My escape from North Korea | Hyeonseo Lee
As a child growing up in North Korea, Hyeonseo Lee thought her country was "the best on the planet." It wasn't until the famine of the 90s that she began to wonder. She escaped the country...
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Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Morton BastWhen 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.Although I often wondered about the outside world,I thought I would spend my entire life in North Korea,until everything suddenly changed.When I was seven years old, I saw my first public execution.But I thought my life in North Korea was normal.My family was not poor,and myself, I had never experienced hunger.But one day, in 1995, my mom brought home a letterfrom a coworker's sister.It re...
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Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Morton BastWhen 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.Although I often wondered about the outside world,I thought I would spend my entire life in North Korea,until everything suddenly changed.When I was seven years old, I saw my first public execution.But I thought my life in North Korea was normal.My family was not poor,and myself, I had never experienced hunger.But one day, in 1995, my mom brought home a letterfrom a coworker's sister.It re...
