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Surviving on Dragonflies: A North Korean Defector's Story

This is a story of survival, escape, and new beginnings.

06/14/2019

GZERO WORLD with Ian Bremmer

Surviving on Dragonflies: A North Korean Defector's Story

6/14/2019 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions

This is a story of survival, escape, and new beginnings.

"Seeing dead bodies on the street was a part of everyday life." Growing up in rural North Korea, Yeonmi Park survived the great famine of the 1990s by foraging for grasshoppers and dragonflies. Today she is a human rights activist living in Chicago. How she got from there to here is the story of a lifetime. And it's the subject of this special edition of GZERO World.

06/14/2019

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GZERO WORLD with Ian Bremmer is a local public television program presented by THIRTEEN PBS

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GZERO WORLD with Ian Bremmer

Surviving on Dragonflies: A North Korean Defector's Story

6/14/2019 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions

"Seeing dead bodies on the street was a part of everyday life." Growing up in rural North Korea, Yeonmi Park survived the great famine of the 1990s by foraging for grasshoppers and dragonflies. Today she is a human rights activist living in Chicago. How she got from there to here is the story of a lifetime. And it's the subject of this special edition of GZERO World.

06/14/2019

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GZERO WORLD with Ian Bremmer is a local public television program presented by THIRTEEN PBS

GZERO WORLD with Ian Bremmer is a local public television program presented by THIRTEEN PBS. The lead sponsor of GZERO WORLD with Ian Bremmer is Prologis. Additional funding is provided...

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