Park Yeon-mi

Quotes

• “I want to say something to my fellow North Koreans who are living in that darkness. They might not believe this, but I want to tell them that an alternative life is possible. Be free. From my experience, literally anything is possible. I was bought, I was sold as a slave. But now I'm here, and that is why I believe in miracles. The one thing that I learned from history is that nothing is forever in this world. And that is why we have every reason to be hopeful.”
• “The first thing my mom taught me as a young girl was not to even wisper, because the birds and mice could hear me. [...] My mom said that 'The most powerful weapon you have in your body is your tounge. Watch out what you say!' Even subconsciously you know how not to think bad things about the regime.”
• “The UN is literally the most useless organization I have ever seen in my life. Literally.”

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Key facts

Born

Park Yeon Mi , ( 1993-10-04 ) October 4, 1993 (age 32) , Hyesan , Ryanggang Province , North Korea

Citizenship

North Korea (until 2007) South Korea (formerly) United States (from 2021)

Education

Columbia University ( BA ) Dongguk University

Occupations

Conservative activist author speaker YouTuber

Years active

2011–present

Movement

Conservatism

Spouse

Ezekiel ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2017 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2020 ) ​

Relatives

Eun-mi (sister)

Channel

Voice of North Korea by Yeonmi Park

Subscribers

1.16 million

Views

129 million

Hangul

박연미

Hanja

朴研美

Rr

Bak Yeonmi

Mr

Pak Yŏnmi

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Wikidata facts

Image

Yeonmi Park (53065489343) (cropped).jpg

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