All Quotes by Park Yeon-mi
“I was born at the end of the 1993. The regime stopped giving food to the people. Three million people died from 1995 to 1998. It's one of the world's worst man-made famines in history.”
“I crossed the Gobi desert to be free and now I thought I live in a country where I can say what I believe and have my freedom to think. However, now I have to constantly censor my speech because in the name off a 'safe place.'”
“North Korea publicly denounced me as an enemy of my people and punished all my relatives. They have this guilty by association policy and they go after three generations of your family or up to eight generations of your family.”
“Why would North Korea people care if they have nukes or not? All they want is food. They want freedom.”
“Why would North Korea people care if they have nukes or not? All they want is food. They want freedom.”
“I didn't know what freedom was. I didn't even know the word. I didn't know the concept. I never heard of that word, 'freedom.' To me, the happiest thing was having food.”
“North Korea was pretty insane. Like the first thing my mom taught me was don't even whisper, the birds and mice could hear me. She told me the most dangerous thing that I had in my body was my tongue.”
“My mum was sold for $65 and I was sold for $260 - at the age of 13.”
“My father died without knowing even this kind of democracy exists in the world. He didn't even know this much food was available in the world.”
“My father died without knowing even this kind of democracy exists in the world. He didn't even know this much food was available in the world.”
“North Korea publicly denounced me as an enemy of my people and punished all my relatives. They have this guilty by association policy and they go after three generations of your family or up to eight generations of your family.”
“North Korea was pretty insane. Like the first thing my mom taught me was don't even whisper, the birds and mice could hear me. She told me the most dangerous thing that I had in my body was my tongue.”
“I wasn't dreaming of freedom when I escaped from North Korea... I was willing to risk my life for the promise of a bowl of rice.”
“Why would North Korea people care if they have nukes or not? All they want is food. They want freedom.”
“Freedom meant for me to wear earrings, not freedom of speech.”
“Family are everything; everyone understands the strength of family. For me, they were the reason that I managed to get by while I was in captivity and now they are the reason to live in freedom.”