Exploring Economic Freedom Lecture Series: In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom by Yeonmi Park

About the Speaker: Yeonmi Park is a North Korean defector, human rights activist, and author of the bestselling memoir In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom. She escaped North Korea as a teenager and crossed the Gobi Desert to reach safety. She is one of the most prominent voices on life under totalitarian rule and the value of individual freedom. Topic: A firsthand account of life inside one of the world's most repressive regimes and what her experience reveals about socialism, human rights, and the freedoms we too often take for granted.