Yeonmi Park

Park is a North Korean refugee and an expert on the country’s black market economy. Park and her family escaped North Korea through China and Mongolia in 2007. She is currently a media fellow at Freedom Factory, a think tank based in Seoul, and studies criminal justice at Dongguk University.

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I Endured North Korea's 'Emotional Dictatorship' for 13 Years Before Escaping. Here's the Best Way to End It

Yeonmi Park on the best way to help ordinary North Koreans win the information war

By Yeonmi Park
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