“In those countries, you have some kind of understanding that they are abnormal, they are isolated and the people are not safe.” “What you need to know about North Korea is that it’s not like other countries like Iran or Cuba,” she said. Now 26, the Chicago woman is a human rights activist, and in an interview with The Post this week, described the hell of growing up in one of the world’s most brutal dictatorships, calling it a modern-day Holocaust. Park is just one of several hundred North Korean defectors who have escaped to the United States after she and her mother fled in 2007 when she was just 13 years old. It was part of everyday life to see people dying of starvation on the streets and with no electricity, Park’s life was ensconced in total darkness and freezing cold. Her parents never told her they loved her. Growing up in North Korea, Yeonmi Park did not know of the concepts of love or friendship.Įveryone was a “comrade” and feelings of adoration were reserved for the rogue regime’s supreme leader alone. ![]() ![]() North Korea 're-defector' likely ex-gymnast who escaped in 2020 North Korea fires suspected missile days after Kim Jong Un demanded weapons upgrades North Korea says missile launch was hypersonic weapons test
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