While Time Remains & Freedom in America: A Conversation with North Korean Defector Yeonmi Park

A Conversation with North Korean Defector Yeonmi Park.

by Elan Journo | Jul 31, 2023 | Asia

by Elan Journo | Jul 31, 2023 | Asia

ARI was pleased to host special guest Yeonmi Park as a featured speaker at the closing banquet for OCON 2023, where Elan Journo interviewed her about her inspiring story.

Elan Journo is director of policy research at the Ayn Rand Institute. His latest book -- What Justice Demands: America and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict -- is on American policy toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Visit his website at elanjourno.com

The views represent those of the author and not necessarily those of Capitalism Magazine.

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