Awakening North Korea's valley of the clueless | Hyeonseo Lee | TEDxBerlin

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Hyeonseo Lee is a North Korean defector living in Seoul, South Korea. She has recently completed writing her memoir, The Girl With Seven Names, which was published in July 2015 in more than 20 countries. Over 5 million people have viewed her TED Talk about her life in North Korea, her escape to China and struggle to bring her family to freedom. Hyeonseo has given testimony about North Korean human rights in front of a special panel of the UN Security Council, and has discussed the issues with important leaders such as UN Ambassador Samantha Powers.

Hyeonseo spends much of her time speaking about North Korean human rights and North Korean refugee issues, including speeches at the Stanford University Global Speaker Series, Princeton University, New York University Law School, and at various venues throughout Europe. She has personally met public officials like UK Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and the former South Korean Minister of Unification, Yu Woo-ik, to discuss these issues.

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Her book, "The Girl with Seven Names" is an excellent read. It's a real page-turner.

seekeroftruth
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The idea that K-Pop is considered a threat to the DPRK is hilarious.

WMDistraction
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they should drop copies of 1984 in korean

erindonnelly
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If dictatorship ends in North Korea in mylife time, i would definately visit. Such beautiful people, sad they have it worse than us Africans

theblackpearl
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Only ted talk with 0 dislikes
Everyone against North Korea

afterburnerfox
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Great video, the end of NK is only a question of time!

DestructorSVK
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Best part was to hear how she says thank you ❤️❤️

b.k.kashyap
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I also understand the apporach of Suki Kim, though. We all kind of want to help and inform people in North Korea, but by giving them information we also put people at risk. I wish the dictatorship will end some day (while I still live) but I think it's much much harder to do than people imagine.

TenRyu
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The greatest danger to ANY human, is when he's not allowed to vote with his feet.

rogerdodger
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imagine what is it like to live on a "planet of clueless",
and sometimes catch other world`s broadcasts ?

improvidancer
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I'm very interested in what happens in North Korea. Maybe it's because I'm from Dresden in Silicon Saxony ;-)

Ginnilini
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information is power, hopfully with advancments in technology food can, be  acquired, phosphates aren't the answer for soil, . crop rotation and turning under wheat etc. for one season is .

lockefinely
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Dear Hyeonseo Lee, you are doing a great job of telling the truth about North Korea. But I am wondering that your journey of TED Talk would take long to effect to liberate North Korea. North-South unification will be the ultimate solution to liberate North Korean from the suffering. The biggest enemy of preventing the unification from happening lies within South Korea. That is the opposing forces of South Korean people who follow the propaganda of North Korea and yield the power of opposing everything for what South Korean government need to do to advance for the South to ultimately unify Korean peninsula. This is the fact that the enemy exists within South Korea who try to destroy South Korea for North Korea. This is due to ignorance and wrongheadedness who follow the North Korean propaganda who defy truth of life like freedom and human dignity as well as Korean history. These ignorant people of South Koreans occupy important position in the government, academia, media and culture who call themselves "elite". These ignorant elites in South Korea must be liberated from yoke of wrongheadedness. Educating these ignorant elites in the South would be the first job to do for the eventual liberation of North Koreans. Dear Hyeonseo 현서, you have experience and knowledge to educate the opposing South Koreans to turn their mind to unite with the Korean government toward the unification. I would like to propose that you do speaking tour in the South to wake up these ignorant North-inspired South Koreans to liberate North Korea. It would be much tougher job for you to do in the South than TED Talk and meeting with foreign dignitary. Your talking tour in the South would be less attractive to you, but I believe it would help accelerate Korean unification.

harryha
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Question: why did she have something to eat and let her friend go hungry?

RoSario-vbge
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Ok lets bombarded North Korea with K-pop drama

kimberleyhe
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I think north koreans still living in 1980's..

bella-dz
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You can speak better english than most of the people than i work with. Hopefully things will change for your country. You are beautiful!!!

alcosan
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We must help the North Korea peoples and it leader with foods

barbiewert
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GOD has heard our cries and prayers. HE will end the reign of the madman of NK. GOD has promised!!!

renecordova
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The near future: Democratic Republic of Korea "Teardown that wall"..

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