Growing up in North Korea, Hyeonseo Lee thought her country was, ‘the best on the planet’. As a 7-year-old she saw her first execution, and at 17 she escaped.
Her memoir, The Girl With Seven Names, was recently published in numerous countries throughout the world. Over five million viewers have watched her TED Talk about her life in North Korea and ger journey to freedom.
This is her story, as told at the 2015 Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.
We’re excited to introduce Laksmi DeNeefe Suardana as the official Ambassador of Yayasan Mudra Swari Saraswati, the driving force behind the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival and the Ubud Food …
In the lead-up to this year’s Festival, our new Head of International Programming, Hannah Curtis, sat down with us to talk about her new position, the aspirations for the future …
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