North Korean defector on living in the West: ‘We are so disconnected’ | Asia | News | The Independent

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Yeonmi Park, 22, is in the rare position of being able to contrast Western societies with the secretive, authoritarian state of North Korea. Park, who grew up in the North Korean city of Hyesan, told Business Insider that her childhood was dominated by hunger pangs — especially when she was 9 and her father was imprisoned after being accused of trading goods on the black market.

Source: North Korean defector on living in the West: ‘We are so disconnected’ | Asia | News | The Independent