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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.60,0:00:06.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was born in 1993\Nin the northern part of North Korea,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.71,0:00:09.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a town called Hyesan,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.22,0:00:11.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is on the border with China.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.95,0:00:15.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had loving parents
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.50,0:00:17.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one older sister.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.24,0:00:21.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before I was even 10 years old,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.52,0:00:25.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my father was sent to a labor camp
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.07,0:00:28.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for engaging in illegal trading.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.04,0:00:31.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, by "illegal trading" --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.69,0:00:39.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was selling clogs, sugar,\Nrice and later copper
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.93,0:00:41.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to feed us.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.10,0:00:49.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2007, my sister and I\Ndecided to escape.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.68,0:00:52.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was 16 years old,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.62,0:00:55.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was 13 years old.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.81,0:01:01.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I need you to understand\Nwhat the word "escape" means
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.94,0:01:04.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the context of North Korea.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.69,0:01:08.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were all starving,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.04,0:01:12.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hunger means death in North Korea.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.67,0:01:16.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it was the only option for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.67,0:01:21.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't even understand\Nthe concept of escape,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.87,0:01:25.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I could see the lights\Nfrom China at night,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.49,0:01:31.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I wondered if I go where the light is,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.25,0:01:34.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I might be able to find a bowl of rice.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.70,0:01:40.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not like we had a grand plan or maps.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.36,0:01:43.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We did not know anything\Nabout what was going to happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.05,0:01:48.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine your apartment\Nbuilding caught fire.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.74,0:01:50.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, what would you do?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.87,0:01:53.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Would you stay there to be burned,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.47,0:01:55.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or would you jump off out of the window
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.87,0:01:57.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and see what happens?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.97,0:01:59.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what we did.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.42,0:02:02.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We jumped out of the house
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.30,0:02:03.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead of the fire.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.50,0:02:09.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,North Korea is unimaginable.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.100,0:02:13.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's very hard for me
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.23,0:02:17.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when people ask me\Nwhat it feels like to live there.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.58,0:02:20.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To be honest,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.71,0:02:21.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I tell you:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.97,0:02:24.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can't even imagine it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.07,0:02:31.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The words in any language can't describe,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.63,0:02:34.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's a totally different planet,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.46,0:02:39.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as you cannot imagine\Nyour life on Mars right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.12,0:02:46.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, the word "love"\Nhas only one meaning:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.39,0:02:49.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,love for the Dear Leader.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.51,0:02:55.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no concept\Nof romantic love in North Korea.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.22,0:03:00.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you don't know the words,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.26,0:03:03.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that means you don't\Nunderstand the concept,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.58,0:03:11.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and therefore, you don't even realize\Nthat concept is even a possibility.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.42,0:03:16.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me give you another example.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.10,0:03:19.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Growing up in North Korea,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.41,0:03:25.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we truly believed that our Dear Leader\Nis an almighty god
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.04,0:03:27.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who can even read my thoughts.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.35,0:03:32.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was even afraid to think in North Korea.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.62,0:03:35.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are told that he's starving for us,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.95,0:03:38.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he's working tirelessly for us,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.28,0:03:40.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my heart just broke for him.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.80,0:03:44.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I escaped to South Korea,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.60,0:03:48.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people told me that\Nhe was actually a dictator,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.56,0:03:50.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he had cars,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.36,0:03:51.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many, many resorts,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.95,0:03:54.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he had an ultraluxurious life.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.80,0:04:00.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I remember\Nlooking at a picture of him,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.92,0:04:04.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,realizing for the first time
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.25,0:04:07.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he is the largest guy in the picture.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.92,0:04:09.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.33,0:04:11.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it hit me.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.90,0:04:16.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Finally, I realized he wasn't starving.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.63,0:04:20.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I was never able to see that before,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.82,0:04:24.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until someone told me that he was fat.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.56,0:04:25.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.71,0:04:29.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Really, someone had to teach me\Nthat he was fat.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.20,0:04:34.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you have never practiced\Ncritical thinking,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.34,0:04:38.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you simply see\Nwhat you're told to see.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.40,0:04:43.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The biggest question also people ask me
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.45,0:04:46.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is: "Why is there no revolution\Ninside North Korea?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.93,0:04:48.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are we dumb?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.20,0:04:54.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why is there no revolution\Nfor 70 years of this oppression?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.53,0:04:56.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I say:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.30,0:05:00.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you don't know you're a slave,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.05,0:05:05.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you don't know\Nyou're isolated or oppressed,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.10,0:05:08.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how do you fight to be free?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.68,0:05:13.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, if you know you're isolated,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.92,0:05:16.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that means you are not isolated.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.96,0:05:21.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not knowing is the true\Ndefinition of isolation,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.85,0:05:23.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's why I never knew
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.99,0:05:27.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was isolated when I was in North Korea.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.56,0:05:31.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I literally thought I was\Nin the center of the universe.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.52,0:05:39.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So here is my idea worth spreading:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.62,0:05:42.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lot of people think
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.22,0:05:46.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,humans inherently know\Nwhat is right and wrong,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.92,0:05:50.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the difference between\Njustice and injustice,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.33,0:05:54.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what we deserve and we don't deserve.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.65,0:05:57.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I tell them: BS.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.14,0:05:59.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.78,0:06:02.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.46,0:06:07.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.23,0:06:10.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything must be taught,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.20,0:06:13.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including compassion.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.96,0:06:22.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I see someone dying\Non the street right now,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.21,0:06:25.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will do anything to save that person.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.11,0:06:29.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when I was in North Korea,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.94,0:06:34.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I saw people dying\Nand dead on the streets.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.22,0:06:36.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt nothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.58,0:06:39.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not because I'm a psychopath,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.47,0:06:44.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but because I never learned\Nthe concept of compassion.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.08,0:06:50.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only, I felt compassion,\Nempathy and sympathy in my heart
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.36,0:06:53.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after I learned the word\N"compassion" and the concept,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.96,0:06:55.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I feel them now.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.17,0:07:04.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I live in the United States\Nas a free person.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.64,0:07:05.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.80,0:07:07.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.34,0:07:11.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.11,0:07:14.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And recently,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.25,0:07:18.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the leader of the free country,\Nour President Trump,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.33,0:07:21.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,met with my former god.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.18,0:07:27.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he decided human rights\Nis not important enough
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.92,0:07:31.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to include in his agendas,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.17,0:07:33.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he did not talk about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.04,0:07:37.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it scares me.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.72,0:07:41.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We live in a world right now
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.02,0:07:48.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where a dictator can be praised\Nfor executing his uncle,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.42,0:07:50.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for killing his half brother,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.100,0:07:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,killing thousands of North Koreans.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.02,0:07:57.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that was worthy of praise.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.83,0:08:01.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And also it made me think:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.29,0:08:08.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perhaps we all need to be taught\Nsomething new about freedom now.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.93,0:08:15.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Freedom is fragile.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.14,0:08:20.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't want to alarm you, but it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.43,0:08:24.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It only took three generations
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.54,0:08:30.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make North Korea into\NGeorge Orwell's "1984."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.96,0:08:33.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It took only three generations.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.23,0:08:40.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we don't fight for human rights
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.77,0:08:44.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the people who are oppressed\Nright now who don't have a voice,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.87,0:08:46.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as free people here,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.00,0:08:50.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who will fight for us\Nwhen we are not free?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.98,0:08:57.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Machines? Animals? I don't know.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.89,0:09:05.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it's wonderful\Nthat we care about climate change,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.35,0:09:07.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,animal rights, gender equality,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.92,0:09:09.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of these things.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.67,0:09:12.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fact that we care\Nabout animals' rights,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.78,0:09:16.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that means that's\Nhow beautiful our heart is,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.40,0:09:20.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we care about someone\Nwho cannot speak for themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.93,0:09:26.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And North Koreans right now\Ncannot speak for themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.90,0:09:30.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't have internet\Nin the 21st century.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.75,0:09:33.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't have electricity,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.36,0:09:37.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it is the darkest place\Non earth right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.62,0:09:42.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I want to say something\Nto my fellow North Koreans
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.43,0:09:44.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are living in that darkness.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.05,0:09:47.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They might not believe this,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.83,0:09:52.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I want to tell them\Nthat an alternative life is possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.70,0:09:54.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be free.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.71,0:09:59.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From my experience,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.48,0:10:02.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,literally anything is possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.26,0:10:05.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was bought,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.82,0:10:08.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was sold as a slave.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.21,0:10:10.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now I'm here,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.46,0:10:13.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that is why I believe in miracles.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.46,0:10:18.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The one thing that I learned from history
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.69,0:10:23.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that nothing is forever in this world.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.73,0:10:29.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is why we have\Nevery reason to be hopeful.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.18,0:10:30.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.63,0:10:34.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)