{"id":995899,"date":"2021-11-10T19:44:31","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T00:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=995899"},"modified":"2021-11-10T19:44:35","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T00:44:35","slug":"exactly-like-history-repeating-itself-north-korean-defector-yeonmi-park-on-candace-warns-americans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exactly-like-history-repeating-itself-north-korean-defector-yeonmi-park-on-candace-warns-americans\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Exactly Like History Repeating Itself\u2019: North Korean Defector Yeonmi Park On \u2018Candace\u2019 Warns Americans"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexactly-like-history-repeating-itself-north-korean-defector-yeonmi-park-on-candace-warns-americans%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=995899&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>North Korean defector Yeonmi Park joined The Daily Wire\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/episode\/episode-34-do-not-comply-a-warning-for-americans2\">Candace Owens<\/a> for Tuesday night\u2019s episode of \u201cCandace,\u201d where Park warned Americans about creeping authoritarianism in the United States and detailed some of the horrors she endured in North Korea.<\/p>\n<p>North Koreans were promised socialism and \u201cfree\u201d stuff, like health care, Park said, which led to devastating oppression. And it can happen here, the 28-year-old warned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think this is exactly like history repeating itself, right now,\u201d Park said. \u201cThis is what shocked me, for me as a North Korean, when they said there\u2019s inequality in America, I was like, hallelujah, that means you can rise above somebody else, because there\u2019s no inequality in North Korea, everybody is dirty poor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPoverty\u201d is the worst that can happen, not \u201cinequality,\u201d Park asserted.<\/p>\n<p>Drawing parallels to North Korea and the States, Park said that when she went to Columbia University, the classroom resembled her origin nation. In North Korea, \u201cbastard-Americans\u201d are blamed for the country\u2019s poverty, and at Columbia, \u201cwhite men\u201d are blamed for so much apparent oppression, she explained.<\/p>\n<p>Park also detailed to Owens the horrors she endured in North Korea and on her journey to America.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNorth Korea is like a different planet,\u201d she said. \u201cEvery day is just looking for food.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s like in \u2018Hunger Games,\u2019\u201d Park added, \u201cdictator decides to starve us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The defector said she remembered eating \u201cgrasshoppers\u201d and \u201cdragonflies\u201d just to survive, and routinely not knowing when her next meal would be.<\/p>\n<p>Plants, though, are not easily found, because the North Korean regime cuts down most of the trees and \u201cgives [them] to China,\u201d Park explained.<\/p>\n<p>Park said that some North Koreans would resort to eating mud, and then die from the consumption because it could not be properly digested. Some, she said, resorted even to cannibalism, which Park said is \u201cspreading\u201d in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Noting of homeless tent cities in America, Park said North Koreans don\u2019t have the luxury \u201cnot to be working\u201d; instead, they are put into forced labor camps and assigned work.<\/p>\n<p>The regime doesn\u2019t \u201ceven allow us to know what love is; the dictator is so paranoid,\u201d Park told Owens. \u201cThey got rid of Mother\u2019s Day \u2026 they don\u2019t even teach North Koreans what romantic love is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery song, every movie, every book\u201d is \u201cfor the dictator,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Park added her family was involved in the \u201cblack market\u201d \u2014 for selling fish. \u201cEven thinking is a crime in North Korea,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Park said that after she<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korean defector Yeonmi Park joined The Daily Wire\u2019s Candace Owens for Tuesday night\u2019s episode of \u201cCandace,\u201d where Park warned Americans about creeping authoritarianism in the United States and detailed some of the horrors she endured in North Korea.North Koreans were promised socialism and \u201cfree\u201d stuff, like health care, Park said, which led to devastating oppression. And it can happen here, the 28-year-old warned.\u201cI think this is exactly like history repeating itself, right now,\u201d Park said. \u201cThis is what shocked me, for me as a North Korean, when they said there\u2019s inequality in America, I was like, hallelujah, that means you can rise above somebody else, because there\u2019s no inequality in North Korea, everybody is dirty poor.\u201d\u201cPoverty\u201d is the worst that can happen, not \u201cinequality,\u201d Park asserted.Drawing parallels to North Korea and the States, Park said that when she went to Columbia University, the classroom resembled her origin nation. In North Korea, \u201cbastard-Americans\u201d are blamed for the country\u2019s poverty, and at Columbia, \u201cwhite men\u201d are blamed for so much apparent oppression, she explained.Park also detailed to Owens the horrors she endured in North Korea and on her journey to America.\u201cNorth Korea is like a different planet,\u201d she said. \u201cEvery day is just looking for food.\u201d\u201cIt\u2019s like in \u2018Hunger Games,\u2019\u201d Park added, \u201cdictator decides to starve us.\u201dThe defector said she remembered eating \u201cgrasshoppers\u201d and \u201cdragonflies\u201d just to survive, and routinely not knowing when her next meal would be.Plants, though, are not easily found, because the North Korean regime cuts down most of the trees and \u201cgives [them] to China,\u201d Park explained.Park said that some North Koreans would resort to eating mud, and then die from the consumption because it could not be properly digested. Some, she said, resorted even to cannibalism, which Park said is \u201cspreading\u201d in the country.Noting of homeless tent cities in America, Park said North Koreans don\u2019t have the luxury \u201cnot to be working\u201d; instead, they are put into forced labor camps and assigned work.The regime doesn\u2019t \u201ceven allow us to know what love is; the dictator is so paranoid,\u201d Park told Owens. \u201cThey got rid of Mother\u2019s Day \u2026 they don\u2019t even teach North Koreans what romantic love is.\u201d\u201cEvery song, every movie, every book\u201d is \u201cfor the dictator,\u201d she said.Park added her family was involved in the \u201cblack market\u201d \u2014 for selling fish. \u201cEven thinking is a crime in North Korea,\u201d she said.Park said that after she saw the \u201clights coming from China\u201d from a largely electricity-free North Korea, she wanted to leave the country. When she tried to escape to China, she and her mother were sold into sex slavery. Park said she saw the rape of her mother, who was sold for $65.\u201cSometimes I cannot believe, like, the phone in my hand is more expensive than me,\u201d Park told Owens, noting that she was sold into sex slavery for \u201cless than $300.\u201dAfter Park finally made it to South Korea, she was able to come to America. Park is still not an American citizen, though she is trying to become one.Related: North Korean Defector Called \u2018Racist\u2019 By White Liberals For Reporting\u00a0MuggersRelated: Forced Abortion And Bodies Fed To Dogs: North Korean Defector Describes\u00a0HorrorThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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