Yeonmi Park

US President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un walk together before their working lunch during their summit at the Capella Hotel on the resort island of Sentosa, Singapore.

Trump-Kim summit gave ‘master manipulator’ a global platform, says defector

June 13, 2019Global Politics

Wednesday marked the one-year anniversary of US President Donald Trump’s summit with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore. Yeonmi Park, a North Korean defector who escaped with her mother at 13 years old, shares her insights on the current state of North Korea and the impact of Trump’s summit with Kim.

Yeonmi Park with her family in North Korea

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