What I learned about freedom after escaping North Korea

Name: What I learned about freedom after escaping North Korea
Uploaded: 2019-08-30T14:55:51Z
Duration: 10 min 38 s
Description: "North Korea is unimaginable," says human rights activist Yeonmi Park, who escaped the country at the age of 13. 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.

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• April 2019

"North Korea is unimaginable," says human rights activist Yeonmi Park, who escaped the country at the age of 13. 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.

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Asia
humanity
human rights