podcast had so far. Yes, she would be great testifying before congress.

[@Mae-nr7wr]

yes, testify like Nayirah testification

[@yourewrongabouteverything]

@@Mae-nr7wr just incase anyone else is tired of seeing this weirdo talk about some nayirah bs or something this is what it is talking about- The Nayirah testimony was a false testimony given before the United States Congressional Human Rights Caucus on October 10, 1990 by a 15-year-old girl who provided only her first name, Nayirah. The testimony was widely publicized, and was cited numerous times by United States senators and President George H. W. Bush in their rationale to back Kuwait in the Gulf War. In 1992, it was revealed that Nayirah's last name was Al-Ṣabaḥ (Arabic: نيرة الصباح‎) and that she was the daughter of Saud Al-Sabah, the Kuwaiti ambassador to the United States. Furthermore, it was revealed that her testimony was organized as part of the Citizens for a Free Kuwait public relations campaign, which was run by the American public relations firm Hill & Knowlton for the Kuwaiti government. Following this, al-Sabah's testimony has come to be regarded as a classic example of modern atrocity propaganda

[@GB-gf3dm]

So glad you survived all you went through, Yeonmi. You are now a Messenger of Hope for all those that are suffering under evil. May you continue to prosper!

[@randallmusgrave5138]

Listening to Her speak very nonchalant about the horrible things she was forced to do and endure is hard. How crazy is it for anyone from our country to complain about their oppression. Man, blows my mind.

[@Mae-nr7wr]

you only have to read older articles and see how her story went from being in a rich family to living in a holocaust in a couple of years, and gullible people fall for this Nayirah testimony all over again. sad too see, she literally used a photoshopped picture as "evidence" for "pleasure squad" and how Kim was no longer in charge, she's just talking nonsense, and makes other defectors look bad. she wasn't even in NK when Kim came to power, might as well as a janitor there and he would have more valuable information than someone with an agenda

[@Kegcrusher04]

@@Mae-nr7wr What are you doing posting shouldn't you be busy blowing communists

[@megananderson2618]

@@Mae-nr7wr i will never understand people like you. You kinda make everyone in the room a little sick. I have seen her talk probably 10 times now and her story has always been the same. But even if what you say were true, a sexually abused and used brainwashed child who has escaped the most horrifying conditions may have lied about her past? Color me shocked. Is your real name Mae Sun Il?

[@mansionbookerstudios9629]

You can help save 35 million of North Korea people by watch yeonmi million

[@eye5214]

@@Mae-nr7wr oh you was there?

[@fearthehoneybadger]

Sad that she escaped to a country that is trying its best to become the country she fled from.

[@TurtleChad1]

Not really America is becoming more Progressive and left leaning every year unlike the right which is trying to make life worse for everyone.

[@bthegawd8113]

@@TurtleChad1 your a moron. The left is moving us full speed to destruction. Left always equals communism in the long run. Can you pack your bags and move to your utopian country of North Korea? Leave us normal people alone

[@notme1559]

@@TurtleChad1 who are the ones banning speech? That's the equivalent of burning books and the people burning books have never been the good guys. Pull your head out of your backside and pay attention.

[@fearthehoneybadger]

@@TurtleChad1 Then why do things get worse as the left gets more control?

[@jadapinkett1656]

@@bthegawd8113 Lmfao. Small brain.

[@Echo3_]

I love her sooo much! Thank you for having her on Tim!!!

[@bangkokgirls]

She sounds like she's describing the Democratic Party platform.

[@skubdude587]

Yep! The Democrats are blind to this but the Democratic leaders want it so bad!

[@Adrian-yi8fl]

It's not a coincidence. The Democrats would love to have as much power as Kim Jong does

[@SoloRenegade]

a glimpse of the Democrat Utopia

[@paulamccarthy9511]

And the Bush “Lincoln Project” Republicans are going along with it.

[@hereforthecommentsection_11]

You guys gotta get past this two party bs, if the Republicans could have the power they’d do the same thing.

[@chasemacinnis6526]

This.. this was the best Tim cast I watched in a long time. Not that I don’t enjoy them all. But wow, what a strong woman. And told her story so well. Thank you for sharing! You’re amazing

[@se7890]

Love the story. 1 thing that kind of made me chuckle is when the interviewer said "so you were sold into slavery, that's kind of worse" and she's like "NO hunger is the worst feeling ever"! As someone who has suffered from hunger, I totally agree and I know when someone has never experienced real hunger, i.e. everyone else in that room

[@garysuarez9614]

This is our future if we do not resolve our differences as Americans. Be advised.

[@kirerunte1046]

K, well kick out the banks that have ruined this country since 1913, get rid of laws that allow divorce and the fleecing of men, don't have kids out of wedlock, raise ur kids away from the system, get rid of the school system, get rid of the justice system, make it a law that everyone should be armed, stop voting because it never did nor will it ever matter, and stop worshipping materialism as a world view, there that should be easy enough

[@garysuarez9614]

@@kirerunte1046 working on it now.

[@marsoh7972]

The ONLY way to "resolve our differences" is by fighting and winning on the battlefield. The Left understands this. Voting and paying taxes will do you no good, just look at all that conservatives managed to conserve... that's right, nothing.

[@Adrian-yi8fl]

Resolve our differences? Sorry but no. One half of us is trying to control the other half of us through racist policies like critical race Theory and white guilt and through totalitarianism and gaslighting and propaganda. The other half of us just want to be left alone and free. That is not a difference to be resolved. North Korea is not the way it is because people couldn't resolve their differences. Wake the hell up

[@kirerunte1046]

@Seagal's Best Movie the point is it won't work and things will collapse and get worse before it gets better, people reap what they sowed, enjoy ur shekels and ur degeneracy while the future generations and illegals replace everyone as the next wage slaves for a system you can't get rid of

[@donaldclark2735]

"why do I have to keep believing something to be free?" wow, I felt that

[@Mae-nr7wr]

im sure you felt that when kims body double died too

[@kathleenmckenzie6261]

This woman is amazingly fluent and articulate in the English language.

[@emgmin]

Honestly she's one of the most inspiring people I can think of. In all of my 33 years of life I've had very few heroes and I would say this woman is someone that I will mention the next time someone asks me who my hero is.

[@coltonneedham8062]

The 20 dislikes are the people who want the ideology she escaped.....

[@Boskov01]

Yeah there's a couple of trolls making their way through the comments too. "Wendy Williams" and "Todd Matthews" are both here spewing lies and nonsense. Remember to follow the DIB method: Downvote, Ignore, Block. And if they start making threats: Report.

[@steppebro]

Rather the people who want to be pointing the guns

[@Mae-nr7wr]

and ppl downviting yes, Nayirah bullshit testmony about babies in incubators must be wanting to live in iraq as well? parks fake story which has been debunked and changed so many times now, her lies makes other defectors look bad.

[@Kegcrusher04]

@@Mae-nr7wr prove it dickhead

[@markoslaguna2625]

No. They want it for us

[@charltonblake9967]

This girl's story is so incredible! Thank you for sharing.

[@VoltageDx]

She said it was painful to be free..... Shit freedom isn't free. Team America is way too on point

[@Stevarooni]

Being free people _is uncomfortable_ and requires effort. Serfdom is easier, as long as you don't mind being controlled every minute of your life.

[@thecomedian5933]

Freedom costs a buck o'five. (Ok, well now its more like $5. Thanks Biden.🤦‍♂️)

[@historyandhorseplaying7374]

Bed Bath & Beyond F yeah!

[@yidiandianpang]

The initial adjustment was painful but this lady has become a champion of freedom with a real message to America.

[@jonathandwilliams2885]

As a Christian, I'm ashamed of those South Korean missionaries. That's not how you share the gospel. Do the right thing, then offer hope through faith on the side. Don't make that a condition of getting help. That's manipulation, not Christ-like love.

[@marsoh1702]

Given religion only exists through manipulating the young and powerless, it's very fitting.

[@Mae-nr7wr]

Park's story has changed so much and been debunked several times, i wouldnt take anything she says seriously

[@kevindiaz6407]

@@Mae-nr7wr can you source who debunked this woman?

[@NikkiSchumacherOfficial]

Mae are you a robot? Are you banging China? Why do you care so much to slander this woman but believe China and NK?

[@freezingfire1800]

@@Mae-nr7wr show sources

[@rtc600]

Amazing resilience and courage. Thank you for sharing your story.

[@ethancohen12]

This is actually a million times more horrifying than I prior thought. Cannot let this happen to America

[@shizukaryujoukai2465]

Too late it seems

[@patchoucoc.5238]

Ponyong is better but this is inhumane

[@mansionbookerstudios9629]

You can help save 25 million of North Korea people by watch yeonmi million people

[@hannahchesler9059]

@@shizukaryujoukai2465 what the fuck are you on about? Stfu

[@ScorpionF1RE----USA]

@@shizukaryujoukai2465 ok jr

[@JJ-df6kk]

I think this is the absolute MOST IMPORTANT video for everyone to watch. This is so emotional, heartfelt, and moving words cannot even explain.

[@kristymatsen8262]

thank God she is here to tell us about this it breaks my heart!

[@Fumbleknuckle]

It was heart breaking when she said freedom was "scary". Something most of the world just expects was so terrifying to her is unimaginable.

[@stfclm]

Watching this should be mandatory at least from high school if not middle school.

[@jadapinkett1656]

Ah yes. Let's feed our kids CIA propaganda.

[@jb894]

@@jadapinkett1656 they already get propaganda at school.

[@baron3904]

@@jadapinkett1656 CIA has done their job with great success if you think THIS is what they're cooking up. You are lost in their forest.

[@stfclm]

@@jadapinkett1656 you think that North Korea being the darkest populated area in the world at night is CIA propaganda? And the Kim dynasty are all CIA stooges? Are you Chinese?

[@Xodreev]

@@jadapinkett1656 kim Jong un won't make you a concubine no matter how hard you deflect for him. 🙄

[@The1Question]

Almost every college kid that cries about how oppressed they are need to listen to this woman's story.

[@sneelockshaberdasheryofhig6419]

I’d love to have a meal and a conversation with her, she has an internal glow I don’t often see in people. She is so damn strong, it makes me feel like a feeble child. We have no idea of what suffering is.

[@dt7497]

No we don't know what real desperation looks like. We're all coddled or pretend. America is the opitomy of dreams. Value what you have, and fight for what you dont.

[@drezonb9546]

Tim and crew, this is the single most impressive thing you've ever done on the show. I hung on her every word and barely blinked as she spoke. I thank you all.

[@ChristopherGuilday]

Wow, to imagine that being a sex slave was far better than living in NK is absolutely mind blowing. Her answer shook me because she said it as if it was a no brainer. It was either that or death. She had to go through that as a virgin as well. This girl is incredible, she is extremely smart and well spoken.

[@blairpenny1526]

I can't stop being entranced by this woman. She is so amazingly smart brave and beautiful. We need to embolden voices like this and show the world that the human spirit can't be defeated by totalitarian regimes like NK or the aspirations of globalists

[@jonny5746]

What a sad sad story. This woman stepped out of the Truman Show straight into reality. God Bless Her Heart. May she prosper and forever live free!! 💜✝☮

[@BabyRhesus]

Aint no way you just compared this horrible past life this woman had to a show where a man was completely satisfied in life but was lied to

[@samerkaradsheh8803]

Ive held back tears for the entire podcast and for the whole day. This is the most moving story I’ve heard possibly ever. You. Are. Amazing. Thank you for sharing your story.

[@marycooper8385]

This is without a doubt the most moving and harrowing story of perseverance and survival I have ever heard the part that really floored me was she had no concept of love God bless and keep you well

[@JPMarie55]

Man up.

[@samerkaradsheh8803]

@@JPMarie55 loool

[@Ms.GreenJeans]

This was the most amazing interview. I'm sitting here crying but so happy for this young FREE lady. ALL need to see this!

[@skandollus2503]

Wow. Best guest yet. Wow. Everyone in America needs to watch this.

[@Mae-nr7wr]

all these gullible westerners takes this known liar at face value, sad to see

[@skandollus2503]

@@Mae-nr7wr she’s pretty specific. Please give me a counter argument that can stand. Talking down on us “westerners” like we don’t do our homework, present evidence or sit tf down.

[@Mae-nr7wr]

@@skandollus2503 what is there to stand on? she literally pushed the conspiracy that a general had taken over cuz "kim was dead" a bullshit story which was based on nothing, she haven't even been in North Korea since Kim came to power. "everyone needs to see this bullshit pro-war propaganda" na, how about you guys sit the f down for once can't link articles here. but seeing the comment field here its quite clear you guys are already on the path for the next brainwash to support war

[@Alexzoidberg245]

You’re killing it Tim. Keep up the good work. Thank you for your content brother.

[@SoloRenegade]

"he started shooting at him, and the police just stood there" Sounds like some cities in the US

[@grid7511]

If the person shooting is black, and the cops do something, they are called racist by the far left, media and democrats.

[@randomando1346]

She was talking about Chicago.

[@scotttaylor657]

She was describing her experience in Chicago with that line

[@martinusv7433]

Sounds just like a normal day in the US...which it was as well.

[@botatobias2539]

My country Romania wasn't all too different. Sadly, the West did too much pointing and cackling at our plight and too little learning. Us in former or current Communist countries, we would have not suffered for nothing if the rest of the world would LEARN!!

[@1rbdt]

To be fair, the marxist infiltration was well on its way before the USSR collapsed so we can't blame them completely. Still boils my blood that there's people who can hear what their "utopia" was like first-hand and still defend it though. I guess old Yuri was right, eh?

[@denisaandreea5556]

The reason it wasn’t different is because ceausescu followed Kim jong uns footsteps . He went to North Korea and was mesmerised by the dictatorship going on and decided to implement it in Romania.Fortunately for us ceausescu got executed and we are now learning freedom however it’s very hard for us to catch up with the rest of the world as some people still have the communist mentality since the execution was not even long ago. Around 1989. Romania still has long to go . Current president not too smart either

[@lolanila6233]

Wow...am from Honduras( Central America) and has always complain of that country...This lady just humble me down and make me appreciate my poorness and freedom.

[@DeadBoyHK1]

This woman needs to be heard by the newer generations. They need to hear this story…so that we don’t live in the pods and eat the bugs. Just saying.

[@Mae-nr7wr]

yes, and Nayirah bullshit testmony needs to be heard as well her fake story which has been debunked and changed so many times now, her lies makes other defectors look bad.

[@unicornhollowhomestead]

@@Mae-nr7wr cite your sources or shut up

[@johnmorrison5502]

They won’t listen. I’ve seen enough videos of college kids arguing with people that escaped the Soviet Union. While they get told how bad it was and why their family fled to USA they seem to just think they are making it up.

[@valerieleidal]

Kids today are not being taught anything.

[@TheTORTUYITA]

They don’t care😢😢😢😢

[@Master_Yoda1990]

North Korea sounds like Ethan Klein’s kind of place. “They tell you what to do, don’t even have to think about it, bro.”

[@don_hato]

Lmao

[@finecastleie]

"I mean, yeah, divide the food equally. Obviously, the government needs more than the people." Ethan Klein, probably

[@OBrienDesigns]

Thinking is hard, bro

[@ancientdolphintofualmondma4526]

Then he brings in Sam Seder to pregnant his wife.

[@livefreeprintguns]

🤣🤣🤣

[@MissStatement]

This lady is so strong and inspiring!More power to her.

[@michaelsalinas3730]

This is a strong woman. Had my teenage daughter listen to remind her the value of freedom.

[@peerpede-p.]

I follow Yeonmi Park and she is the real deal. Americans should be aware what is coming with the current administration.

[@thoughtfulhistorytoday7214]

This is the first I have heard of her. She sounds too good. She was 13 when she fled NK yet she speaks so well, with an amazing vocabulary and knows pop culture. She is also attractive. It just seems that many stars had to align perfectly to make her what she appears to be. My cynicism is based on the long history of lies the US has told us citizens. Can anyone direct me to some verifiable source that would back up her story?

[@koristrange9655]

Just Google her name. She's a human rights activist and it's well documented already.

[@baron3904]

@@thoughtfulhistorytoday7214 You call this amazing vocabulary? It's decent. Verbiage is still pretty broken.

[@Mae-nr7wr]

i follow Nayirah al-Ṣabaḥ, she is the real deal. oh wait.

[@EBizz85]

Lol stop it hahaha

[@bruceoneco7684]

Yeonmi I have been following you for the past year when one day you popped up in my feed. Since then I have read your book, told my family and friends about you, followed your podcasts, and watched your many interviews like this one. I am very happy to have the privilege to make contributions . I was especially taken with your interview with Jordan Peterson. You are very brave and I believe, a very very important voice for civilization in our world. II especially appreciate your message that we need to focus on the ongoing disaster that is North Korea and the recognition that we in the West are hurtling in that direction. I will continue to tell people to listen to you.Thank you so much.

[@aaronwieman8368]

She is so beautiful… her story is heart wrenching and also a testament to the human spirit to live and be free

[@garethchaplin3780]

And people think not using pronouns is the worst thing imaginable.

[@Boris82]

What are you talking about, we all use pronouns. He him she her

[@bincheating2011]

You people get mad about something unrelated like bye

[@keertanavinod]

Ok thank you ma'am.

[@matevzvrsic7194]

Great comment sir, couldn’t agree more

[@2_572]

@@bincheating2011 take it easy sir.

[@sadworld7917]

Her story is heartbreaking. She is a brave women for speaking out and sharing her story. God bless her❤💯

[@sues3218]

Glad to see more and more people giving this sweet young lady a chance to get her testimony out there.

[@mgee303]

“Those who control the language controls your thoughts”.

[@kaylak169]

It's the lack of awareness for me. Just looking up Yeonmi Park's story, podcasts Ted talks and clips and this guy and this other chick..... the conversational cheerful tone of voice just reeks of lack of understanding of what they're actually hearing. I don't know who this dude is but the lack of compassion in his very tone of voice, not to mention the fact that he KEEPS BRINGING THE CONVERSATION AFTER YEONMI SHARING HORRIFIC MEMORIES, BACK TO HIMSELF AND HIS OPINIONS ANT TRAIN IF THOUGHT, HE JUST KEEPS SHARING HIS OWN FUCKING STORIES AND IDEAS AND THOUGHTS..... "oh wow so you guys were starving, one time my friend told me a story about being hungry and blah blah blah, anyway how great it is to own nothing LOOOOL POLITICS!!!!" Um. Gross. Not a fan. This was my intro to this dude aaaaaaand no thanks.

[@phumelelebucibo5721]

I agree 100%

[@hannahchesler9059]

Agree 100% this guy is so off and weird.

[@bunnyregan3018]

Me too, he misses the mark every time. She deserved more compassion

[@SavannahVu1985]

Spot on! He was extremely nonchalant about everything and his tone/childish remarks when it came to very raw and seriously painful memories/topics leaves much to be desired that’s for sure 😳🙄. Not a fan whatsoever.

[@kourtney7881]

I am TWO fucking minutes into this video and already am so pushed by how selfish and childish he is being. It’s gross.

[@anitaellison8664]

I have listened to Yeonmi many times. She is highly intelligent and full of wisdom.

[@chasmataz1704]

Please Tim, even if she already had some off screen, next time a guest has a dry throat, offer them a glass of water !!!

[@johnliller3032]

Malnutrition coupled with infection/disease often lead to permanent physical damage. She mentions tuberculosis specifically. Survivors of TB almost all have permanent lung damage to some extent.

[@michaelmorgan9601]

It also may be a personal tick when bringing back old trauma, it’s a way to cope for some, like a mental protection field that makes it feel okay to continue

[@TessA-es3if]

Yeonmi is someone i look up to. We take so much for granted here. I try everyday to be thankful for every small freedom I have. I don't understand why, in world that stands together in so much, would allow such crimes against humanity to continue.

[@shellyseats5630]

One of the best interviews I've seen in a long time. What an amazing young lady!

[@sirgalahad3574]

Very powerful. Everyone of all classes in America should watch her. And Yeonmi, you have a wonderful smile.

[@AstroQuestMusic]

Super insightful and equally terrifying , thanks for allowing her to share her story on your platform Tim!

[@liljimmy4940]

It blows my mind that Americans think they have it bad in any way. We have the weak men now it's time for the hard times

[@harrydupuis3102]

Whenever I'm having a bad time I always tell myself It could always be much worse. This poor lady has had just that....

[@randynovitch6744]

Best interview you've ever done, & what an inspiration this young woman is coming from starvation, violent thought control and destitution to a world of plenty, & excess.

[@mitchmoe6224]

This was an amazing interview. Tim and his team knocked it out of the park with this woman.

[@xNicl4z]

So glad that you had her on! I’ve been watching a lot of interviews with her, she is truly brilliant and an amazing young women. Her stories have often brought me to tears, especially in the Jordan Peterson interview

[@cl20v87]

I don’t understand how everyone is so calm and blasie about this, how am I the only one is disturbed

[@MalefaxTheBlack]

You're not.

[@wilscott6763]

Lots of Americans are disturbed about this... And yet , JimCrow Joe and da Ho got in office.... hmmm...

[@typicalnewyorker5993]

Yea bc n Korea is the top of everyone’s mind hmmm 🤔

[@CarlosXPhone]

You're not. This is what Trump was fighting to prevent. He even said in a press conference "Socialism will never be in America." What he really means, "I will not allow Socialism here." But when Democrats voted for Biden, they invited it in.

[@michelm306]

Thank you Yeonmi. Very grateful for you sharing your life experiences with the rest of us. To see and hear you explain these parts of your life in such a clear and concise manner makes it unlike almost anything else I have ever heard of taking place on earth. May your future be as bright as can be.

[@randomeyes497]

Her story puts alot of things in perspective. Thanks for having her on the show. Very powerful.

[@TopDog8762]

Probably the most significant show you have done so far. Yeonmi Park is a hero, she needs to be listened to.

[@Mae-nr7wr]

hero for spreading false news ? Nayirah was a hero for fake iraqi "babies in incubators" story then last time i checked her story she literally used photoshopped pic as "evidence", and gullible westerners actually fall for it, just sad.

[@Holy_Moley]

Thank you for having her on.

[@frenchfrey65]

If America falls, then where are people like her are supposed to flee to?

[@CarlosXPhone]

That's what President Reagan said. It was his warning. ⚠️

[@goidogoi]

Don't worry about that mate. It will be an all out war all over the Globe as some nations try to move and take the No.1 spot, pulling their allies and vassals along into the conflict.

[@ScotesMagotesIsAnImposter]

This story is so heartbreaking, I'm glad Yeonmi can live the life she deserves and I hope the day comes soon that everyone in North Korea can experience the same.

[@seand7642]

I've read her book, but something she said "Freedom is responsibility". Those three words are so incredibly powerful!

[@goodsonofthejohn8730]

She’s is describing America’s future.

[@SoloRenegade]

a glimpse of the Democrat Utopia

[@commonsense7877]

Like the comment, hate that it's possible

[@crzzymnn911]

Worlds future. Not just America but we are the biggest roadblock which is why we are attacked so relentlessly.

[@verycoolgirl91]

You are truly the strongest person I’ve heard of. I’m sorry for all the suffering you’ve had to endure. You are an example of human strength. Thank you for sharing your story.

[@bootnazz1786]

But mention Jim crow my mom suffered everybody get pissed

[@debygiannioti4271]

You are amazing and the most inspiring person I have ever come across!!!! 💕💕💕

[@RoninTX3377]

She is absolutely amazing and the true courage she showed, continues to show is truly inspiring.

[@AverageJoe483]

This is why I tell everyone , if you think the US is so bad . Just travel abroad for awhile

[@hannaclausen6590]

But like US actually is bad. There are some third-world-countries which are worse, but for how rich the US is you guys could do so so much better.

[@Racko.]

@@hannaclausen6590 Go to North Korea then

[@hannaclausen6590]

@@Racko. i'm glad i'm in germany, ty💀

[@Racko.]

@@hannaclausen6590 you mean the country that basically jails you or takes your family away when you speak out against the mainstream narrative? Germany and other major western countries are becoming very pro censorship too. Don’t get too comfortable

[@hannaclausen6590]

@@Racko. lol wtf that is not happening ocer here, we're still getting health care whenever we need without getting a lifelong bill

[@overbank56]

So humbling! 😢

[@jkschulte3448]

I’m so glad you had her on. More people need to be shown what we as a country are headed towards. People don’t travel as much anymore so they don’t see other countries for themselves.

[@thebaps1143]

Oh my God. I cry for her. It’s hard to believe that people live like this.

[@SoloRenegade]

a glimpse of the Democrat Utopia

[@stephenc107]

OMG! Yeonmi!!! Tim you rock man! I was wondering when you'd have her on the show.

[@hadesdogs4366]

Why would you leave your country to go to a country that’s clearly fascist and racist? Just kidding but shows how ignorant life is actually like in an actual fascist country