Yeonmi Park, an author and human rights activist who defected from Hyesan, North Korea, spoke at Turning Point USA’s “Freedom isn’t Free: The Price of Freedom” event at San Francisco State University’s Seven Hills Conference Center today. Park, who received a standing ovation from a crowd of around 100 people, shared her story about struggles living in North Korea, her journey between different countries before arriving in the U.S. and her perspectives on communism. Park has published two books, “In Order To Live” in 2015 and “While Time Remains: A North Korean Defector’s Search For Freedom In America” in 2023. “The region divided people, even though it began with the idea of creating the most equal society, the socialist paradise,” Park said. “Nobody’s poorer, nobody’s richer. After reaching power, instead of creating this equal society, those Koreans divided into 51 different caste systems.” Prior to Park’s speech, Takumi Sugawara, TPUSA’s SFSU chapter president, gave a brief op...