Yeonmi Park et al / 박연미 et al / 2015 / KDC구분 > Social science > Sociology and social problems > Sociology

Park Yeonmi was born to a family of civil servants in the North Korean city of Hyesan, along the Chinese border. She grew up in a society in which the regime controls everything you do, everything you learn, where you go, what you say, even what you think. In this warped world, famine was a way of life and minor offenses, such as watching foreign videos, could prove fatal. Park s family was relatively privileged until her father, a party member, was arrested for smuggling. After that, life in North Korea became a ceaseless battle against starvation. Escaping with her mother, Park began a long journey of unspeakable hardship and degradation through China and Mongolia, which finally yielded her freedom in South Korea. Today Park is an influential leader of the younger generations of Korean dissidents and an internationally recognized advocate for human rights around the world. Source : https://books.google.co.kr/books?id=OrBXrgEACAAJ&dq=9780241203606&source=gbs_book_other_versions