![]() ![]() ![]() I don’t know that much about North Korea or as much as I should about international relations and social issues in general. I originally picked this up after watching part of her interview with Jordan Peterson last month, and I am glad that I did. Now Yeonmi studies law at Columbia University and has a YouTube channel where she raises awareness about human rights in North Korea. ![]() She and her mother lived as sex slaves for two years before managing to cross the Gobi desert to freedom. Realizing they would starve unless they left the only country they had ever known, 13-year-old Yeonmi and her mother crossed the border into China- but they had been betrayed: the people who had helped them escape were human traffickers using China’s policy of deporting refugees to exploit North Korean women. But when her father arrested after he was caught participating in illegal trade, her family was cast into the lowest rank of society. As a child, Yeonmi Park lived relatively comfortably with her family in North Korea and believed wholeheartedly in the regime. ![]() In Order to Live is an incredible story of an extraordinarily brave woman. But I also know that the spark of human dignity is never completely extinguished, and that given the oxygen of freedom and the power of love, it can grow again.“ “ I know that it is possible to lose part of your humanity in order to survive. Title: In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl’s Journey to FreedomĪuthor: Yeonmi Park (with Maryanne Vollers) ![]()
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