October 5, 2015 - North Korean Defector & Author Yeonmi Park at Indiana College (Highlights)

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"My journey to freedom is not a hero's journey," Yeonmi Park told an enthusiastic and emotional audience at DePauw University. As a 13-year-old, Park and her family defected from North Korea, a harrowing tale told in her new book, In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom. "I didn't escape for freedom," Park said during her Timothy and Sharon Ubben Lecture. "I escaped for a bowl of rice."

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