We tell ourselves stories to survive unbearable experiences and…

We tell ourselves stories to survive unbearable experiences and keep moving, even when those stories cannot be verified.

More from this video

Selling a child can look heartless while feeling, to the parent, like the only way to save that…

North Korea’s army is not designed to fight an external enemy. It is designed to control its own…

North Korea banned words like “famine” and “hunger,” replacing them with the euphemism “arduous…

A closed regime can erase the vocabulary needed to imagine romantic love, human rights, liberty,…

Social media can ignite outrage and hashtags for ten minutes before users chase the next instant…

For a North Korean escapee, her son’s birth restored fear, care, and emotional connection.

Many North Koreans do not recognize their oppression because they have never seen an alternative…

North Korea has no internet, unreliable electricity, and little visual variety in clothing or the…