Born Quote by Park Yeon-mi

North Korea is still my homeland, my country. I suffered on the outside because I was alien, without identity. I was nobody. I was…

— Lee Hyeon-seo

I was born in Korea and left before my first birthday.

— Mary H.K. Choi

There's nothing I did wrong. I was just born in North Korea, and that was my crime.

— Park Yeon-mi

In North Koreans, the moment we are born, we don't know there's another life existing outside of our country. The regime always told us…

— Lee Hyeon-seo

I know North Korea is the most ridiculous country in the world, but for me, my mum, my brother, and my families and old…

— Lee Hyeon-seo

My life is not only mine. I am telling the story of all North Korean people; it is my responsibility to tell it.

— Lee Hyeon-seo

My family has been deeply affected by the split of Korea, which divided it in half, basically, before I was born. There's no way…

— Margaret Cho

I feel like I can represent both countries, in a way, because I have a Korea face, but I was born and raised in…

— Chloe Kim

Some people criticize North Koreans and ask, 'Are they stupid? How can they believe those ridiculous things?' But I say, It doesn't matter if…

— Lee Hyeon-seo

As an immigrant from South Korea with family members who fled North Korea, supporting the North Korean people is personal to me.

— Young Kim

As a child, every North Korean is very happy. We were very happy because we learned horrible things about the outside world, like in…

— Lee Hyeon-seo

Gee, I never thought I had an effect on people until I was in Korea.

— Marilyn Monroe