Yeonmi Park is a North Korean defector, human rights activist, and the author of In Order To Live. Yeonmi and I discuss her incredible story of escaping North Korea, and her current opinions on issues in modern eastern and western society.

Find more Yeonmi Park in her book In Order To Live, also check her out on social media @YeonmiParkNK on Twitter, on Facebook, on Instagram @yeonmi_park, and on YouTube Voice of North Korea by Yeonmi Park

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