This potcast of TED is Hyeonseo Lee's escape from North Korea.
She born in North Korea. She thought North Korea is the best country in the world.
When she was 7, she saw the public execution but she thought it is normal.
One day, her mother brought a letter from the coworker's sister which is contained about one family's hunger.
She really shocked because she had never been experienced hunder in her life.
She lived near the Amrok river which is located just near the China, so many people try to across the river secretly. Sometimes she saw dead bodies flowing down the river.
She sent to relative who lived in China, and she start to live in fear.
However, one day she got caught to Chinese police, but she had a answer the questions and released like miracle.
She finally come to South Korea. She realized there is a huge gap between North and South Korea. It make that she think about her identity.
Althought she had a crisis, she made a plan, and enter the university and sent money to her family who is still in North Korea.
She received the call which is her family were going to be forcibly removed, so she had to extricated her family.
They had many hardship and the last moment, she didn't have enough money to bride or fine for her family. She almost gave up.
At that moment, one man close to her and ask what happen. After her explaination, he gave to her money and he said, I'm not helping you. I'm helping North Korea people."
It is a symbolic moment in her life which shows the international support to North Korea..
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Maybe it's little hard to follow her English, but she is great.
She is a defector, so her speech is really touched and felt more realistic.
Thesedays, North Korea threaten several times. It makes to awake fear and hostilities to South Korea.
Many of South Korea's young people don't want unification.
If they listen this potcast, we have to help them and remind we are one the Korean race not enemy.
