Yeonmi Park's Warning to America

Yeonmi Park on sex trafficking, starvation, and the freedoms you can't take for granted. Yeonmi Park is a North Korean defector and human rights activist. She escaped the brutal Kim dictatorship as a teenager only to fall victim to sex trafficking in China, before fleeing to South Korea by walking across the Gobi Desert. Now an American citizen, Park is the author of the international bestseller "While Time Remains: A North Korean Defector's Search for Freedom in America" and "In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl’s Journey to Freedom." This student-organized event was hosted by Young America's Foundation on February 5, 2026 at the University of Austin. Apply Now⁠⁠ ⁠⁠uaustin.org⁠⁠⁠⁠X⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠