Lee Hyeon-seo Quotes
It was very shocking for me to read newspapers that openly criticised the government in South Korea. That is impossible in North Korea and almost impossible in China. I was really impressed, and I became addicted to reading the news and watching the media so I could learn about the world. North Koreans would be stunned if they experienced this.
Lee, Hyeonseo, and David John. The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector's Story. William Collins, 2015.
Her organization does survey research throughout the world. The “freedom” to conduct a survey does not exist in many if not most of the nations around the world. Even a democratic country like India requires government approval to conduct a survey.
Note how the second paragraph nullifies the first of the government declares an emergency. This is a trick that is very common in constitutions.
He had been accused of heading a country that denied freedom of the press. However, there was much material in the press that was very critical and disrespectful of the President and the government. This reality was an effective defense. It turned out that there were some partisan extremists in a society rife with historical tribal conflict who had intimidated a few journalists and killed another. It was not the President or his government officials or police.
Referring to the Erdogan government of Turkey. That country elected Erdogan who then turned his back on the Ataturk inspired democracy and instituted many non-democratic policies and practices including jailing civil servants, teachers and journalists who publicly criticize the president or the government.
Lee Hyeon-seo, best known for her book, The Girl with Seven Names, is a North Korean defector and activist who lives in Seoul, South Korea, where she is a student. She escaped from North Korea and later guided her family out of North Korea through China and Laos.
