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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.82,0:00:04.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was born in 1993
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.32,0:00:07.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the northern part of North Korea
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.02,0:00:09.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a town called Hyesan,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.75,0:00:12.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is on the border with China.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.76,0:00:15.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had loving parents
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.66,0:00:18.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one older sister.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.46,0:00:22.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before I was even 10 years old,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.76,0:00:25.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my father was sent to a labor camp
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.21,0:00:29.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for engaging in illegal trading.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.45,0:00:33.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, by illegal trading,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.19,0:00:38.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was selling clocks, sugar, rice
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.11,0:00:40.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and later copper to feed us.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.16,0:00:49.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2007, my sister and I\Ndecided to escape.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.90,0:00:52.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was 16 years old
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.74,0:00:57.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was 13 years old.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.14,0:00:59.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I need you to understand
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.64,0:01:02.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what the word "escape" means
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.15,0:01:05.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the context of North Korea.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.91,0:01:08.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were all starving,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.32,0:01:13.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hunger means death in North Korea.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.80,0:01:17.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it was the only option for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.75,0:01:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't even understand\Nthe concept of escape,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.00,0:01:26.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I could see the lights\Nfrom China at night,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.65,0:01:29.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I wondered,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.82,0:01:31.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I would go somewhere the light is,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.52,0:01:35.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I might be able to find a bowl of rice.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.84,0:01:40.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not like we had a grand plan or maps.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.51,0:01:45.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We did not know anything\Nabout what was going to happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.12,0:01:48.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine your apartment\Nbuilding caught fire.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.93,0:01:51.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, what would you do?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.06,0:01:53.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Would you stay there to be burned,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.62,0:01:56.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or would you jump off out of the window
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.27,0:01:58.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and see what happens?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.18,0:01:59.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what we did.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.95,0:02:04.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We jumped out of the house
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.68,0:02:06.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inside the fire.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.90,0:02:11.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,North Korea is unimaginable.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.34,0:02:13.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's very hard for me
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.02,0:02:18.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when people ask me\Nwhat it feels like to live there.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.79,0:02:20.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To be honest,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.73,0:02:22.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I tell you,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.24,0:02:26.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can't even imagine it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.23,0:02:30.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The words in any language
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.14,0:02:31.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can't describe,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.82,0:02:35.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's a totally different planet,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.40,0:02:40.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as you cannot imagine\Nyour life on Mars right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.23,0:02:44.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, the word "love"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.31,0:02:47.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has only one meaning:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.50,0:02:50.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,love for the Dear Leader.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.42,0:02:56.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no concept\Nof romantic love in North Korea,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.89,0:03:00.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if you don't know the words,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.03,0:03:04.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that means you don't\Nunderstand the concept,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.56,0:03:12.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and therefore, you don't even realize\Nthat concept is even a possibility.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me give you another example.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Growing up in North Korea,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we truly believed that our Dear Leader
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is an almighty god
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who can even read my thoughts.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was even afraid to think in North Korea.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we had heard that he\Nwas starving for us
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he was working tirelessly for us,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my heart just broke for him.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I escaped to South Korea,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people told me there
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was actually a dictator,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he had cars,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many many resorts,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he had an ultra-luxurious life.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I remember\Nlooking at a picture of him,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,realizing for the first time
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he is the largest guy in the picture.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it hit me.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Finally, I realized he wasn't starving.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I was never able to see that before,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until someone told me that he was fat.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Really, someone had to teach me\Nthat he was fat.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you have never\Npracticed critical thinking,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you simply see\Nwhat you're told to see.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Biggest question people ask me
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is why there is no revolution\Ninside North Korea?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are we dumb?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why is there no revolution\Nfor 70 years of this oppression?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I say,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you don't know you're a slave,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you don't know you're isolated
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or oppressed,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how do you fight to be free?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, if you know you're isolated,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that means you are not isolated.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not knowing is the true\Ndefinition of isolation,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's why I never knew
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was isolated when I was in North Korea.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I literally thought I was\Nin the center of the universe.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So here is my idea worth spreading:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lot of people think
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,humans inherently know\Nwhat is right and wrong,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the difference between\Njustice and injustice,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what we deserve and we don't deserve.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I tell them, BS.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything must be taught,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including compassion.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I see someone dying\Non the street right now,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will do anything to save that person,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but when I was in North Korea,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I saw people dying\Nand dead on the streets.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt nothing,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not because I'm a psychopath,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but because I never learned\Nthe concept of compassion.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only, I felt compassion,\Nempathy and sympathy in my heart.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After I learned the word\N"compassion" and the concept,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I feel them now.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I live in the United States\Nas a free person.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And recently,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the leader of our free country,\Nour President Trump,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,met with my former god,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he decided human rights\Nis not important enough
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to include in his agendas,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he did not talk about it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it scares me.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We live in a world right now
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where a dictator can be praised
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for executing his uncle,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for killing his half-brother,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,killing thousands of North Koreans,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that was worthy of praise.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And also it made me think:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perhaps we all need to be taught\Nsomething new about freedom now.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Freedom is fragile.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't want to alarm you, but it is.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It only took three generations
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make North Korea into\NGeorge Orwell's "1984."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It took only three generations.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we don't fight for human rights,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the people who are oppressed\Nright now who doesn't have a voice,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a free people here,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who will fight for us\Nwhen we are not free?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Machines? Animals? I don't know.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it's wonderful\Nthat we care about climate change,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,animal rights, gender equality,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of these things.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fact that we care\Nabout animals rights,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that means that's\Nhow beautiful our heart is,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we care about someone\Nwho cannot speak for themselves.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And North Koreans right now\Ncannot speak for themselves.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't have internet\Nin the 21st century.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't have electricity,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it is the darkest place\Non Earth right now.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I want to say something\Nto my fellow North Koreans
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are living in the darkness.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They might not believe this,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I want to tell them
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that an alternative life is possible.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be free.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From my experience,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,literally anything is possible.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was ??
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was sold as a slave.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now I'm here,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that is why I believe in miracles.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The one thing that I learned from history
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that nothing is forever in this world,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that is why we have\Nevery reason to be hopeful.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)