Monday, 20 October 2014

Inside the 'darkest place in the world': Life in North Korea by the 21-year-old refugee who saw her friend's mother executed for watching Western movies

At 21 years old, a girl robbed of her youth, innocence and freedom has finally spoken out against her native North Korea - the 'unimaginable country' she was fortunate enough to have escaped from. In an emotionally charged speech, Yeonmi Park tells a harrowing tale about what life was like for her family and friends under Kim Jong-il's barbaric and oppressive regime. Calling for a global movement to shed light on 'the darkest place in the world', she describes a country like no other, a place where the internet is banned, along with songs, books, international phone-calls and voicing basic opinions.

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