My escape from North Korea | Hyeonseo Lee | TED
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Published 2013-03-20
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All Comments (21)
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She’s trying not to cry...she’s trying her best with her English....she’s trying her best to explain how hard North Korea’s in DANGER
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And she speaks chinese so well that made chinese police officers thought she is chinese. This is amazing
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she's a legend, there should be a movie about her life.
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I don’t see too many people talking about the guy who literally didn’t hesitate to open his bank account and spend his money to save her entire family plus two others from possible execution or torture. He’s also a legend in this. I feel so bad for what she and her family went through though and I hope they are finally living in complete peace along with the two others.
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Seriously? Her life was in danger and now some people are just talking about her English?
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She is so smart for telling the Chinese officials that her family was deaf.
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This girl is so brave she even helped her family to get out, she is so brave and I hope we see them more. And I feel bad how some North Koreans missed their families when they are in South Korea.
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I encourage everyone to read her book "The Girl With Seven Names" It has a lot more details, it's very well written and it will open your eyes. You haven't seen anything yet from this Ted talk. The book is where it starts, so much happened to her it's unbelievable. I want to shake her hand and congratulate her. She is a strong woman and i look up to her. It's a book everyone must read.
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This WOMAN saved her entire family. She is so brave and smart.
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She's smart. She learned to speak Chinese even English. And also one of the bravest woman.,
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I admire her. Trying not to cry, calmly recounting the tragedy of the north Korean people.
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I’ve read her book in german, it was titled „black Magnolia“ and definitely left me thinking. From fleeing to Chine all by herself to bringing her family over the border to South Korea, this Woman is so brave and strong. She met so many people along the way who helped her, yet it was also her quick thinking and creativity that helped her survive. I really hope that more people talk about her
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Can we just take a moment to show respect to that stranger who helped her
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“I’m not helping you, I’m helping North Korean people” May God Bless You Strangers
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I read her book "The girl with seven names" and it changed me completely. I really hope one day I can say thank you to her for exposing this, and for her great efforts and hard work in helping others. I will never take anything for granted in my life again, and I do wish her family, Brian included, that they will live on prosperously. And I will do what I can to also aid in helping North Koreans. Wonderful woman, and a huge Bravo to her.
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Her voice is a symbol of hope. I can feel the people in N. Korea are crying for help and this young lady is their biggest voice. Don't give up to speak out the truth.
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I refuse to die before seeing north Koreans getting their freedom
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3:18 "I can't Reveal many details about how I left North Korea." I think she is doing so out of the safety of those who will try to escape the same way she did...
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bravest human ever lived , a hard life time no one can imagine
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いつか、北も南も共に歩いていけるように祈っています。
