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hyperdistortion
I hope she has a long, happy, and free life, I really do. She's one of the few North Koreans who will for the foreseeable future, after all.
haveguitarwilltravel
She is stunning. Brave and stunning.
MichaelaWeasley
I had a kid in my elementary school class from NK. He told me he couldn't go back home and at the time I didn't understand... now I do.
EnnryIggins
I would willingly AND FOR FREE be her personal, armed, bodyguard - and God help any motherfucker that even THOUGHT of harming her.
Knivz
was thinking the same thing
TheNorah
I wish her a healthy life
Elerich
healthy LONG* life
VAiaS
Efreeti
Re2pect?
Burghguy
Hates her country. Loves her countryman. A sentiment many can relate worldwide.
UsuallyFromMyPhone
It's ok people, North Korean Secret Police don't read user sub
LadoTinaj764
Good call. This video is the second thing that has made me cry at my desk until people started asking me if I was okay.
WhitneyHoustonWeHaveAProblem
She looks like a Korean Kiera Knightley. And she is awesome.
DrewTheStampede
Thank you! It was driving me nuts trying to figure out who she reminded me of. Nailed It
msa011
Reminds me of: http://kpsurgery.tumblr.com/
SaumilJ
I always upvote perseverance.
EflowNivek
Damn she is absolutely beautiful.
Thristen
Proof that beauty can still come out of the ugliest of places.
giveittomestraightlikeapearcidermadefrom100percentpears
Its pretty dreadful that in the West the only stories we get from NK are that of just ridiculous things that Kim Jong Il & Un got up to.
giveittomestraightlikeapearcidermadefrom100percentpears
We rarely hear of NKs horrific human rights record, and the concentration camps they have.I feel that the west should seriously do something
CommanderSheperd
We should all do something. It would make an infinitely bigger impact if all of Western Europe joined in as well. They're the U.S of WW2 now
giveittomestraightlikeapearcidermadefrom100percentpears
Bbbut North Korea is buddies with China, but if NK loses all their allies then that would be the best time to pounce.
douap759
No offense but she looks like she had a plastic surgery
troublemutt
I'd say she was safe as she'd be a very hot ticket if she 'disappeared'. Or that's what I'm hoping anyhow
fraxinusoleaceae
Normal logic of "internationally acceptable behaviour" isn't the best predictor of what N. Korea gets up to.
WhatWhatItsKrayKray
Yeah, she'd sell for a good amount to one of the higher ups in N. Korea as a sex s-...oh. That's not what you meant by hot ticket. Oops.
uberRegenbogen
Unfortunately, it's not out of the question that everyone within reach to whom she is remotely related gets executed. ☹
ISeeStoopedPeople
Uh. Nope. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_House_Raid
Proxy24
Holy fuck, that American guy's name. Charles H. Bonesteel III.
esperx
There needs to be more awareness of the horrible circumstance in North Korea. This woman's amazing story needs to be shared more.
aswarmofhydrogenions
That lady's balls are roughly twice the size of my head. Mad props
WaygookInKorea
I always upvote Korean! (it has been a while actually, but Im back on the wagon)
TheRuggedProfessorNeckbeard
http://imgur.com/YHNs8LZ
RadiOlendelL
Every time I see this gif I so much want to watch John Woo's HK-period movies, starting with Bullet in the Head and Hard Boiled :o
bisqwit
http://imgur.com/zYhP2lz.gif
pdp1
I haven't seen this gif in ages, good on you!
controlc
I haven't seen this gif in ages, good on you!
dmophatty
I haven't seen this gif in ages, good on you!
PineappleForScale
I have seen this gif 4 times in ages.
kthisismynameprobably
That's cool, here's a fifth time:
porkiloki
I hate to say it but she's naive if she thinks 'death' is what she has to fear upon recapture.
porkiloki
Then again, she's from North Korea. I suppose she's the opposite of naive.
nacko
I appreciate both your original point and your acknowledgement that this woman has seen some shit. +2
reaper8891
can we use our combined internet super powers to help keep her safe?
Otazaku
Won't continue living be doing something for for her people?
Berekhalf
I wouldn't say so, atleast not in the same way. It's easier to get publicity if you do dangerous things, and if you get assassinated 1/2
Berekhalf
you're sure to make the news like this, and people might start doing shit about north Korea and chhina might go 'ah fuck these guys' 2/2
DarthFutuza
Only if she becomes the Korean Harriet Tubman.
TastyTastyScience
She can live as a person or die as a symbol.
DarthFutuza
Otazaku
*more for .. :D . Live and fight another day, examples, Aung san suu kyi and mandela
ratherlargecookieofdoom
I watched some of a documentary about NK last night, the "stunted generation" and the hate songs the children sing are just heartbreaking.
frater93
Here's one from Vice on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24R8JObNNQ4 The tours there are absolutely ridiculous.
ratherlargecookieofdoom
National Geographic: Inside North Korea. It's an old doc, Kim Jong Il was still alive. I can only imagine the place has gotten worse since.
DDPB9k5G
source?
ratherlargecookieofdoom
I can't remember, it focuses on a doctor going over to perform 1000 glaucoma ops in 10 days, it was on TV. I'll look it up there.
WhyCantPeopleUseSmallerUsernames
I saw that documentary too, after all the surgery's were done, by memory, didnt they praise kim jong il for their eyesight return?
Revaris
Brave and beautiful woman, her character is worthy of applause. I hope people protect her and the awareness she's bringing.
ivorymusical
that sentiment is beautiful and i totally agree. and the way you wrote it makes it sound like a fancy poem
lk4ward
Though I agree, what bothers me is people would've been much less compassionable to ugly one in this situation.
shamblerdk
Those are bad people. Pay no heed to them.
Revaris
Some people are fickle like that unfortunately, not all, but enough. Good looks do not make anyone more or less deserving.
FatBoobsDontCount
She's so shiny. I want to slide down her cheeks
FightISISItIsevil
Everyone who thinks she is beautiful, pick-up your swords, we ride at Dawn to fight Fat Kim Juong Ye and his minions!
FatBoobsDontCount
wait, not like that. I meant like tobogganing.
FetchMy10FootPoleMinionTheresSomethingIWishToNotTouch
I would be willing to hide her in my basement for...protection...yeah, protection! That's the ticket!
Imaginationsofaninsaneimgurian
Is that why you need your 10 foot pole that your minion is fetching?
FetchMy10FootPoleMinionTheresSomethingIWishToNotTouch
My Minion is actually...Morgan Fairchild! Yeah, that's it, Morgan Fairchild! Whom I've slept with!
Harumochi7
She was really cute and tiny when I met her. Her story made a lot of us tear up. She's working hard for what she believes in.
chrisindub
"Last time Yeon-mi and I were hanging out" *yawns*
PrincessRufflebutt
You met her??
Harumochi7
Just briefly as there were tons of other people. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDXkdjx7VAE
BitchImCanadian
Curious, where did you meet her? As part of one young world?
Harumochi7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6xHS5C38W8&list=UUowMJ16vcNtqJJFTSH3yEVg
Harumochi7
Joo Yang started crying and so did a lot of the audience.
Harumochi7
It was part of Liberty in North Korea's Summit. We also got to listen to and meet Joseph Kim, Danny Lee, Seongmin Lee, and Joo Yang.
BitchImCanadian
Cool.
catzgirl
How did you get the opportunity to be a part of that? Just curious!!
Harumochi7
I follow LINK on facebook. They announced their summit and I decided I wanted to go. Anyone could go but it did cost a bit (flying there)
catzgirl
That is super handy information! I'll definitely check that out, thanks for sharing!
bigdickden
Not even going to joke, good luck Yeon-Mi-Park, stay safe
ibearbadnews
So your default response is usually to make a joke? What are you compensating for, bigdickden?
bigdickden
I don't know... Ibearbadnews, why are you so pessimistic, why not have good news?
AxNinjaX
His poor sense of humor. Quantity over quality, eh?
ChaosLierLen637
His small car.
JenWontShutUp
It's really sad reading about NK escapees, and how they have a really hard time adapting to living in SK or anywhere else.
CaptainToast
Having met several of them while living in Seoul, it's heartbreaking. You can't even fathom what they're telling you happened to them. Sad.
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JenWontShutUp
Yeah... the two are not even remotely comparable.
reineseele
Media deception on justice always prevails. God bless the 3 letters ;)
Redlinefox
Informative http://www.cracked.com/article_21373_5-things-you-learn-growing-up-in-and-escaping-north-korea.html
buttalips
How do they, you know, escape? I can't be easy.
JenWontShutUp
It's not - there are lots of excellent memoirs on the subject though. I highly suggest reading them! :)
ForGigglesAndShits
Yeah it is :(. On a brighter note I think I would have trouble adapting to SK too. From what I've seen they be crazy.
klubai4
This.
mylovelyhangover
... Not sure if this is a serious comment or not ...
mremmet
It's not as crazy different to Western countries as you might think. It's very very Westernized in SK
whitepolarbear
NK really blows my mind. I just don't understand how people are that oppressed.
GreyKihano
That oppression is normality for most of them. They are cut off from outside media. We are pretty lucky.
justengineeringthings
Its really sad that they have to escape in the first place.
thomaseeno
Isn't her family gonna be...you know
Reebokanonymous
The whole family escaped. The father died due to illness, however.
AIRBORNEALLTHEWAY
DED. Or sent to slave camps and then DED.
yellowpear
Her father died before she escaped. She escaped NK with her mother and met up with her sister, who escaped several years before.
SteveHarringtonsLusciousLocks
arent most of them already dead based on her speech? her mom died already, her sister/brother, he dad....whos left? =/
complimentpin
looks like she didn't tho
TheHypestShit
How the hell would you know that?
complimentpin
because she's a successful actor, journalist. If you see the doc, she's living a good life now and I'm happy for her, dunno why this was 1
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straightcreepen
LOL I am from Saskatchewan (abbrev. SK) and was like...do a lot of them end up here? Then I realized South Korea was much more likely.
Aphrodyte
I thought the exact same thing!
NehiyawBabeDroid
As a Saskatoonian, this.
MaxPower0404
Ditto
hamzandwiches
Lol same I'm in saskatoon I was like really?
pootytang3
you mean there is more of us in this frozen place called Saskatoon?!
NerdyDirtyCurvy
How do they have trouble adapting?
marquisdechocula
You know how people who were born into terrifying cults are weird?
juniorcat
a study that said NK ppl have smaller brains too, bc of malnutrition. So they have hard time learning basic things for new life in SK.
Minzoik
They have to go through quite a bit of therapy.
jurassical
Imagine how embarrassing it must be when you explain to people that you thought the dear leader could read your thoughts
nincognito
One NK defector said in an AMA that the "godly" powers of the president are similar to how the Bible is treated; some believe, some don't.
NationalistCanadianMooseWarrior
Have you heard of the shit that happens in NK?? It would be extremely difficult. NK and everywhere else are different worlds.
catzgirl
understanding that the govt isn't out to get you and that you can express negative things about them w/o fear of death. These are just (2/3
ImgurnariumOfDoctorGiraffus
They're also not treated the best in South Korea, its gotten better but they still experience some racism because not everyone is friendly.
rookie23
Unfolding from the lies told from when they were young. i dunno
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Erilis
yeah, basically.
9384582j2n02
Ummm...
CharmingAndSexyGentlemanStarshipCaptain
(3) East Asia some people don't treat labour workers nicely. This happened to foreign cheap workers too. They feel like 2nd class citizen.
monkeymuffins
Cheap foreign workers aren't discriminated against because they do manual labour. They're discriminated against because they're poor/brown.
CharmingAndSexyGentlemanStarshipCaptain
And since it's ingrained it became poor and brown are synonymous with cheap manual labour.
Akdj
They are basically raised in a bubble to believe their dictator is God and the rest of the world is evil. One TV station owned by the govt.
10ofEach
Well, the TV station thing is not that unusual....
Akdj
like, it's literally the only TV station. Is that not unusual?
10ofEach
The fact that they only have that option is unusual, but that they get their brain wash from the TV isn't
Waidonut
Imagine you came from 1950s Russia, poor, with barely any food, in constant fear, and then suddenly you're in 2014 NYC. It's overwheming.
CharmingAndSexyGentlemanStarshipCaptain
(2) them North Koreans are liability because they don't have adequate skills to work in well paying jobs. They tend to work as labour and in
CharmingAndSexyGentlemanStarshipCaptain
(1) A lot, both technologically and socially. They can learn about technology but socially South Korea is a very competitive country. For
TheHypestShit
They have to realize that basically everything they've been told about the world was a lie. It's gotta be tough to swallow.
menapoeka
I have enough trouble adapting my life between 1st world countries; their lives will never be the same!
Tomken
Discrimination from South Koreans, is one of biggest problems.
mynameisnotalice
It's very hard to get rid of the brainwash.
Or10nSharkFin
North Korean life is extremely different. One would say, "primitive" compared to the luxuries we have in our first-world countries.
funkmaster40
I read about one refugee who had a breakdown when she saw a homeless man in SK eating better at a shelter than her family ever ate in NK.
Or10nSharkFin
Most of what they'll have trouble adapting to is their belief. NK children are raised to believe their leaders are gods, or godlike.
Jupman
Reality is perception!
BrandonVasser
That's basically the principle of Einstein's relativity, and the crux of solipsism. Not sure why you were down voted.
Erilis
They think totally differently. They've totally brainwashed into thinking they're something less than human.
ImgurnariumOfDoctorGiraffus
If you're into informative reporting, VICE loves North Korea and defector stories, if you want I'll dig you out the specific episodes to DL.
catzgirl
some of the ways life outside of NK can be shocking, confusing, and in some ways scarier than life in it. Adjustment takes time.
yoursuckaturdimadeanewonesuckacock
Alright, who the fuck messed up the order of this guys comments
jackketch
They did it themselves. Nesting replies is the way to go.
catzgirl
I'm not actually sure what that means, but I mosdef had nothing to do with the disorderly conduct of this board! Scout's honor.
fyt2012
South Koreans are actually extremely racist toward North Koreans
alltheleaves
they have trouble adapting to market based economies.theoretically they are given everything they need in north korea as planned by the govt
mynameisnotalice
A joke?
alltheleaves
nope, that's actually how their system works. but now, they don't have the resources to sustain such a system.
mynameisnotalice
They *never* had the resources. And I am pretty sure 'free market' isn't the problem. Otherwise former-USSR and DDR residents would have (1)
mynameisnotalice
the same problem. (2)
morefishforkunta
Technologically, it's like jumping forward in time 40 years. Ex: SK actually has classes for NK refugees on stuff like how to operate ATMs
Shargan8
I think that most of us in the Balkans would also need such a lesson
MyFaceIsOnFire
Instructions unclear. Used crowbar.
BurntRamen
WWKD (What Would Kim Do?)
TerraDactyl89
Instructions unclear, penis caught in check deposit slot.
devthedragon
Calm down Mr. Freeman.
Mogmai
I've heard stories of NK students in school get bullied by their peers for being NK. Makes no sense to me. Many of them are essentially 1/2
Mogmai
"in the closet" about their nationality. Some lie and say they're SK in order to avoid judgement and/or bullying. 2/2
nincognito
Keep in mind that S Korea also had propaganda against North Korea and many Koreans grew up in school having practice drills for a NK attack
funkmaster40
Still do. Younger kids don't have the emotional connection anymore. 'My brother lives there' is now 'my great uncle might be there'
droomph
it's like being extremely southern and going to school in a very liberal area. They don't like you just because you're from there
droomph
not because you actually act the way they think "your people" do.
TheHypestShit
The North did some terrible things during the war. A lot of that prejudice still hangs around.
MajinCry
Welcome to humans! They are half a chromosome away from a chimpanzee. Enjoy your stay.
BrandonVasser
http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20071229175358/en.futurama/images/1/19/Electroniumhat.jpg
catzgirl
Learning how to identify and interact with people w/o hiding your feelings from them, learning that there will always be food available (1/?
lk4ward
You've obviously never experienced being a poor male in any capitalism-based country.
catzgirl
Ive been a poor female in America all my life?Doesn't mean you have to be any less genuine of a person.-1:implying you have it as bad as NK.
lk4ward
Did I said something about being a person? I was saying that if you've never been hungry and never had to hide your feelings doesn't mean 1/
lk4ward
/2 no one else was.
idownvoteplottwist
"Learning how to identify and interact with people w/o hiding your feelings from them" I could probably use a lesson on this myself.
beasto
Is that how normal people interact?
Dutcher
(2/2) as long as you sacrafice a vergin to the almighty Barack Obama on a monthly basis
IntentiomalTypo
This is great
Indactil
am i the only one who thought this was funny?
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ohsillyus
It wasn't nearly funny enough to deserve upvotes here. It lacked proper conext and punch.
SNAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE
it got downvoted because people can't make fun of obama like they do bush apparently
marquisdechocula
snackrifice
Dutcher
I'm glad you appreciate my odd sense of humour (do you think I can blame Obama for the downvotes as well?)
klubai4
Almost. You need to sacrifice a chunk of your income for the rest of your life by indebting yourself to the banks hegemony.
Dutcher
In that case, Democrats eat repeblicans for breakfast. Democrats are lazy, war against the 1% *bicycles back to the Netherlands*
klubai4
And I'm only half joking :-((((
SpoonOfDoom
Imagine ending up in North Korea and realizing that Kim Jong Un actually is god, NK is paradise and everything we know about it is just(1)
SpoonOfDoom
western propaganda to prevent people from entering the garden of eden and getting used to that. Just in reverse.(2/2)
BrandonVasser
This is stand up worthy
Dutcher
Wow, that is an excellent phrasing to explain it. Thank you
Habbala
Well spoken!
PuppyGotPeopleToBarkAtAndThingsToSniff
Very well said. Thank you.
thisappisajoke
This. The people in NK are so brainwashed into believing their leader, they don't know how the outside world works.
MrsZbornak
it is so sad how brainwashed they are. practically worshiping Kim Jong Un. saw a documentary & and it was insane how they are so blind
TheRedBeardedBandit
Are you a travel agent? I'd like to book a flight to North Korea now!
FSMPirate
Dennis Rodman?
SpoonOfDoom
Sure, just sign away your human rights here, here and initials here.