Ted lecture
Joseph Kim
"Hope"
In joseph's lecture, joseph said that; "hope is personal. hope is something that no one can give to you. you have to choose to believe in hope." i think that joseph is right. hope is something that everybody needs to have. hope is something important that helps and push people to succeed more.
Joseph Kim: The family I lost in North Korea. And the family I gained.
North Korea
Joseph was boren and grew up in north korea. that place wasnt a good place for people, and as a child joseph was hungry most of the time. but Joseph wasnt the only one who used to be hungry. over millions of north korea's died from starvation in that time.
Father
Joseph's father was died when joseph was 13 years old. it was in 2003, when over of millions north korea's died beacuse there wasnt enough food to eat.
Mother
Joseph's mom disappeared one day, in the same year his father died. in one and the same year joseph lost his father and his mother.
Sister
One day Joseph's sister told him she is going to China to earn some money, and that she will return back home very soon with food. Joseph didnt realized that he might never get to see his sister ever again, so he didnt even hugged her for goodbye when she left.
China
When Joseph was 15 he decided to cross the border to China, and look after his sister. but beside of that joseph knew that he had 2 options; 1- die, like his father, from starvation, or, 2- try to escape to China, and live in China a little bit better.
The life in China
Joseph managed to cross the border to China when he was 16 years old. the life in China were not easier, because he was always afraid for getting caught and sent back to north korea. after a few months, joseph met someone who managed, an undercover shelter for north korea's, and he lived there.