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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Families
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- Nov 07, 2020
Keeping families and friends divided is unforgivable.
- Forever
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- Nov 07, 2020
History has proved that dictators can't last forever.
- Grass
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- Nov 07, 2020
A huge famine hit North Korea in the mid-1990s. Ultimately, more than a million North Koreans died during the famine, and many only survived by eating grass, bugs, and tree bark.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was little, I thought my country was the best on the planet. And I grew up singing a song called 'Nothing To Envy.' And I was very proud. In school, we spent a lot of time studying the history of Kim Il-Sung, but we never learned much about the outside world, except that America, South Korea, Japan are the enemies.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
In China, it was hard living as a young girl without my family. I had no idea what life was going to be like as a North Korean refugee. But I soon learned it's not only extremely difficult, it's also very dangerous, since North Korean refugees are considered in China as illegal migrants.
- Chance
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been so lucky, received so much help and inspiration in my life, so I want to help give aspiring North Koreans a chance to prosper with international support.
- Hate
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't hate the Chinese. We're brothers, and we share a border. I just hate the government, politicians, policies, not the people.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many Chinese criticize me not only on Baidu but on Facebook. Some say, do you think Chinese authorities were stupid enough not to realize you were a North Korean defector? If they read my book, they'd understand. I did my best to escape. I think it's all a miracle. It's not because Chinese policemen were stupid enough to believe my fake story.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was really tiring always pretending to be someone else. Not my life, not my real name, nothing.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
No dictator can last forever. History shows that in the end, people around the dictator bring about change. Of course, a lot of high-ranking officials don't want change because they want to keep power. But there are other good people who want change. I believe they are waiting for the chance.
- Hero
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- Nov 07, 2020
The TED talk I gave, that gave me another character I didn't know about. I'm not saying the mind of a hero, but a kind of responsibility. Every word I'm speaking, it's not from myself. I'm speaking for and representing the people of communist North Korea.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
People who live in North Korea, they die for food, but living in the free world, the cat even eats expensive sushi.
- Become
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- Nov 07, 2020
We refugees, we become always a punchbag. A political punchbag between China and South Korea and North Korea.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Breathing in South Korea, even though the life here is not easy, makes me so happy. I feel that sitting in a coffee shop, having a cup of tea, and looking out of the window at the blue sky - this is happiness. Truly happiness.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
North Korea is not the dictator's country; it's 25 million citizens' country, and they are suffering under the dictator. North Koreans are really nice, kind, pure people. I hate the dictator and the regime, but I love my home country.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some people criticize North Koreans and ask, 'Are they stupid? How can they believe those ridiculous things?' But I say, It doesn't matter if you're smart: if you were born in North Korea, you would be exactly like us. We don't know what freedom is. We have never enjoyed it.
- Escaped
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- Nov 07, 2020