North Korea Captured Journalist & Kept Her For 140 Days
Patrick Bet-David sits down with Euna Lee to talk about her experience as a prisoner in North Korea and to hear her story. Check out her book: amzn.to/2FxnE5Q
About the guest: Euna Lee is a Korean American journalist who has worked for Current TV since 2005. Lee and fellow journalist Laura Ling were detained in North Korea after they crossed into the Democratic People's Republic of Korea from the People's Republic of China without a visa.
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I just saw the INCREDIBLE interview with Yeonmy Park. tHAT WHY I SAY IT AGAIN. It is an irony that America has now opted for a socialist communist corrupt regime led by world famous criminal psychopath Joe Biben? But it is now a harsh reality. Democrats express constand on CNN and Co, to reprogate 75 million in reform camp. I just saw it on the Bill Maher show. creepy. just watch on youtube - riding the dragon_ the bidens_ chinese secrets _full documentary_
The fact that she crossed into North Korea illegally, against their laws means she showed total contempt for the sovereignty of that country..... And had they decided to lock her away in whatever prison they wanted to wouldn't have been reason enough for the United States to dictate to that country (no matter how much we differ in our ideology) how they treat people who violate their laws.... These two journalists, having broken that country's laws should not expect our government to intercede for them.
She has no solutions so she shouldnt condemn those that try to find them, imo.
The 64 billion dollar question is . How do you get rid of evil in this world? Humans have suffered too much under tyrants since time began. We cannot. Only the Lord can..
So when America is free again. I hope we can help set NKorean’s free.
I just found this channel. I love the interviews and letting people tell their stories without rushing them.
2 questions, serious questions while still allowed. 1. Please name just 1 powerful person that used large scale censorship that did not become a mass murderer? Even 1 that caused the death of LESS than 1 million? 2. Please explain the difference between racism and identity politics. Thank you..
Spying Is illegal in North Korea. You were spy’s.
Foolish to go to those county for filming a documentary. China might not be that bad, but North Korea is not a joke! But she was brave and sincere.
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She's withholding information.
I am so curious why she repeated political answers to your simple questions. First time I heard the story about president Clinton rescuing a journalist from North Korea personally!
Great interview and story. She does seem a little unaware that the guards and military are probably trained to learn English or treat prisoners like her for propaganda purposes - maybe she does. She clearly cares about the people there. She did say in Pyongyang it's not the same as in the rest of the country, but doesn't seem to have had the experience of Yeonmi Park. Park's interview was so heart rending. Thank you for both of these. I don't think people understand what sanctions can do to the government in a place like Iran where people are able to also put pressure on the government from the inside to maybe eventually collapse that government. Sanctions are not necessarily the same for these two countries. Hopefully your interviews will make the curious read more about these repressive countries and the people who have to live there. It should make people in the US be very grateful for what we have here, even for those of us who are not wealthy. To N Koreans we are all wealthy and we are free - and they don't even know the word freedom.
What an extraordinary woman. So strong to overcome that experience. Also very beautiful. I wish there were more women like her here in the West.
Her perspective gave me more insight into how North Koreans are just normal people that are heavily oppressed by a regime and that it is not right to dehumanize an entire country of people based on the actions of how their government treats them. It is very true. It's not their fault, they were just born into that situation.
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Thank you for bringing on so many so explain North Korea, the threat of socialist/communist regimes, including China... a lot of Americans are throwing away our system, and inviting the same.. what they don't know is once they disenfranchise conservatives, they don't just stop there, they turn on each other... not one person fighting in the streets of America today will live an easy life for their cause, and they'll cry for what they've done, just as I cry for the people in these countries all around the world. We have to stand up and be the America that values freedom, and liberate the North Koreans so they can see their family in the South... the history of Korea is the most heartbreaking story, from the Japanese occupation and human experimentation, China using it as a war-ground, to the capitalist-communist/USA-Russia splitting of North and South, to present day where they all are slaves to a dictator, starving, children too, not knowing the word "love" which is exempt from the dictionary--except the written word that is used for the dictator only. image your government making you serve 13 years in the military, and then being used in siberia to cut trees as slaves, making your own camps, foraging for your own food.. this is the reality there.. Pray for Korea
I do not trust every escapee.... who has that claim. We have Chinese and North Korean spies coming into this country and should stop setting them up with bank accounts and homes for their information. I do not trust them. I am still on the fence over Park.
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My biggest thought is how can we help Americans have a better strategy to free the people in North Korea?
Sadly, she has much less to give than the young woman you interviewed before. She is clearly holding back.
The NK people are incredibly kind and generous. They love their children These women were also strong like te NK people. Would love to meet them someday.
Respect to the Heroes!
North Korea is kidnapped by it's government
Another great interview, Patrick!
Ive never been there.. so i will do what most of us do not..which is say nothing about North Korea but listen to what people who have been there are saying.
Patrick, this is the one interview I feel isn’t complete, I mean in her side. She just has a hard time talking truth, even if it’s her truth. She is a joke!
I feel the same thing Patrick...she isn’t speaking all! Hmmmm I felt this early on!
I remember this story..She really is clueless about a lot of things, and fortunately so. I’m sure she know what goes on, but dare she speak about it! I don’t blame her! After learning through Patrick’s program, I would hush too.
140days? You should see what the Americans do in guantanamo bay, years without justice
I’m sorry I have problems understanding her. Her accent is sooo thick.
Look at her beautiful flawless skin!!!!
I found this interesting but he started to frustrate me towards the end
What a interview....incredible
Boring
I have a feeling she is holding back a lot. This is what north Korea does to the human mind.
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Of course there were agreements between NK, US and the journalists, else, she could have released the documentary. She is being careful.
She ended up being the story... what about the reason she she went there? What is that story?
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People arehumam beings all over the world. Governments and gods devide us. She is still afraid to speak out
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The interview with Yeonmi Park was mind blowing and I was left feeling so inspired by her; especially with this current pandemic. With this lady, I understand that she wants us to think about the people of North Korea. However, since she couldn't make the documentary, I really thought she would have a lot more to say about her experience. It was like you guys were on two different wave lengths somehow. Maybe she was hopefully able to express herself more in her own book.
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This photo actually might not be the best choice, bc this guy looks like a man, and she had just described how the soldiers looked like kids 11:39
If she became a "poster child" for one of only two stories that paint Kim Jong Un in any minimally non-caricaturedly humanizing light (the other story: Dennis Rodman friendship), in that unique position maybe she thinks it's a better strategy, for the sake of hoping to see him change and maybe see the value of presenting a better face to the world, to not restate the same repeated script about his being a monster based on what we all know he's about? I'm guessing she never forgets how lucky she was to have a president save her, and anyone unlucky enough to be in a similar position in the future might not be treated leniently if she bashes him? I also thought she was possibly reluctant to bad mouth him to maybe protect North Korean relatives of the NK defectors she had interviewed in China? whom she already had mentioned feeling she had let down since the documentary never got finished (and maybe they had risked their lives or security by being interviewed)?
I think you need to make a distinction that she is not a north Korean defector.. she is a journalist. She didn't live as a citizen of that country. She doesn't have a personal interest in that country, even though she's Korean. She's reporting on the conditions, but she can't have the same kind of feelings as a defector, like Yeonmi Park. Euna did not suffer the same experiences nor has family left behind in North Korea.
This is a rather good insight however I feel this interview could have had more potential. Such as a typical day as a prisoner, more information about the food and living conditions. How often if any could the bathe?
Great work by Clinton true diplomat, whatever anyone thinks of him this is one of the best things he has ever done
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So interesting... I have been down the North Korean rabbit hole or should I say hell- by binge watching all North Korean content on UZworld... it’s like a horrible plane crash that you wish wasn’t happening yet can’t turn away... Something must be done... wish the North Koreans would unite and just stop serving him! That east! There are wayyy more of servants than elites!
What a beautiful heart
I wish we had the answers
Thank you for being a 'real' interviewer Patrick. She started off well, and then it got very annoying listening to her inability to speak out.
I feel like this woman is not telling us the whole real story. she's telling the truth, but it appears that she is holding back certain things for whatever reason(s).🤔
I remember watching this play out when it happened on Current TV. I cried when she was released 😭
It took just 140 days of brain wash ? On how to speak freely. ?
terrible...I start to be grateful for the life I had in my childhood...it could have been worse...if i was born there...
Yes, in a way, I think when people get bummed about postCovid America, if they watch these videos about North Korea they can see how no matter what we're still so lucky to live in America and never give up on your goals and dreams
Another great interview I think she feels bad that she was released and others are still there. She feels guilty ... so she is very diplomatic. She has that syndrome where you forgive your kidnappers because they spared your life.
change our mind?!! no it didnt, are you serious when you ask that?!! lol
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All the good people of North Korea are prisoners. They just aren't aware of it.
Those women got set up to be kidnapped and they didn't realize it. You don't make any deals with Chinese CCP especially right at the China/NOKO border especially if you are a westernized woman.
Oh Yes Colombia University Ground Zero for Marxism.. I bet they trained all of the Fake News Reporters at CNN and MSNBC ..
Ok Iranian ,beleveing North Korea. Kim Jong-Un gimme a break
Patrick, thank you for allowing us to hear from people that have real life stories instead of censored mainstream media stories that only tell us bits and pieces of what our government wants us to hear. Our kids have lived such a privileged life, that I honestly believe our kids think The USA is as bad of a country to live in as countries like North Korea. I agree with your question of what do we do to fix countries out there like North Korea and China in regards to holding them accountable and making them safer countries for their own citizens to live in, but we are at a point in our OWN country that we need to focus on making The USA a safer country to live in for OUR own citizens.
What if the reporters had guns to protect themselves. How would this have ended?
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She has a daughter to protect. Her statement on the collective will of the people was impactful, This is one burden she carries for North Korea. Hopefully, her message will be heard by some. Of course, I would like to know more of her experiences, but her reserved comments or choices make her a wise person, not a coward.
I read their book my senior year of high school while living in Seoul. So glad I had a good teacher who exposed us to the real world.
I appreciated the interviewer but Ms Lee truly should be in Politics as she skirted any straight answers. I expect so much more from a Reporter and more from someone who was captured and had 2 American Presidents obtain her release. So much for truth & journalism. It truly is dying a slow or fast death depending who who you're listening to these days. I don't need to read a book by Ms Lee as I listened for an hour & she had little to say.
I watched the interview with yeonmi park first. She’s a tough act to follow. Makes this woman seem like an idiot. She barely made sense with sum of the direct questions asked. It seem as if her whole experience was totally lost on her🤦🏻♀️
their backgrounds are totally different? Yeonmi was born in North Korea/lived there until adult?
I'm sorry for her bad experience but she is still afraid and brainwashed😥
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I wonder if EUna held back because she feared that the North Koreans she interacted with would be punished in her name (3 generations of them), out of fear of being targeted, or because the US (possibly??) advised her against risking international tension? I do appreciate Yeonmi Park's bravery and openness however-a great channel to follow.
God Bless Euna Lee !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She is beautiful and i am So Glad She is Back With Her Family Now !!!!!!!...........
Inspiring and Amazing Choice of Journalism. Strength, purpose, and heart. I admire these journalists' courage and shared respect. For a country that continues to abuse human rights. Yet, she understood and became better educated because of this situation.
I think you pushed her too much. It was obvious she did not want to answer several of your questions but you kept at her trying to get something negative. Or maybe I was just paranoid after listening to the other poor girl. She could have been afraid for someone else considering her answers that she did give .
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Are you talking about her? She's American.
Some twenty five million people live under duress.
Another tear jerker! Heavy! I appreciate Euna telling us her story. I understand this perspective of seeing the N. Korean people separate from the government and not having a picture of them in my head when I hear the name of the country. It's taking me years to wrap my mind around this where I live in Hawaii regarding the USA. For me it took someone I trust and respect greatly to SHOW me before I could really comprehend the political vs. legal vs. cultural values he lives by, given to him by his grandfather. Then I realized the picture in my head for them was incorrect. I am trying to deprogram myself from the hateful board of education crap I received in the long hours I spent with them here in these Hawaiian Islands. Grateful for viewing many truthful videos coming out this year like this and academic doctors willing to debunk past written history. Mahalo nui loa from Hilo, Hawaii island in the country in continuity called Ko Hawaii Pae Aina or Hawaiian Islands, H. I. If I didn't confirm our country's existence in 2015, I would NEVER be interested in this topic at all. I'm only now learning political views and systems and law and foreign relations and hearing the story from those who lived it makes all the difference now! 👍
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People want to leave this country because of our president... seriously?!
Just imagine, when my father turn 17 he joins the army and the first place they sent him was North Korea. His story to me was terrible for the people and the live hood they now this was back in the early 50’s. He is no longer here but I’m sure his story would be even more like these brave hero’s.
He tried very hard to lead her into fitting a narrative he was trying to portray ..but he failed ..he should've just stayed quiet and let her tell her story
99% of the info out there shows that Kim is ALOT nicer than his father ..he's not an animal like his dad was
The only time I have been proud of President Clinton.😏
North Korean women are so pretty
I remember that story in the news heard about the capture but not the rescue. Watching that in 2020 now makes me go " huh" Bill Clinton came to pick those girls up who were making a documentry on the sex slave trade or human trafficing" he probably wanted to see what they had so far. Did they know about him and Epstien? The whole clinton stuff runs deeper than any swamp could be. Love your channel we just stumbled on to it, some of this stuff is old news but its all new to us. Love you you let the people tell their story😎
Not sure what she is all about next revolutionary? She needs to be in more deeper worlds history than, just own idea of Koreans. truth shall set be free from all hurting bandages.
This is such an insane story. Such a well-spoken and strong woman. I’m so glad she was able to receive that pardon and make it back home to share this experience with us. Thanks for giving her the platform. These interviews are eye-opening
She’s hot. Id give her another kid.
I want to know what Clinton gave up to get them back.
I have great respect for you Patrick for the work you do. You are a great interviewer with much compassion. Awesome work.God Bless you.
That was the bravest lady with such positive attitude . Her book should be required reading