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  • I

  • have to do this because

  • this is not I'm speaking this the

  • people who wants to tell the world

  • but they must

  • say

  • North Korea is an unimaginable country

  • There is only one channel TV

  • There is a law in China

  • We aren't afraid to sing say will or think what you want

  • North Korea is only country in the world, but execute two people for making all motorists international phone calls

  • North Koreans are being terrorized today

  • when I was growing up in North Korea,

  • I Never saw anything about love stories between men and women no books no songs no press

  • no movies about love stories

  • There is no Romeo and juliet every story was propaganda to prey on lashes

  • about the King dictators

  • I Was born in 1993 and I was abducted at birth

  • Even before I knew the world

  • freedom or human rights

  • North Koreans are desperately seeking and time for freedom at this moment

  • when I was nine years old

  • I saw my friend's mother publicly executed her crime watching a Hollywood movie

  • Expressing talked about the quickness of the regime can get three generations of a family imprisoned or executed

  • When I was four years old, I was awarded by my mother not to even whisper

  • Toppers and mice couldn't hear me

  • I admit it: I thought the North Korean dictator could read my mind.

  • My father died in China after we escaped, North Korea

  • I had to bury him, at 3 a.m in secret. I was 14 years old.

  • I couldn’t even cry. I was afraid to be sent back to North Korea.

  • The day I escaped North Korea, I saw my mother raped. The rapist was a Chinese broker.

  • He targeted me. I was 13 years old

  • There is a saying in North Korea

  • Women are weak, but mothers are strong.

  • My mother allowed herself to be raped in order to protect me

  • North Korean refugees

  • about 300,000 are vulnerable in China.

  • 70% of no screaming and teenagers Girls

  • are being victimised, sometimes sold for as little as $200

  • We walked across the Gobi desert

  • following a compass, when that stopped working

  • we followed stars to freedom.

  • I felt only the stars were with us.

  • Mongolia was our freedom moment

  • death or dignity

  • Armed with knives, we were prepared to kill ourselves

  • if we were going to be sent back to North Korea.

  • We wanted to live as humans.

  • People often ask me: How can we help North Koreans?

  • There are many ways

  • but I would like to mention three, for now.

  • One

  • educate yourself so you can raise awareness

  • about the human rights crisis in North Korea.

  • Two

  • help and support North Korean refugees who are trying to escape to freedom.

  • three

  • petition China to stop repatriation. We have to shed light on the darkest place in the world.

  • It isn’t just North Korean human rights

  • it's our rights that the North Korean dictators have violated for seven decades.

  • We need governments around the world to put more pressure on China, to stop repatriation.

  • In particular, Chinese delegates of One Young World can play a part by speaking out.

  • North Korea is indescribable

  • No humans deserve to be oppressed just because of their birthplace.

  • We need to focus less on the regime and more on the people who are being forgotten.

  • One Young world

  • we are the ones who will make them visible.

  • Fellow delegates

  • please join me as we make this a global movement to free North Koreans.

  • When I was crossing the Gobi desert,

  • scared of dying,

  • I thought nobody in this world cared.

  • It seemed that only the stars were with me

  • But you have listened to my story. You have cared, thank you very much.

  • We're not Gonna go to the floor today

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