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Songmi’s first book signing (2022-09-27)

Songmi Han escaped from North Korea in March 2011 and was released into freedom in South Korea in October 2011. For the first decade, she was silent. She was struggling with settling down and was also a survival of several different traumas. After she went through counseling and joined Freedom Speakers International as a Special Assistant in early 2021, she finally began to open up. I suggested that she might want to write a book. that her healing process might also be able to help others. After some discussions, she decided to try, although she recruited me as her co-author (that was NOT part of my suggestion). As we worked on the book, I told her that the would come that she would have a book signing. She didn’t believe it. Eighteen months later, she had her first in-person book signing. I organized a trip to the USA, with the first event being held on her birthday. Below are many of the photos I took of her as she signed books with attendees in Nashville. Finally, after signing many...

Yuna Jung's first hosted YouTube livechat

  Yuna Jung's first hosted livechat. Yuna Jung livestream featuring Casey Lartigue Jr., Sat, Oct 9, 2021 at 10:00 AM | Eventbrite

The Casey Lartigue Show with YeonMi Park! (Korea Times, April 8, 2014) by Casey Lartigue, Jr.

The Casey Lartigue Show with YeonMi Park! By Casey Lartigue, Jr. Greetings! You are tuned to the " Casey Lartigue Show with YeonMi Park ," a new TV talk show online at JKJ TV. I am delighted to welcome you to our lovely bi-weekly show that will focus on North Korea and North Korean refugee issues. My name is Casey Lartigue and I am the main host of the show, but the success of the show will depend on my co-host, YeonMi Park, a North Korean refugee who has lived in South Korea for five years. As far as we know, this is the first regular podcast or talk show featuring a North Korean refugee speaking English. YeonMi, a junior concentrating in Criminal Justice at Dongguk University, will be our guide. When she isn't studying like her life depends on it, she is doing everything else like her life depends on it. She is a regular guest on a weekly Korean cable TV show that features female North ...