North Korean Refugee Who Became Best-Selling Author: ‘Only in Capitalism Is My Story Possible’

Commentary
In 2022 I had the opportunity to attend a two-day conference in Colorado hosted by the Objective Standard Institute.
Although there were many powerful speakers, the one whose story captivated me the most was Yeonmi Park, a North Korean defector who in 2007 managed to escape her totalitarian country at age 13 after her father was sentenced to a labor camp. (His “crime?” He was trading sugar, salt, and other spices against the law.)
After making her way to China, Park was sold into slavery but was able to escape again, this time to Mongolia. She eventually made her way to South Korea, and then—in 2014—the United States….