What I Learned About Freedom After Escaping North Korea
Our American Stories
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4.6 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 21 March 2025
⏱️ 42 minutes
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On this episode of Our American Stories, in 2007, Yeonmi Park fled North Korea with her family to South Korea—before moving to the United States in 2014. Here's Yeonmi speaking about her experience at a YAF event in California.
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