Yeonmi Park, who has become a popular conservative figure in the U.S., responded to Tuesday's news of the American soldier who crossed into North Korea.
United States and international officials confirmed that a U.S. servicemember who was touring the Joint Security Area , the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea, crossed into North Korea"without authorization" and is currently believed to be in the custody of the country's forces.,"Well, I hope more people who hate America defect to North Korea..."
Park has become popular among American conservative audiences in recent years for comparing the political climate and culture wars in the U.S. to her childhood in communist North Korea. Yeonmi Park on the set of"Candace" on November 8, 2021, in Nashville, Tennessee. Park responded on Twitter after a U.S. servicemember crossed into North Korea without authorization.Appearing before an event held by the conservative grouplast month, she told the crowd,"I think so many people in America think that somehow America is immune to tyranny, and somehow a dictatorship begins like North Korea.
"It didn't begin there. It began with amazing promises of equity. They promised a socialist paradise to us," Park said."And with that promise, they took everything, one by one, from us."
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