Shocking Photos That Reveal the Truth about North Korea

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  • @silviaromeroseoane9754
    @silviaromeroseoane9754 3 года назад +2563

    You're a hero exposing what NK is trying to hide from the world

    • @PotterSpurn1
      @PotterSpurn1 3 года назад +33

      His stomach represents the starved there - so he is eating on behalf over everyone else, which means that no one is starving. That is how these dictators think!

    • @Joesmith-fu4ps
      @Joesmith-fu4ps 3 года назад +12

      What she is exposing to the world is not new information. You just have not looked before.

    • @silviaromeroseoane9754
      @silviaromeroseoane9754 3 года назад +27

      @@Joesmith-fu4ps but by sharing it is giving more visibility to the case instead of staying silent

    • @silviaromeroseoane9754
      @silviaromeroseoane9754 3 года назад +5

      @@PotterSpurn1 That's so upsetting :(

    • @nymanton3223
      @nymanton3223 3 года назад +3

      If she makes this video in Pjöngjang, shure, she is a hero. Doing it in ACitySomewhereInTheUs, she is a, whatever... keep it a litlle smaler...

  • @conclavecabal.h0rriphic
    @conclavecabal.h0rriphic 3 года назад +2121

    Those photos of the babies made me cry. It is so awful that in 2020 there are children starving to death. This is horrific.

    • @vartikasreviews6121
      @vartikasreviews6121 3 года назад +8

      😭😭

    • @superdoobo
      @superdoobo 3 года назад +8

      Workers paradise.

    • @hilaryjoseph9706
      @hilaryjoseph9706 3 года назад +8

      @@GriuGriu64 the internet

    • @hilaryjoseph9706
      @hilaryjoseph9706 3 года назад +44

      @@GriuGriu64 maybe you work for the North Korean leader...we believe her story sorry chump...she's not the only one with this narrative

    • @comontista3124
      @comontista3124 3 года назад +2

      According to FAO there is no starvation in the DPRK, only malnutrition and this is due to the sanctions (the greatest on a single country in history)

  • @michaelglover9214
    @michaelglover9214 2 года назад +194

    100+ years of malnutrition and starvation makes small people. Morphology shows all species miniturize to reduce calorie needs, when isolated populations live in areas with finite resources.

    • @Teewriter
      @Teewriter 2 года назад

      Can you explain Holland for us. Went from some of the shortest to the tallest in 100 years.

    • @LevskiBADBOY
      @LevskiBADBOY 2 года назад

      @@Teewriter selective breeding with each other

    • @litchtheshinigami8936
      @litchtheshinigami8936 2 года назад +4

      @@Teewriter i mean personally i have a theory that it might be becaus of how far below sea level we actually are.. that plus good nutrition means that we can grow much larger

    • @litchtheshinigami8936
      @litchtheshinigami8936 2 года назад +5

      @@LevskiBADBOY not particularly.. though it is partly genetics overall there are also many people who are only half dutch who grow to be extremely tall even people who have short parents often grow much taller than their parents here.. my brother is an example of this.. now my mother is a quarter indonesian. my youngest brother who is 14 now will grow to be about 2 metres tall.. his dad is only 1'80 metres tall (different dad btw.. my dad is a lot shorter being 1'67 metres tall) . and our mum is 1'75 metres tall there are also many people with migration backgrounds who now are having their kids grow a lot taller than they are.. most likely due to the fact that the nutrition here is very different from where they came from originally.. so it's defenitely not just genetics

    • @LevskiBADBOY
      @LevskiBADBOY 2 года назад

      @@litchtheshinigami8936 cope

  • @aaratikhulal7297
    @aaratikhulal7297 2 года назад +90

    I'm concerned for her safety because of the way she's leaking North Korean black secrets.

    • @denigong9708
      @denigong9708 2 года назад +1

      The sad part is her biggest threat isn't from North K but some random nut case who's never even been to north Korean.
      If i may ask how would anyone from North Korean get to her? Even if north Korean paid someone to leave and get her and promise them top 10% elite status upon returning home I highly doubt they would even get close to finding this girl and kidnapping/harming her in anyway

    • @han.banann
      @han.banann 2 года назад +3

      @@denigong9708 she’s not the first person to expose north korea like this you’d be surprised how easily they just snatch up people who have escaped and spoke out against them but i think that would mostly be if she were to go somewhere close to the boarder like some people made the mistake of doing, especially if they make themselves a known resident of seoul

    • @han.banann
      @han.banann 2 года назад +5

      @@denigong9708 i heard one story of a woman who escaped and married a man in sk and they both went to the nk/chinese boarder and she was captured, sent to a camp and eventually executed, all this despite being an sk resident and citizen

    • @Steveinthailand
      @Steveinthailand 2 года назад +1

      Yes, Yeonmi Park is living in Koreatown, Chicago. Using Google reverse pics, its easy to find out where she lives. And then, simply call the apartment building and ask for Yeonmi Park. And get her room number🤣

    • @lukelim5094
      @lukelim5094 2 года назад +1

      @@denigong9708 The highest profile assasination done by North Korea was Kim Jong Un own brother. You didnt heard about the assasination?
      But of course it is about Un being terrified of abother legitamate heir. So yes it can be done and had already been done. Whether this lady gets killed or kidnapped soley rest on the whims and temper of Kim Jonh Un and whether he feels it is worth it to do something to her.
      Well likely the whole world have already know how shitty north korea is, so anyone can blab their mouth. The main thing is when North Korean realize how shitty they are living compare to outside. That is when shit gets real.

  • @lukapopovic6668
    @lukapopovic6668 3 года назад +841

    North Korea is actually a huge concentration camp, poor people, I really feel very sorry for them

    • @MamuzainMamu
      @MamuzainMamu 3 года назад

      Who hear about this
      Who do about this?

    • @alexandrahiltunen2130
      @alexandrahiltunen2130 3 года назад +1

      Me too!

    • @albertmontalvo4954
      @albertmontalvo4954 3 года назад +1

      First thing look around you then feel for another country

    • @lukapopovic6668
      @lukapopovic6668 3 года назад +19

      @@albertmontalvo4954 I feel for all people in need, it doesn't matter where I am from

    • @nightlightabcd
      @nightlightabcd 2 года назад +3

      And you don;'t think the treasonous, fascist Republican Psycho Don and his treasonous fascist party would, and will be, be any better? The treasonous, fascist Republican have turned the US into mentaslly and morally dying country for political power!

  • @freeman-1776
    @freeman-1776 3 года назад +1718

    Yeonmi, the first time I ever saw you was when you stood before world leaders as a little girl. You told your story and shook the whole Earth. Though I have been a well trained US Army soldier, Police Officer and Fire Fighter, you had me crying like a baby. Like many people, we really had no idea how bad things are in North Korea. Today, I see you as a lovely young woman with an incredible life ahead of you. You could have chosen to disappear into America. You could have remained hidden, always looking over your shoulder and living in the fear that one day North Korean agents would find you and take you back, but you didn't. You have stood strong and proud as a voice for North Korea. You have exposed the truth to the entire world and at 55 years old I have to hold back the tears just to make it through one of your videos. You are the bravest and most amazing person I think I have ever seen with my own two eyes. Keep doing exactally what you are doing because you are more effective than all of the political leaders put together from every nation. You may think of yourself as small and petite and even useless at times but you are so much more than that. You are a Giant. Your words melt the strongest hearts. People from all over the world are listening to you and your words have the power to change foreign policies on a global scale. I'm getting old and it blesses my heart to see such wisdom found in a generation that seems so self entitled. You are so much more because you are fighting for a cause that is pure and right. As you can imagine, older people gain wisdom over time but you wear it like a robe of light. I have my list of hero's in life; people who I look up to, but did you know that you are at the top of the list? Today, I'm an American English teacher, living and working in North Vietnam for two reasons. I love Asian culture and I love giving them a skill that can change their lives forever. You are a North Korean living in America but I will end with this. Don't let North Korea set the narrative. You are not a defector. You are more than an activist. You are the hope and future of North Korea and a world leader. You are the change that is coming. God bless you!

    • @notyourtypicalwatchreview2563
      @notyourtypicalwatchreview2563 3 года назад +51

      This is that little girl? Wow! I’m so glad she is still speaking out!

    • @edithappleton5156
      @edithappleton5156 3 года назад +25

      Free Man 😭😭😭😭😢😢😢💯💯 so well said

    • @craigwall9536
      @craigwall9536 3 года назад +14

      You're not the only one.

    • @jameslayden184
      @jameslayden184 3 года назад +26

      I know exactly how you feel I was a paratrooper. I also have menny heroes but you are top's. God Bless the people of North Korea .

    • @JessJoanne
      @JessJoanne 3 года назад +20

      Watch her interview with Jordan Peterson. It was amazing. I can't say enough about it.

  • @LizFromDecencyUnited
    @LizFromDecencyUnited 2 года назад +39

    The shear breadth of how much education, language, social customs and everything else that this young woman has managed to absorb is astounding. And to be able to articulate how things are in N Korea vs Western civilization.... it's just amazing! What a journey she has been on for someone so young!

  • @573customs6
    @573customs6 2 года назад +48

    I never knew how bad life was in North Korea. I feel sorry for all the people that live there under that cowards rule. I'm thankful you got out of there and are now able to share your story with the world. Keep it up.

  • @thirstonhowellthebird
    @thirstonhowellthebird 3 года назад +3430

    Pray for her safety because she’s putting her life in grave danger.

    • @Joesmith-fu4ps
      @Joesmith-fu4ps 3 года назад +86

      I have a hunch she laughing all the way to the bank

    • @drd6893
      @drd6893 3 года назад +350

      @@Joesmith-fu4ps laughing?
      If she is making a good life for herself now that’s good
      That’s the American dream
      She’s been through enough

    • @dOVERanalyst
      @dOVERanalyst 3 года назад +84

      She is outside now. She is showing pics of grasshopper saleswomen and salesmen. I feel sorry for them. Maybe now they're not alive.

    • @cersaia1792
      @cersaia1792 3 года назад +61

      I don't like your tone, it feels as if you're giving her an ultimatum disguised as a compliment

    • @Joesmith-fu4ps
      @Joesmith-fu4ps 3 года назад +17

      @@cersaia1792 OK, I not here to please you. Like you, I have an opinion, and I'm posting it.

  • @allenabbey2475
    @allenabbey2475 3 года назад +683

    You remind me of my daughter Lyllia, she is Korean and we adopted her from Ukraine. Her birth name was Kim Lyllia Yovonovich. The orphanage where she was was also very impoverished. We adopted her and a boy who was Ukrainian together because he had become her protector in the orphanage and she stayed close to him so they were like siblings. They are now 23 and he will be 24 soon and they get on each other’s nerves but they are very protective of each other.

    • @allenabbey2475
      @allenabbey2475 3 года назад +86

      Because food was so scarce in the orphanage they didn’t always have food to eat, as a result they still have behaviors resulting from that experience. After meals the boy, Coliya, would always check to see if there was any food left for the next meal. Lyllia would pile so much on her plate and if she ate it all she would pile it up again and barely touch it, it was a little frustrating to throw away so much food but it was worth it if it gave her comfort in knowing that she would not go hungry.

    • @steveperreira5850
      @steveperreira5850 3 года назад +59

      Thank you so much for adopting those children from an orphanage, God bless you for your righteous acts and your giving hearts!

    • @GrandDawggy
      @GrandDawggy 3 года назад +18

      I enjoyed reading this thanks for sharing

    • @userm180
      @userm180 3 года назад +11

      for GOD so loved the world that HE gave HIS only begotten SON that whoever believeth in HIM should not perish but have eternal life"-the Gospel of JESUS written by john 3:16."But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:"-the Gospel of JESUS written by john 1:12. hi! JESUS loves you and died for you if you accept HIM! HE rose from the dead to show us that death cant hold HIM! repent and start living your life for HIM and when the time is right HE will get you to Heaven❤

    • @robertsantiago953
      @robertsantiago953 3 года назад +8

      God bless you for what you did 👌

  • @TeddyLovesBacon
    @TeddyLovesBacon 2 года назад +109

    This is so eye opening. I feel so blessed to be living in America. Thank you for posting this informative video. My heart goes out to all the people of N Korea who are living in such a horrible situation of poverty, oppression and fear..

    • @tohruchoco384
      @tohruchoco384 2 года назад +2

      I too feel relieved for living in America, Mexico

    • @subaruwrx3381
      @subaruwrx3381 Год назад

      The democrats ideal America

  • @inessilva6086
    @inessilva6086 Год назад +14

    this reminds me of the life my mother had when she was a child. We live in Portugal, Europe and until 1974 we were in a dictatorship. She did manual labor for as long as she remembers but she used to work in her family's farm and could eat the food they produced. Because of this she had to leave school at the age of 12 and this was very common in portugal back in the day. We are also quite small

  • @stufromoz8164
    @stufromoz8164 3 года назад +582

    Don't worry about being a model what you are doing is far more important and makes you far more beautiful than any model could ever be.

    • @mortenfrosthansen84
      @mortenfrosthansen84 3 года назад +17

      Plus she is probably too intelligent and independent, to work in that world..
      If you have seen some of the documentaries, about how abuse and cruelty is ripe within the fashion industry.
      You might be adored by many, but it usually comes with a high cost

    • @skullsaintdead
      @skullsaintdead 3 года назад +25

      @@mortenfrosthansen84 Please don't say models are lack intelligence or independence, that's inaccurate, biased and cruel. Its not always a great industry to work in (like acting, full of people looking to take advantage) but the models are usually lovely people, plus very independent & brave (if you're a runway model, starting at 14-16, you might have to go to London, Paris and Milan by yourself). Most people have some unwarranted contempt for models, its not like your adored, people are jealous and turn to hate...

    • @mortenfrosthansen84
      @mortenfrosthansen84 3 года назад

      @@skullsaintdead
      "Being validated when I didn’t deserve it meant I got incorrect feedback. People agreed with my ideas and opinions, including the bad ones. People agreed with me and validated things I said and did because they wanted me to like them. Not because I deserved it."
      Quote from a fashion model

    • @skullsaintdead
      @skullsaintdead 3 года назад +9

      @@mortenfrosthansen84 So how does she/he lack intelligence or independence? How does one persons quote represent models? Sounds like a young person was taken advantage of, but that doesn't make them stupid, it just means they lack experience, which is not a fault of their own.

    • @mortenfrosthansen84
      @mortenfrosthansen84 3 года назад

      @@skullsaintdead
      She is talking about being a model, makes her stupid.. since she has lost track, of what actually is correct. This particular model, makes examples.. making a suggestion, and another person makes a wiser one, but her's is taken.
      Saying something stupid or wrong, and no one corrects her.
      So yeah actually getting dumber

  • @CharcoalChaos
    @CharcoalChaos 3 года назад +738

    Unacceptable in this day and age that humans are treated like this by their leaders.

    • @manuelr.knippingreynoso1371
      @manuelr.knippingreynoso1371 3 года назад +9

      Yes terrorist cartels mobs, shouldn't dirty bomb each other's beliefs over dissatisfaction of narratives. Agreed 😒

    • @keithroettenbacher6994
      @keithroettenbacher6994 3 года назад +12

      @@iaincochrane8741 this will be the usa under the green new deal

    • @sherrimiller5258
      @sherrimiller5258 3 года назад +16

      Yet in our country people are attempting to implement communism. I can’t fathom why they think it will work differently here than it has everywhere else. I’m praying these people aren’t successful. I’m from the United States 🇺🇸 of America. Home of the free. For now.

    • @TheFox2450
      @TheFox2450 3 года назад +1

      @Ann Hanover But how far back do you want to go? Do you want to go back to the last catastrophe, or the one before that, or the one before that? The human race is a survivor of many catastrophes, his/her transition to what we are now has taken many 1000's of years, but the political bullshit that now abounds in our present system is exactly what the present bullshit of the modern system wants ... Go figure ...

    • @laciLaszloM
      @laciLaszloM 3 года назад +4

      Get use to the idea......the western world is heading down the same path

  • @techguy651
    @techguy651 2 года назад +37

    I feel there’s some irony when you say, “if I don’t use baby safety seat in freedom [The West] I could go to jail.”
    We’ve gone beyond keeping children safe and actually started criminalizing poverty. And then older people get upset when younger people say, “it’s too expensive to have children!”

    • @coin5207
      @coin5207 2 года назад +5

      Criminalizing poverty? This is an example of criminalizing being an irresponsible parent. Yes children are expensive in developed countries. That's why most people wait until they have a stable income to have children. If you can't afford a baby safety seat don't drive your baby with your car. 99% of people who can't afford that wouldn't have cars anyway, they're expensive as well

    • @Truthtellingbsh
      @Truthtellingbsh 2 года назад +3

      Yes I agree poverty has become criminalized. Rich people who have the means to hire a good lawyer and who have connections avoid prison ! Look at all those who are in poverty and end up in prison . Sad

  • @sharvangi.upadhyay253
    @sharvangi.upadhyay253 Год назад +15

    You are truly an amazing person for exposing the truth behind the most hellish regime on Earth. You could have stayed quiet and laid low for your own safety. But you didn't. You raised your voice against this cruelty and for that you are the bravest person ive ever met.

  • @deekay3064
    @deekay3064 3 года назад +473

    When taking a photo of everyday life is forbidden, there is something being hidden and it can't possibly be good.

  • @monarxsiramirez1720
    @monarxsiramirez1720 3 года назад +729

    Those photos are amazing Yeonmi. And your stories are phenomenal. You are so beautiful and brave. I may be taller than you, but I sure look up to you.

    • @YeonmiParkOfficial
      @YeonmiParkOfficial  3 года назад +88

      Thank you for your kind words, James ❤️

    • @ShaferHart
      @ShaferHart 3 года назад +64

      Well said James. You speak for a lot of us.

    • @userm180
      @userm180 3 года назад +6

      for GOD so loved the world that HE gave HIS only begotten SON that whoever believeth in HIM should not perish but have eternal life"-the Gospel of JESUS written by john 3:16."But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:"-the Gospel of JESUS written by john 1:12. hi! JESUS loves you and died for you if you accept HIM! HE rose from the dead to show us that death cant hold HIM! repent and start living your life for HIM and when the time is right HE will get you to Heaven❤❤

    • @mommachupacabra
      @mommachupacabra 3 года назад +9

      @@YeonmiParkOfficial Watching this I'm reminded of some of the stories from my mom, from her experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto. I wonder how you manage your nightmares - Mom had nightmares well into her 90's. She passed almost 98, a few years ago.

    • @deevnn
      @deevnn 3 года назад +3

      @@userm180 your "god" allows this...so realize that there is no god and wake up to the REAL world.

  • @gregghumphreys5455
    @gregghumphreys5455 3 года назад +44

    Thanks for this Yeonmi. This brings back memories for me. I was invited there years ago & was mainly in Pyongyang, but also traveled around the country a little (with government minders) I remember being taken down south to the DMZ and also meeting up with NK soldiers. I remember being surprised on the way to look up to hills down there to see bunkers with sandbags & maned with soldiers, as if the Korean war had just finished and they were on standby still, but I also remember being on the NK side and seeing the Americans & SK soldiers looking at me with binoculars. But what you showed in this video is true, I was surprised at how big the SK soldiers were, compared to the NK officers with me. Thanks again. Gregg (from Australia)

  • @yanceytarver5101
    @yanceytarver5101 2 года назад +84

    After watching this I feel like such a spoiled brat! even as an adult I have rarely known hunger, or cold, or being uncomfortable, a lot of things that the people of North Korea experience daily. Thank you for opening my eyes to the reality of what happens and just how blessed we are as a country.

    • @ac8907
      @ac8907 Год назад +1

      @yanceytarver5101.
      That is dictatorial countries.

  • @wordswings9742
    @wordswings9742 3 года назад +543

    You're already a model Yeonmi... a role model ❤️

    • @annastrong6892
      @annastrong6892 3 года назад +20

      And she's actually pretty enough to be a fashion model.Thank God she chooses to aspire to something greater!!!

    • @ffjsb
      @ffjsb 3 года назад +7

      @@annastrong6892 I agree on both counts.

    • @MeetMonte
      @MeetMonte 3 года назад +10

      @a tavarez she's a married woman with a child

    • @asparagus7014
      @asparagus7014 3 года назад +8

      @a tavarez dude, calm down

    • @ketrocon4397
      @ketrocon4397 3 года назад +2

      THE NINE COMMENTARIES OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY
      ruclips.net/p/PLED64004A96BE76FA

  • @labonihira
    @labonihira 3 года назад +434

    I didn't know you have a child. That is so awesome. I'm so glad your child has such a caring mother like you.

    • @thatgardeninggirl2864
      @thatgardeninggirl2864 3 года назад +21

      Yes she is married to a us soldier I believe also

    • @brianhooper8563
      @brianhooper8563 3 года назад +2

      @@thatgardeninggirl2864 that would make a lot of sense, with all the western propaganda i mean!!! she paints the western vision of North Korea not the reality of it...

    • @dan.b1989
      @dan.b1989 3 года назад +37

      @@brianhooper8563 The reality is the one that she is telling us about. This is no propaganda! I know what I am talking about because I come from a former communist dictatorship. Until 1989 we had the same things in our country!

    • @brianhooper8563
      @brianhooper8563 3 года назад

      @@dan.b1989 your going to have push that nonsense on someone else, its not going to work on me. i have researched these topics way to much to be fooled.. not to say that there are no problems because every country has problem but it is nothing like what is being presented in this nonsense... most of these country's problems come from the u.s.a and their sanctions and blockades!!!

    • @GudetamaSit
      @GudetamaSit 3 года назад +51

      @@brianhooper8563
      > freaking out over 'western propaganda'
      > oddly western username
      > no profile picture
      > comment history is solely about calling out western lies / calling out the exposure of the cruelty of N.K. No other opinions
      > claims to be a researcher whilst having not-so-impressive grammar
      You're ringing
      all the bells for a government plant, buddy. N.Korean or Chinese or paid American, whatever. Or, you might just be an ill informed person. Whoever you are I feel for you.

  • @godsfrontline5599
    @godsfrontline5599 2 года назад +4

    I only discovered your channel yesterday. I am an Australian. Thank you so much for your enlightening videos. I PRAY for you & your Country of Nth. Korea. Keep up this very IMPORTANT work. May GOD BLESS YOU & your FAMILY! :)

  • @joaquinveyron3
    @joaquinveyron3 2 года назад +11

    I cannot believe how sweet this North Korean woman is after all the horrors she had to endure in her life. Alone with regards to this aspects Yeonmi is my hero!

  • @Kat-V
    @Kat-V 3 года назад +507

    Good timing, I was literally just writing your name in my university presentation. I want to inform my classmates about what's going on in NK

    • @chellenge6490
      @chellenge6490 3 года назад +10

      @Yeonmi Isthebest Yeah but Echo of Truth is NK propaganda

    • @ihategoogleplus3790
      @ihategoogleplus3790 3 года назад +3

      if they don't know what's going on by now they just don't care

    • @solar0wind
      @solar0wind 3 года назад +27

      There's actually someone called "F** Yeonmi"? Seriously? I suppose that account is a North Korean bot. I can't see the comment, but the name and the response say enough.

    • @Kat-V
      @Kat-V 3 года назад +2

      @@solar0wind strange, I'm pretty sure it wasn't called that when I first saw the comment yesterday. It might even have been iloveyeonmi or something like that. I don't remember it very well, just that it looked like a fan that wrote some nonsense

    • @solar0wind
      @solar0wind 3 года назад +2

      @@Kat-V Hmm okay that's odd🤔 So maybe not a bot but just a plain old troll. Or a bot that hides as a troll😂

  • @JETFOURLITRE
    @JETFOURLITRE 3 года назад +240

    Its heart breaking to see children living this way - When the only thing stopping them from having a better life is a line on a map and a tyrant.

    • @asktheetruscans9857
      @asktheetruscans9857 2 года назад +1

      And a multiple failed -ism: socialism/communism utopia.

  • @istrumguitars
    @istrumguitars 2 года назад +27

    You're one of the most amazing people I've ever come across on RUclips. Every natural-born American woman I've ever met has had it easy street compared to the things you've experienced, and your mission is so noble it makes me feel like there's still hope. Keep being awesome, Yeonmi!

    • @asktheetruscans9857
      @asktheetruscans9857 2 года назад +1

      Notice she isn't covered in tattoos, piercings and died green or pink hair either?

    • @bekah8584
      @bekah8584 Год назад +2

      And that helps her cause how? Even if she did, it wouldn't change the fact that she's an amazing and brave person. I know of a children's doctor who helps children dying from cancer and he has tattoo sleeves (covered while he works obviously) but he has them none the less, and it doesn't stop him from continuing his good work. People in America judge others based on looks so much when there is a literal hell going on in North Korea. Put that energy elsewhere that actually will be beneficial and not judgmental.

  • @waynekher
    @waynekher 2 года назад +41

    My heart goes out to all the North Korean people who are suffering under such a brutal regime.

    • @Bootmahoy88
      @Bootmahoy88 9 месяцев назад

      Talk, talk, talk....Nothing but talk talk talk and more useless talk. "This must end by any means." Yes. Words, prayers are worthless in fighting this. Don't even suggest such nonsense. These downtrodden people must free themselves from their sadistic, self-loving, evil leaders. There must be open rebellion. That means war. I don't say this lightly. It will be very costly, but no bargaining table is going to do anything but waste time while these North Koreans continue to starve to death and be put to death openly for merely wanting food for themselves and their families. Open your eyes. See what has to be done, the utter destruction of the Kim family and their cohorts.

    • @mrbushlied7742
      @mrbushlied7742 9 месяцев назад

      My heart goes out to the American people, especially if Donald J Trump is elected POTUS in 2024!

    • @waynekher
      @waynekher 9 месяцев назад

      @mrbushlied7742 what the hell are you on about?? It's got nothing to do with America you bonehead.

  • @netrashanbhag473
    @netrashanbhag473 3 года назад +509

    Thank you for exposing this terrible dynasty...

    • @kimilsung2608
      @kimilsung2608 3 года назад +1

      ruclips.net/video/ktE_3PrJZO0/видео.html

    • @transcendenciainformal9149
      @transcendenciainformal9149 3 года назад +1

      É TUDO MENTIRA, It's a LIE, NORTH KOREA not is a dictadure

    • @transcendenciainformal9149
      @transcendenciainformal9149 3 года назад +1

      @@kimilsung2608 Thanks for this video. the false accusations against North Korea are the same as they did to Sadam Hulssein, they did against Gadaffi, against Assad, and other leaders. If you study history it is the same thing that you did with Mussolini and Hitler.

    • @kimilsung2608
      @kimilsung2608 3 года назад +3

      @@transcendenciainformal9149 yeah South Korea makes up lies about the North

    • @transcendenciainformal9149
      @transcendenciainformal9149 3 года назад +1

      @@kimilsung2608 One cannot talk about the PEOPLE of NARIZ GRANDE, they own almost everything in the world.

  • @latifahgordeeva6198
    @latifahgordeeva6198 3 года назад +135

    When I was young I worked as a cashier. There was a nice man from Cuba that used to go through my line. He told me the first time he went to a mall the first time, he was so overwhelmed he went outside and threw up.

    • @darkprince56
      @darkprince56 3 года назад +20

      My dad escaped Cuba in 1980 and he eventually went to Colorado Springs and he was so overwhelmed by the scenery... he thought it was so beautiful and he tasted peanut butter for the first time. He was 24 and underweight. He ate so much of it by the spoonful that he eventually got sick of it

    • @citrus7745
      @citrus7745 3 года назад +11

      @@darkprince56 when i was little, my entire family went through soda in cans like air lol. i have memories of us all crushing the cans in the backyard to take to get recycled. for years i always just thought it was just cause of how unhealthy our family used to eat and drink. a few months ago my dad, who came to America from Mexico, told me that when he first got here, his mind was blown by the concept of coca cola in cans because all they had in Mexico in his town at the time was glass bottles. so eventually cans were all he would drink out of. he doesn't drink out of them anymore, he barely even drinks soda. but it's weird looking back on those memories and knowing it was all because my dad just thought that soda cans were so cool that it was all he'd drink when he got here.

    • @latifahgordeeva6198
      @latifahgordeeva6198 3 года назад +2

      @ is that a fact? I only hear one side talking about putting our own citizens in camps. It's not republicans although I hold no lie for those spineless bastards either. Dems will put citizens in camps, Repub establishment will watch.

    • @tinabean713
      @tinabean713 3 года назад +3

      @@latifahgordeeva6198 WTF?!? I haven't heard anyone talking about putting citizens in camps. That's some serious troll nonsense right there.

    • @latifahgordeeva6198
      @latifahgordeeva6198 3 года назад +1

      @@tinabean713 you didn't hear Robert Reich(what's in a name?) , AOC and others talk about reeducation camps?

  • @staceyruff2966
    @staceyruff2966 2 года назад +13

    Thank you for sharing your experiences. My heart breaks for what you lived through and what we know a whole country is still living through right now. I hope that life will get better for north korea within my lifetime and I see that you are doing what you can to spread awareness. No one deserves to live like that without basic human necessities like food.

  • @janetblanc7658
    @janetblanc7658 Год назад +7

    Yeonmi, I watch all your videos and some are heartbreaking but what touched me most was how you described birthdays. When you said only the birthday person got some white rice and the guests congratulated him and her - the generosity of those starving people who watched someone enjoy a (pitiful) meal while they had nothing. I'm ashamed to admit that I often throw out leftover food. You are a true beautiful angel, may you be 🙌 blessed.

  • @heavenlane570
    @heavenlane570 3 года назад +362

    The poor children starving to death is shocking and my heart screams for them.
    I can’t imagine the pain the parents of the children feel when they look in their starving children’s eyes.

    • @svenjansen2134
      @svenjansen2134 3 года назад +3

      Kim don't care.

    • @tonygokk3876
      @tonygokk3876 2 года назад

      Thanks to usa sanctions this country is facing food insecurity maybe if you really cared you would protest the imperialist us government

  • @Blake1720
    @Blake1720 3 года назад +566

    Yeomni, Can you talk about birth/pregnancy in North Korea? With such deplorable conditions how are children even born? Is there a high mortality rate within babies/young children? Do women give birth at home with no medical help? Are there midwives? What are the social norms when it comes to pregnant women and their husbands? What happens if you become a teen mom or get pregnant out of wedlock? These are questions that have been on my mind since watching your channel as a mother of a newborn and 2 year old.

    • @theurbanshaman6285
      @theurbanshaman6285 3 года назад +2

      *are there

    • @Blake1720
      @Blake1720 3 года назад +13

      @@theurbanshaman6285 thanks lol

    • @MrDexterdogg
      @MrDexterdogg 3 года назад +15

      @@theurbanshaman6285 you egg

    • @basile5992
      @basile5992 3 года назад +16

      @@theurbanshaman6285 shut up*

    • @andrzejzie7046
      @andrzejzie7046 3 года назад +53

      Too bad North Korea has no oil. US army would be there in no time for "humanitarian relief".

  • @Lissi2233
    @Lissi2233 2 года назад +8

    The picture of the guy, collecting the gras left me really heartbroken! You Yeonmi are such an inspiration, you are very brave to educate the western world to take a look to Northkorea and his suffering, starving people. It's a shame, that the high ranked politics can't do anything about this situation. The people suffered since so many years and every single refugee from NK is telling the exact same thing. How could someone close his eyes for a emergency like this? Thankfully even after brainwashing since the early childhood there are some brave people, who try to escape and raise their voice against the country to tell the truth! Please don't stop to talk about it. Sometimes, history proves it, you have to tell the same story many times again, until the right person are able to really understand it's meaning and stand up to fight the crime against humanity!!!

  • @amberonenonly
    @amberonenonly Год назад +13

    This is heartbreaking 😢 I pray that one day the North Korean people will know freedom and justice. And I pray it will be soon 🙏🏻

    • @rustysmith5809
      @rustysmith5809 Год назад

      Intervention. Its the only way. Those in the military need to see the benefits of the outer world , Kims lying needs to be exposed on a large screen in the parade ground when everyone is there. Or just arrange an elimination like The one planned for Adolf.

  • @VerenaSatriani
    @VerenaSatriani 3 года назад +511

    I am speechless watching this video especially when I see the pictures of those very young children. It breaks my heart.

    • @LadyCaspar
      @LadyCaspar 3 года назад +13

      The photos of children rip my heart out. Yeonmi really is a miracle.

    • @phoenixjames9762
      @phoenixjames9762 3 года назад +18

      What’s even worse is that a lot of those “young” children were teenagers but they were soo malnourished they didn’t grow 😢

    • @tenwaystowearit
      @tenwaystowearit 3 года назад +4

      Me too. Kids shouldn’t have to work like that. Their work should be homework and minor house chores not manual labor. It’s too much. And knowing they barely have food in their little bellies and doing back-breaking work. It’s awful.

    • @newsomething9437
      @newsomething9437 3 года назад +3

      This is where socialism leads. Very sad to see!

    • @gabrielacolton2235
      @gabrielacolton2235 3 года назад +1

      That is true! 😢😔

  • @itsapittie
    @itsapittie 3 года назад +211

    I continue to be amazed at the resilience and ingenuity of the North Korean people. I hope that in my lifetime I can see them be free.

    • @steveperreira5850
      @steveperreira5850 3 года назад +2

      I hope they become free too, soon, but for decades the rest of the world has turned a blind eye to North Korea or even assisted to keep that horrible regime in power. It’s as much a shame on the entire Human civilization as it is on the evil dictators within that country. Shame on modern civilization. Shame on humanism. All talk no action.

    • @userm180
      @userm180 3 года назад

      for GOD so loved the world that HE gave HIS only begotten SON that whoever believeth in HIM should not perish but have eternal life"-the Gospel of JESUS written by john 3:16."But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:"-the Gospel of JESUS written by john 1:12. hi! JESUS loves you and died for you if you accept HIM! HE rose from the dead to show us that death cant hold HIM! repent and start living your life for HIM and when the time is right HE will get you to Heaven❤

    • @mikelee8243
      @mikelee8243 3 года назад +1

      You won't..They have to want it themselves..

    • @zvicinou
      @zvicinou 3 года назад

      Even set free is only the beginning. They will need help, lots of it. Im pretty sure if fatty “disapeared” some1 els is happenly take his place.

    • @rex_rabbit
      @rex_rabbit 3 года назад

      If they would not be so brain-washed they would have resurrected already.

  • @billgrandone3552
    @billgrandone3552 Год назад +6

    Yeonmi, I hope you have a long and healty life in a free and safe country and your family prosper. I hurt for your people. .No one should have to live like they have to do.

  • @kirstenjames6174
    @kirstenjames6174 2 года назад +5

    Just ordered your book! I’m so fascinated by your story! I’m so happy you were able to successfully defect and I can’t wait to read your experience!

  • @citlalilara3125
    @citlalilara3125 3 года назад +284

    Thank you for being a voice, but most importantly for being yourself. ❤

    • @ketrocon4397
      @ketrocon4397 3 года назад

      How the Spectre of Communism is RULING the world
      ruclips.net/p/PLNiGhWqYcxYtc5vup906iGZKZMobs2_1F

    • @markramlucken8502
      @markramlucken8502 3 года назад

      The north Korean dictator will burn in hell.

    • @markramlucken8502
      @markramlucken8502 3 года назад

      How did u escape north Korea..

    • @userm180
      @userm180 3 года назад

      for GOD so loved the world that HE gave HIS only begotten SON that whoever believeth in HIM should not perish but have eternal life"-the Gospel of JESUS written by john 3:16."But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:"-the Gospel of JESUS written by john 1:12. hi! JESUS loves you and died for you if you accept HIM! HE rose from the dead to show us that death cant hold HIM! repent and start living your life for HIM and when the time is right HE will get you to Heaven❤❤

    • @deliadeliani9742
      @deliadeliani9742 2 года назад

      Please do your due diligence and research this woman's credibility. She has already been exposed as a fraud exaggerating/fabricating her claims. Her stories have been inconsistent and contradictory over the years, raising questions as to the veracity of her claims.
      Anyone who is tempted to believe that this woman might be telling the truth should look up "The Strange Tale of Yeonmi Park" in The Diplomat. Park Yeonmi is a compulsive liar and a narcissist. (Google it!). She has been caught in a million lies and simply profits off her NK sob story and by virtue signaling. No better than Greta Thunburg!
      Short version, her story is full of holes and she has changed it multiple times (she can't even remember it consistently which is a problem with people who make things up since things that actually happened are just plain easier to remember than things you made up for profit.) Also see "Why do North Korean defector testimonies so often fall apart?" in The Guardian.
      The combination of cash incentives (from various political organizations as well as the government) and the media’s constant pursuit for disturbing stories encourage refugees to exaggerate for financial rewards as well as popularity which in her case, she was able to use to tour the world AND become an actress. Also look up North Korean defector Shin Dong-hyuk who wrote a bestselling book about his life in a gulag he was never actually in and admitted the fact AFTER earning vast sums of money with a memoir which he made up.
      Anything about the life about her family is said to be lies. Life in North Korea may be shit. Life in many countries of the world is shit. She was never a “defector”. At most she is a refugee, at least, an economic migrant. Her mother and herself lives like princesses according to testimony of people who knew her while she lived in the DPKR. She has become a Millionaire and is living the dream.
      Really sucks that RUclips has made it so easy for con artists to create a channel with a fake bleeding heart story and get super rich off the caring public that falls for it. There's so much of this going on across many different subjects.
      QUOTE from : *Yeonmi Park: The Defector Who Fooled the World*
      "I’m writing this message because I care about human rights and North Korean defectors. I was initially a big supporter of Yeonmi Park until I read Mary Ann Jolley’s exposé at the Diplomat.com .Then I realized something was very wrong with Yeonmi’s story. So I began to do some research. The more I researched, the more shocked and outraged I became at the extent of her lies. Many people are still unaware of Jolley’s article or are not willing to believe that Yeonmi is misleading us. I made this document for everyone to see the truth. Ms. Park is doing serious harm to the human rights field and to North Korean defectors. After she is exposed, many people around the world are going to feel betrayed. They may not be willing to listen or care about other defectors. That would be a tragic mistake, since many other defectors are surely honest and deserve our support.
      The other reason I made this document was the suspicious Yeonmi Park Foundation website. Mary Ann Jolley pointed out that the website had a PayPal donate button, but there was no mention of how the money would be used. I was concerned that honest people who want to help defectors might be sending their money into the wrong hands. I was relieved when Yeonmi responded to the Diplomat.com article by taking her foundation website down. Her explanation (“it was a dummy website made by a friend that accidentally went live and couldn’t really receive donations”) is obviously very dubious. We should thank Jolley for helping to ensure that donations to defectors go through reputable charities, with oversight and clear guidelines for how the money will be used.I’m still very concerned that Yeonmi and some of the people around her have a high potential to mislead others and harm North Korean defector causes. So I’m sending this document out in the hopes that you will help spread the truth."

  • @joehntr3
    @joehntr3 3 года назад +317

    The girl drying the corn made my grand-daughter cry - she felt sorry for her not having a pair of shoes. I have never thought that anyone that did this to his own people would be able to walk around like he does without someone ending him.

    • @mortenfrosthansen84
      @mortenfrosthansen84 3 года назад +2

      Not intending to sound like a jerk.. but you have a grandchild, and have never heard of this hell on earth?

    • @sky-et6md
      @sky-et6md 3 года назад +3

      Bless her heart❤

    • @everevelyn1094
      @everevelyn1094 3 года назад +2

      I don’t know if I should even say this...but maybe if the people could get guns and ammunition out to them somehow....JUST MAYBE...dear leader wouldn’t be walking about all fat and smug! 🙊

    • @Eyes-of-Horus
      @Eyes-of-Horus 3 года назад +13

      The problem with someone "offing" Kim is that the only person who would do that is someone who wants to take over. So often it is someone who isn't concerned for the country and its people.

    • @kennyc388
      @kennyc388 3 года назад +9

      He would only be replaced by more of the same I'm afraid.

  • @vviccus
    @vviccus 3 года назад +9

    I grew up in Hungary and Finland but the selection of products in the US stores also shocked me.

  • @czossosnkowy
    @czossosnkowy 2 года назад +10

    This reminds me of '50-'70 Europe, when kids born in countryside were forced to work in the field and farm. But it was after school and we got plenty of food and energy to pick rocks, pull the weeds, etc. Even though we were well treated it was very hard for us, so I can't imagine how much hardship it is for these kids.

    • @mabylek4243
      @mabylek4243 2 года назад +2

      Probably Eastern Europe

    • @glenncordova4027
      @glenncordova4027 Год назад

      ​@@mabylek4243 Otherwise that makes no sense.

    • @stephanbuth8195
      @stephanbuth8195 Год назад

      Which europe are you writing about? Is it on this planet? Or do you mean the states of the former Warsaw pact. Then it may be true.

  • @lindaway5889
    @lindaway5889 3 года назад +203

    I am so glad that you got away from that awful country. You are a brave woman! God bless you!

  • @olgaperez4705
    @olgaperez4705 3 года назад +71

    you are so brave. loads of love from El Salvador. My country is this poor but at least we don't hide it and people can aspire for a better future.

    • @Tux.Penguin
      @Tux.Penguin 3 года назад +2

      I don’t know much about El Salvador.
      Perhaps the people are poor, but you have more freedom than the people in North Korea? You can do many things in El Salvador that would be illegal in North Korea?

    • @ketrocon4397
      @ketrocon4397 3 года назад

      How the Spectre of Communism is RULING the world
      ruclips.net/p/PLNiGhWqYcxYtc5vup906iGZKZMobs2_1F

  • @davidbengal4541
    @davidbengal4541 2 года назад +7

    Thank you for spreading your experience and knowledge about your birthplace that a lot of people wouldn’t even know if not for your videos!

  • @sararibar
    @sararibar 2 года назад +3

    Thank you so much for sharing all of this! I've learned so much from you and seriously commend the adversity you had to overcome to get here. I wish more Americans would listen to you and realize this isn't the hell the media makes people think it is! Keep speaking out and may you always be protected.

  • @savbannah2430
    @savbannah2430 3 года назад +162

    I love how your subscribers are growing cause it means the word is spreading about the living hell of North Korea

    • @userm180
      @userm180 3 года назад

      for GOD so loved the world that HE gave HIS only begotten SON that whoever believeth in HIM should not perish but have eternal life"-the Gospel of JESUS written by john 3:16."But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:"-the Gospel of JESUS written by john 1:12. hi! JESUS loves you and died for you if you accept HIM! HE rose from the dead to show us that death cant hold HIM! repent and start living your life for HIM and when the time is right HE will get you to Heaven❤

    • @nora-gc8jf
      @nora-gc8jf 3 года назад +5

      @@userm180 SHUT UP

    • @julyssachavez3556
      @julyssachavez3556 3 года назад

      @n o r a is that a problem is it affecting you

    • @deliadeliani9742
      @deliadeliani9742 2 года назад

      Please do your due diligence and research this woman's credibility. She has already been exposed as a fraud exaggerating/fabricating her claims. Her stories have been inconsistent and contradictory over the years, raising questions as to the veracity of her claims.
      Anyone who is tempted to believe that this woman might be telling the truth should look up "The Strange Tale of Yeonmi Park" in The Diplomat. Park Yeonmi is a compulsive liar and a narcissist. (Google it!). She has been caught in a million lies and simply profits off her NK sob story and by virtue signaling. No better than Greta Thunburg!
      Short version, her story is full of holes and she has changed it multiple times (she can't even remember it consistently which is a problem with people who make things up since things that actually happened are just plain easier to remember than things you made up for profit.) Also see "Why do North Korean defector testimonies so often fall apart?" in The Guardian.
      The combination of cash incentives (from various political organizations as well as the government) and the media’s constant pursuit for disturbing stories encourage refugees to exaggerate for financial rewards as well as popularity which in her case, she was able to use to tour the world AND become an actress. Also look up North Korean defector Shin Dong-hyuk who wrote a bestselling book about his life in a gulag he was never actually in and admitted the fact AFTER earning vast sums of money with a memoir which he made up.
      Anything about the life about her family is said to be lies. Life in North Korea may be shit. Life in many countries of the world is shit. She was never a “defector”. At most she is a refugee, at least, an economic migrant. Her mother and herself lives like princesses according to testimony of people who knew her while she lived in the DPKR. She has become a Millionaire and is living the dream.
      Really sucks that RUclips has made it so easy for con artists to create a channel with a fake bleeding heart story and get super rich off the caring public that falls for it. There's so much of this going on across many different subjects.
      QUOTE from : *Yeonmi Park: The Defector Who Fooled the World*
      "I’m writing this message because I care about human rights and North Korean defectors. I was initially a big supporter of Yeonmi Park until I read Mary Ann Jolley’s exposé at the Diplomat.com .Then I realized something was very wrong with Yeonmi’s story. So I began to do some research. The more I researched, the more shocked and outraged I became at the extent of her lies. Many people are still unaware of Jolley’s article or are not willing to believe that Yeonmi is misleading us. I made this document for everyone to see the truth. Ms. Park is doing serious harm to the human rights field and to North Korean defectors. After she is exposed, many people around the world are going to feel betrayed. They may not be willing to listen or care about other defectors. That would be a tragic mistake, since many other defectors are surely honest and deserve our support.
      The other reason I made this document was the suspicious Yeonmi Park Foundation website. Mary Ann Jolley pointed out that the website had a PayPal donate button, but there was no mention of how the money would be used. I was concerned that honest people who want to help defectors might be sending their money into the wrong hands. I was relieved when Yeonmi responded to the Diplomat.com article by taking her foundation website down. Her explanation (“it was a dummy website made by a friend that accidentally went live and couldn’t really receive donations”) is obviously very dubious. We should thank Jolley for helping to ensure that donations to defectors go through reputable charities, with oversight and clear guidelines for how the money will be used.I’m still very concerned that Yeonmi and some of the people around her have a high potential to mislead others and harm North Korean defector causes. So I’m sending this document out in the hopes that you will help spread the truth."

    • @deliadeliani9742
      @deliadeliani9742 2 года назад

      *A trained 'SCAM ACTRESS'*
      Yeonmi has the most hilarious channel on RUclips. The woman who runs that channel seems to use a lot of baseless slander to express her deep seated hatred. The funniest part is reading the comments & seeing how gullible & naIve people are.
      We also know that America loves to destabilize regions under the guise of "nation building" and "National Security bullshit". This seems to be a propaganda channel for this women who seems to try to make you believe she knows what's going on in NK. She doesn't!. She knows she can play Americans on anything labeled communism. What she is doing is manipulating young people in America, because those who control her want to go to war in NK.
      Do a bit of homework. And she is certainly a pawn of the South Korean Intelligence (NIS) and Right Wing American forces. She is funded by Atlas Network. She along with other famous defectors are paid handsomely to speak on atrocities and human rights violations through their heart breaking stories that the western audience is so sympathetic towards. How can you question such a cute victim of a horrible regime right?
      She's a trained 'activist actor' who was schooled at the Oslo Freedom Forum. Her job is to trigger emotional hatred with the usual propaganda the west uses to villainize any country that dares to say "no thank you" to handing it's resources over to the Zionist controlled City of London Bankers/Military Industrial Complex.
      And here it is, the propaganda's effect in full force. Got to convince the populous the enemy exists and is monstrous before war can be sanctioned. This entire story she spouts is bullshit and is providing the precedent for invasion. Do we not learn from Afghanistan, Iraq and Co?
      Yes never stop lying for the sake of capitalists and especially for the biggest criminal in history, United States. Lying on your own COUNTRY to make money to spend on cosmetic surgery.
      So keep em coming Yeonmi, you've certainly earned your 30 pieces of silver & 15 minutes of fame (& much much more) because that's all you're interested in - the $ & attention. Don’t worry the sheep on here will appalled you
      Take the time to look at the links below :
      Using Human Rights for Right-Wing Politics
      truthout.org/articles/using-human-rights-for-right-wing-politics/
      Atlas Network, the right-wing libertarians
      peoplesdispatch.org/2018/08/29/atlas-network-the-right-wing-libertarians/

  • @agonza4381
    @agonza4381 3 года назад +205

    So crazy how those little children are working!! And those babies, having no sense of how to keep your baby safe is so mind blowing to me!!

    • @ketrocon4397
      @ketrocon4397 3 года назад

      How the Spectre of Communism is RULING the world
      ruclips.net/p/PLNiGhWqYcxYtc5vup906iGZKZMobs2_1F

    • @dougyates7218
      @dougyates7218 3 года назад

      Nothing new, been going on since 1953. Where is the U.N. now? They/we fought a War once but today NK is just ignored. Crimes Against Humanity-The U.N.

    • @userm180
      @userm180 3 года назад

      for GOD so loved the world that HE gave HIS only begotten SON that whoever believeth in HIM should not perish but have eternal life"-the Gospel of JESUS written by john 3:16."But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:"-the Gospel of JESUS written by john 1:12. hi! JESUS loves you and died for you if you accept HIM! HE rose from the dead to show us that death cant hold HIM! repent and start living your life for HIM and when the time is right HE will get you to Heaven❤

    • @agonza4381
      @agonza4381 3 года назад

      @@userm180 thank you!

  • @RabbitTeaPot
    @RabbitTeaPot 2 года назад +2

    I really appreciate you & your videos. I end up retelling these stories to my husband when he’s off work & we discuss them a lot.

  • @amywarfield8913
    @amywarfield8913 3 года назад +2

    New subscriber here 🙋‍♀️😁
    Thank you so very much for sharing these sad real life photos with your viewers 😊.
    It really shocks me seeing these pictures and hearing your stories about NK, as much as it shocked you seeing the opposite, like the choices in all stores and the very different culture in SK and America. We do have "dirt poor" people here in America that have no money, no job, no electricity. But here there are churches that will help you out and each state has government (called Social Services) that will help you -- you just have to ask. Also, since 1865 😲 The Salvation Army has been on a mission to feed and help people of every religion or race. They have offices world wide and just about every county in the US.
    I'm so very glad that you are one of us now.

  • @stufromoz8164
    @stufromoz8164 3 года назад +115

    I cry when you mention your father he must of loved you and your family so much to take such risks to feed you.

    • @everevelyn1094
      @everevelyn1094 3 года назад +10

      Well... he would get drunk and beat her mother. But you’re right, it doesn’t mean he didn’t love his family when he was sober.

  • @igotthis5998
    @igotthis5998 3 года назад +56

    The pictures of the children broke my heart, no child in this world should ever have to live in those awful conditions.

  • @zackfielder
    @zackfielder 2 года назад +4

    The world needs to see this, and more of this. When I saw the movie “The Interview”, I really just thought it was an exaggerated comical take on how people think North Korea is, but I see now that it was not only exposing the truth, but only scratching the surface.

  • @andrewevanoff1192
    @andrewevanoff1192 2 года назад +31

    This looks a lot like life in the Soviet Union. It wasn't as extreme but very similar. When I grew up there, we didn't really starve but I remember always being hungry and craving meat. We were lucky to have a small summer garden. All produce was canned and stored for the winter but it was barely enough.
    In early spring many kids were getting sick a lot because of lack of vitamins and nutrition. No fresh produce was available in any of the stores. There were shortages on just about everything. I remember having to stand in line with my parents for several hours to buy some food items. The items were rationed and sold in limited quantity per person. The food sure tasted great after standing in line outside in 20 below zero weather, LOL.
    People here in the US take many things for granted. Kids are being brainwashed in schools to believe that socialism is a good thing. They have no clue how destructive socialism ( and Marxism in general) can be to ANY society.
    I disconnected cable TV. The amount of Marxist propaganda on most US TV channels is staggering. I sure hope people wake up one day but it's wishful thinking. It's so sad to see such a great country being purposely destroyed by the Marxists.

    • @daytonklein6718
      @daytonklein6718 2 года назад +2

      I live in Canada and I hate this Marxist shit .. totally understand what u saying

    • @marrybichaelmore3372
      @marrybichaelmore3372 2 года назад +1

      But, but, real socialism hasn't been tried yet. You don't know anything

    • @FilosofoCA
      @FilosofoCA 2 года назад

      Dang that’s crazy!

    • @mbc264
      @mbc264 2 года назад +1

      Russia was only ever socialist in name only. It was more like communism than anything else, and both that and socialism are nice. On paper. Humans fuck it up. There are plenty of communist and socialist ideas that are good ones and that should be put into place and ones that we already have in place, such as welfare, WIC, social security and things like that. Having a society be purely one or the other can't work because people suck and eventually SOMEONE decides they want and deserve more than someone else or another group and everyone ends up screwed. Kind of like NK. And the way a lot of ethnic Russians and other populations there exist. Don't forget Belarus and Ukraine. People just.....suck.

    • @andrewevanoff1192
      @andrewevanoff1192 2 года назад

      @@mbc264 Sure, communism sounds so nice. Problem is that people are selfish by nature. You can't change this. They tried in the USSR. Many millions of people perished but nothing changed. This is why socialism and communism are utopias. Very dangerous utopias that can destroy any society from the inside.
      Watch interviews of Yuri Bezmenov recorded back in the 1980's. It can be an eye opener for many. He's a former KGB propaganda officer who defected to the West. He basically predicted the current events very well.

  • @jadiea9014
    @jadiea9014 3 года назад +80

    You are such a beautiful soul, I'm so glad you're here.

  • @ayushimishra3262
    @ayushimishra3262 3 года назад +147

    Yeonmi, your channel is growing everyday! Last week it was 319k and now its 326k!
    I am so glad that your goal of spreading awareness is slowly becoming successful!
    (Excuse my English please)

  • @galas455
    @galas455 3 года назад

    I like going back to review your previous videos. I sure appreciate your activism Yeonmi, yer the best!

  • @leeren34
    @leeren34 2 года назад +7

    I love your bravery and letting us know what really goes on.. I’m sorry that the people of North Korean has suffered like this.. thanks for sharing your story.

    • @caveater
      @caveater 2 года назад +1

      Yeah, she’s really so brave to not only escape North Korea but also tell so many people the truth about the country.

  • @MickPsyphon
    @MickPsyphon 3 года назад +46

    Yeonmi, so much of what you say resonates with what my family experienced and lived through in both East and West Germany. Russia, via the CCCP/USSR sucked the life out of East German citizens. So many if the things that you say evoke memories of my family members telling me their experiences. It even sparks memories of when I went with my uncle through East Germany... and eventually through Checkpoint Charlie.
    I genuinely don't know how anyone can be so mentally blind as to not see the threat of Leftist, Socialist, Communist Fascism. It's truly insane!
    It warms my heart to know that someone as young, intelligent, personable and beautiful as you will carry the torch of the fight for freedom in our world.
    God bless you, Yeonmi! From the bottom of my heart, thank you!

  • @LTEmperor
    @LTEmperor 3 года назад +61

    any leader, who treats his people like in N. Korea - don't deserve to live and even his death shouldn't be peacuful

    • @ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681
      @ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681 3 года назад

      Deserving is a tricky thing.
      If a dictator would step down in exchange for living his life in luxury and protected, would he deserve the luxury in exchange of stepping down, or would you have his people pay even more to have one man suffer his due?
      You will notice "deserve" is a term that is used to make yourself feel better, not a function of justice or help.

    • @bktadventures2878
      @bktadventures2878 2 года назад

      killing Kim Jong-Un in a cruel way will not make all these thing unhappen.

  • @BW12149
    @BW12149 2 года назад +2

    You are a fine young woman with tremendous courage and bravery. Americans are always open to accepting North Korean people who escape that horror. May you find great peace and have a wonderful life!

  • @t5grrr
    @t5grrr 3 года назад +11

    Having lived for decades on the border with North Korea near Sinuiju, everything she says is true and just the tip of the massive iceberg.

  • @goofy9536
    @goofy9536 3 года назад +43

    I’m at a loss for words. It’s truly so heartbreaking what happens in NK. I hope one day they can be liberated

  • @jamro217
    @jamro217 3 года назад +89

    Wow. Another glimpse into a part of the world no one should ever have to live in. God bless you, Yeonmi.

    • @userm180
      @userm180 3 года назад +2

      for GOD so loved the world that HE gave HIS only begotten SON that whoever believeth in HIM should not perish but have eternal life"-the Gospel of JESUS written by john 3:16."But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:"-the Gospel of JESUS written by john 1:12. hi! JESUS loves you and died for you if you accept HIM! HE rose from the dead to show us that death cant hold HIM! repent and start living your life for HIM and when the time is right HE will get you to Heaven❤

    • @chicagocomment
      @chicagocomment 3 года назад +2

      As an African, I can tell you that your natural skin color is beautiful. We don't need to use skin cream to lighten our skin as if to say lighter skin is more beautiful. When we change who we are it is like saying that we are not beautiful the way we are. Besides, you have to ask yourself who told "you" that that is beautiful, and that is ugly? Like you said in another video, some Korean men like women with more rounder faces, while here in the west it appears that triangular faces are liked more. Beauty is in the heart of the person whose eyes are full of love and whose eyes are watching God.

  • @hereverydayadventure
    @hereverydayadventure 2 года назад +8

    The pictures of children doing manual labor made me want to cry. Kids that age should be playing, learning in school, and starting to manage *age-appropriate* chores in a safe, home environment. It’s important to teach a strong work ethic and to care for your community, but not in an institutionalized, quota-based, forced labor setting. Such an injustice for those babies 😢

    • @dosmundos3830
      @dosmundos3830 2 года назад

      the pictures mean anything she wants you to think they mean. kids pushing a cart lol you could snap a million pics like that in America.

    • @thomasreilly6362
      @thomasreilly6362 10 месяцев назад

      The Republicans party in America are watering down labor laws to allow children to work in dangerous professions. So far about 14 children have died

  • @elladefleur7076
    @elladefleur7076 3 года назад +3

    Indeed these pictures say more than thousands of words. Oh, those poor children and the sadness in the eyes of that woman in the last picture...
    I command you for sharing your story and the story of your people with the rest of the world. I wish there would come a day when such pictures are just a sad memory and the people living there are freed.

  • @amrushapoudyal4131
    @amrushapoudyal4131 3 года назад +101

    You're the voice to the voiceless, what you're doing is amazing :)

  • @nerea4327
    @nerea4327 3 года назад +61

    I got my mom your book for Christmas. She says children should be taught about NK at school. Keep up the great work!

    • @Eyes-of-Horus
      @Eyes-of-Horus 3 года назад +2

      Oh, no! They want to teach (indoctrinate) children from kindergarten up with Critical Race Theory, not with the truth about Marxist countries.

    • @apache-yaquibrown4060
      @apache-yaquibrown4060 2 года назад

      It isn't taught because of the warning signs can be seen in North Korea fore telling the direction this country is heading. All power to the elite.

    • @nintendoboy3605
      @nintendoboy3605 10 месяцев назад

      I was taught about North Korea in school. That one lesson still stuck with me my entire life, it is what caused my hatred for North Korea, and one of the few lessons I learned in school that I still vividly remember.

  • @davidliebehart1543
    @davidliebehart1543 2 года назад

    I love your voice and accent and all the things you share with us. I'm glad you are free and able to talk about these things.

  • @judithveley2790
    @judithveley2790 2 года назад +4

    What an absolute shock South Korean and US culture is for any North Korean defectors. Most not even having heard of so many things that we in US take for granted everyday.
    You are definitely a bright light shining on a darkened world. Please stay safe.

  • @Hiisilapsi
    @Hiisilapsi 3 года назад +85

    Everyone has such painful expressions in those pictures, it's so heartbreaking. Nobody should be living like that, the world is so unfair.

  • @Gettingoffthestrugglebus
    @Gettingoffthestrugglebus 3 года назад +160

    Can you do a video of a “day in the life” of like a rural NK vs urban NK vs officials in NK?

    • @userm180
      @userm180 3 года назад +1

      for GOD so loved the world that HE gave HIS only begotten SON that whoever believeth in HIM should not perish but have eternal life"-the Gospel of JESUS written by john 3:16."But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:"-the Gospel of JESUS written by john 1:12. hi! JESUS loves you and died for you if you accept HIM! HE rose from the dead to show us that death cant hold HIM! repent and start living your life for HIM and when the time is right HE will get you to Heaven❤

    • @buttkid3548
      @buttkid3548 3 года назад +5

      @@userm180 well, neither God or his son has done anything to ease the suffering of the people of North Korea. He either knows about it, and doesn't care, or he isn't aware of their suffering, or he's powerless. Quit insulting these people with bible quotes. Do something productive, like spreading awareness.

    • @userm180
      @userm180 3 года назад

      @@buttkid3548 GOD cares, but people don't want HIS help. HE helps those who want HIS help

    • @limit.1554
      @limit.1554 3 года назад

      @@buttkid3548 💯

  • @allyouknitislove8823
    @allyouknitislove8823 2 года назад +1

    Just purchased your book, you are a true inspiration. It’s heart breaking x

  • @lyledahlberg288
    @lyledahlberg288 Год назад +1

    Nicely done. Very sad but a real eye-opener. Best of luck to you and thank you.

  • @sandip.7968
    @sandip.7968 3 года назад +21

    Yeonmi, your hair looks lovely. Please wear it that way more often. The photos you showed and explained are heartbreaking. How blessed we are to live in a free country like America.

    • @Dino-in5sg
      @Dino-in5sg 3 года назад +4

      I agree, i feel like i sometimes forget how lucky i am to even have freedom to buy my own food or even have water at home. it's not right how north korean people are treated

  • @fredhills3153
    @fredhills3153 3 года назад +102

    Looks like THE DEAR LEADER isnt missing out on any crumbs..

    • @gracewaddell4439
      @gracewaddell4439 3 года назад

      Should we not be referencing the leader's actions, rather than his girth???!

  • @janetneatby6586
    @janetneatby6586 2 года назад +4

    What an enlightening video ! Bravo to you for showing it to the world!

  • @cheneyvangraan7384
    @cheneyvangraan7384 Год назад +2

    You are the epiphany of a courageous and strong woman standing up for the freedom of her people. I am going to order your book and i really can't wait to read it. Keep doing what you are doing and one day North Korea will be free!

  • @tova1713
    @tova1713 3 года назад +36

    I love how you always say "we" "us"
    You still fell a part of them.
    Love you❤💋

    • @ketrocon4397
      @ketrocon4397 3 года назад

      How the Spectre of Communism is RULING the world
      ruclips.net/p/PLNiGhWqYcxYtc5vup906iGZKZMobs2_1F

    • @Just-Nikki
      @Just-Nikki 3 года назад

      I noticed that as well. I’m sure she misses her people

  • @sandrabennett5864
    @sandrabennett5864 3 года назад +48

    The photos of the babies and children are heartbreaking all North Korean people are in my prayers God bless you all.

  • @susanlaven7319
    @susanlaven7319 Год назад

    So enjoyed your video. You seem so comfortable speaking to us.

  • @indo743
    @indo743 2 года назад

    I love your channel so much, I plan to order and read your book soon!

  • @lindatannock
    @lindatannock 3 года назад +59

    Just heartbreaking to see those children in such a state.
    I have no words... 😢

    • @maxwellgreg7641
      @maxwellgreg7641 3 года назад

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  • @shawnlondon953
    @shawnlondon953 3 года назад +44

    Yeonmi you are a lost treasure of North Korea and a True Asset to everyone back home.
    With brave and proud North Koreans such as yourself spreading the truth, one day, enough pressure will come to bare to change life for all North Koreans.
    Stay Safe..... Stay Vigil !!! ❣️

  • @jimhargreaves58
    @jimhargreaves58 2 года назад +2

    This is so sad. It’s hard to imagine that these poor people are less than a days flight away from us….keep up your great work. Greetings from Tasmania

  • @ChezzaAU
    @ChezzaAU 3 года назад +1

    You are very brave revealing to the world first hand, the horrendous situation in Nth Korea. My heart goes out to the pple here. You articulate so well! Take care and stay safe.

  • @billieann1089
    @billieann1089 3 года назад +30

    My lord! Those babies! This is beyond heartbreaking for all those men, women, and children! This is against every human right! It is honestly hard to comprehend ecpesially in the day and age we are in!

    • @danielkirkland3366
      @danielkirkland3366 3 года назад

      Most of this is caused by a lack of resources
      Why don’t you ask your own government to lift sanctions that only hurt the poor people

  • @rumyfrogg
    @rumyfrogg 3 года назад +39

    You are a courageous and brave soul. May light of protection be around you. Your story reminded me of one that I heard from a co-worker 20 years ago in Portland, Ore. I worked for a company that was worldwide and you could actually transfer to other companies. Dimitri, my co worker, was from Romania. He brought his mother to visit for a month. He said when she walked into Fred Myers, (grocery chain) she stopped and was frozen in shock. She started crying. She could not believe the fresh produce of all kinds. The meats, everything was too much for her. They had to take her outside to recover before going back in. What you said and what she went through, is a very powerful story. Yes, we are blessed here in America and yes, the majority of us work very hard for these choices. Americans should not look at other countries with less as the citizens fault. They work ten times as hard as us for no pay or little pay. When you complain because Walmart is out of your favorite scented toilet paper, you have no idea what this world is about...

  • @timothybryson6967
    @timothybryson6967 2 года назад +1

    I am so glad I found you on RUclips. You are an amazing woman. God bless you for your courage and strength.

  • @juliesmith5831
    @juliesmith5831 Год назад +1

    Thank you again Yeonmi for another eye opening video. And thank you to the photographers for their dangerous work. The pictures of those starving toddlers made a very hard reality hit. I've never before seen such under fed babies. I hope there will be a solution for your people. How is it that the Kims can be so ruthless?

  • @chloecrayk8535
    @chloecrayk8535 3 года назад +51

    I’m glad I found your channel. Your so inspiring. I’m so happy for you that you were able to get out of North Korea!

  • @terpsicoreinspiration6074
    @terpsicoreinspiration6074 3 года назад +43

    It is a horror!
    Inhuman having children enslaved like that.

  • @ex-engineer6657
    @ex-engineer6657 Год назад

    You bravely share truth, thank you. My chest hurts from the impact of these images and your simple stories. I feel like crying but cant. I saw some similar things in South and Central America , but I didnt have to live in those circumstances. Thank you again.

  • @lruss5050
    @lruss5050 Год назад

    So sad, thank you for showing the pictures!❤

  • @XRP747E
    @XRP747E 3 года назад +29

    Thank you Yeonmi. I doubt that anyone outside North Korea can imagine what living under such an oppressive regime is like. Thank you for bringing light to your people's plight.

  • @Flastew
    @Flastew 3 года назад +13

    There are so many of us who would not know the truth without you, so thank you Yeonmi. Even explaining the photos is so very informative. We would not know they are as old as you indicated since they look years younger by their size. Thank you for telling us and thank you for coming to the U.S..

  • @jimmcalister3077
    @jimmcalister3077 9 месяцев назад

    Keep posting content! And please be safe!

  • @jerrykurbatoff5833
    @jerrykurbatoff5833 Год назад

    Excellent presentation! Thank you for sharing and all you do! Very insightful!