Kevin Freeman: I was briefing policy leaders and a congresswoman recently
Kevin Freeman: Yeah. And While in Washington, D.C. recently, I was briefing policy leaders and a congresswoman, and I met an amazing lady from South Korea. In fact, she's the person who hosted Charlie Kirk when he was in Seoul the week before he was assassinated. This is a woman who is leading an amazing charge against communism, for truth, for the gospel, for justice, for the Jesus way. maybe we should call her Supergirl. Truth, justice, and the Jesus way. She's brilliant, she's funny, she's honorable. And she's visiting Liberty Hawk with some students sponsored by Mercury One, the American Journey Experience, that are new sponsors of this Pirate Money Radio program. So welcome Mina Kim.
Mina Kim: Thank you for having me, Kevan.
Kevin Freeman: Thank you. You know, it's an honor to have you.
Mina Kim: It's an honor for me to be here.
Kevin Freeman: it was so fun that day. We spent Ryan Helfenbein, and we went and visited Heritage foundation and Conservative Partnership Institute and, America First Policy. We met with a congresswoman out of California. Brilliant lady.
Mina Kim: That's right.
Kevin Freeman: And we just had a great day and had a good dinner, at the, Ted's Montana Grill. Ted's Montana Grill. Yeah. That was fun.
Mina Kim is leading a conservative organization in Korea and also in America
So tell our, listeners and viewers a little bit about who you are, how you came to Christ. I mean, you're just fascinating to me, and what you've accomplished in such a short time in Korea, and God's got his hand on you. How did that come to be?
Mina Kim: So it's all by God's grace, first of all. But my name is Mina Kim. Currently I'm leading a conservative organization in Korea and also in America for Korean Americans. what I do, how I came to Christ was, all thanks to my parents because I'm only child in Korea. And, back in. When I was five years old, six years old, my mom always used to show me American movies instead of, having me watch, cartoons like other kids. Right. So the movie that I watched at that age was, I think, Free Willy and some other American movie that I was really inspired by. And I was always telling my mom that, mom, I need to go to America someday. And then I need to study there. And then it happened. So I came to America when I was 11, and my parents were still in Korea because they had to support me financially and they had their work there. And I came here alone. I lived in a dorm, went to private school, and then I was lonely, so I met God because My mom, when I was little, always used to take me to church. And then every time she had a hard time or I had a hard time, she taught me how to pray. And that's how I came to Christ. And through those hardships and loneliness, I met God and Christ and his love just filled my life.
Kevin Freeman: Wow. Wanted to be an American because you saw American movies, which is awesome. but even more awesome is you knew you needed God when you got here and you prayed and God filled your life and has changed your life. Now. Your parents were Christian then.
Mina Kim: Yes, that's correct.
Kevin Freeman: And took you to church, but you were a little bit too young to really grasp the meaning of that.
Mina Kim: That's true.
Kevin Freeman: Until you got here. So how long have you been in America then?
Mina Kim: about 20, 24 years total.
Kevin Freeman: Wow. And where did you go to school?
Mina Kim: I went to actually, high school in Wisconsin and then middle school. I actually went back to Korea and then because my mom wanted me to stay with somebody else, rather than staying alone in America. So back then my aunt moved to NewSong Zealand. So I went to NewSong Zealand with my aunt's family, for middle school, and then I came back to America, for high school and college and then further.
Kevin Freeman: Wow, what an international experience.
Mina Kim: I know. It just happened to be like that.
Kevin Freeman: NewSong Zealand is, I've never been there. Is it beautiful? It looks beautiful.
Mina Kim: It's beautiful. Yeah. Ocean everywhere and sheets everywhere.
Kevin Freeman: And what did you like best about middle school? Is a hard age. I mean, that's my least favorite period of life. What was it like in NewSong Zealand for a Korean girl?
Mina Kim: So I cried every day and I was a little discriminated by people because back then Korea was not well known. So my, friends at school were asking me, oh, where's Korea? Is Korea a country? And so that's really. Yeah. That those are the reactions that I got from the, from fellow students back then in NewSong Zealand is like a, ah, kind of like a hunt country, like hillbilly side. I was where I was at. So not a lot of people knew about Korea. And that's when I learned how to be humble, actually.
Kevin Freeman: Oh, yeah.
Mina Kim: Because I was school president when I was, in elementary school, obviously in South Korea, there are so many tiger moms and tiger dads. My dad was a tiger dad, so he always wanted me to get ace. Wanted me to ace in every single subject that I was taking in elementary school. And I was a school president and I was so not humble. I knew, I thought that I could do anything. But then When I went to NewSong Zealand, God just gave me those, friends that were discriminating me and bullying me, which, you know, made me, turn to God and pray.
Kevin Freeman: and you become a true Supergirl, right? Just like in the comic books, you've got truth, justice and all that. And so those learning experiences help grow you. I remember when I was. I think it was high school when I visited. I grew up in Oklahoma, and I visited Boston, Massachusetts. We went on a choir trip, and people said, well, where are you from? I said, from Oklahoma. Like, with the Indians. Like, Native American Indians.
Mina Kim: Oh, really?
Kevin Freeman: Not India Indians? I said, yeah. and, you know, I've got a Cherokee background. And so. And they said, what was that like? And they were just so ignorant. And that's what kids are like. They were ignorant. And I said, yeah, you know, the Indians will shoot the arrows at the school bus, but they just bounce off the bus. And they said, really? No, no, that's funny. And so their ignorance of Korea, and yet Korea is a powerhouse in the world.
Mina Kim: Yes, yes.
Kim went to high school in Wisconsin, where 10% of students were Koreans
Kevin Freeman: And all right, so when you were in Wisconsin, you said, is that where you went to high school?
Mina Kim: Yes.
Kevin Freeman: what was that like?
Mina Kim: I was in a city called Beaver Dam. I've never heard of it before either. It's in the middle of nowhere. That's what I thought. But it's close to Madison, actually, and it's a private school. Like, All I remember from the high school was studying and chasing rabbits and snow.
Kevin Freeman: Wow.
Mina Kim: And really good food and good.
Kevin Freeman: And so cheese, Right? Wisconsin is known for cheese. And, you know, I've been to Pleasant Prairie quite a bit because I do business there, and it's just over the border. But Wisconsin is a beautiful state. A lot of nice people were there, a lot of international students.
Mina Kim: about 10% of the whole student body was Koreans, actually.
Kevin Freeman: Oh, really?
Mina Kim: Because back then. That was around 2005 to 2008, that was when a lot of Korean moms and dads were sending their kids to America for study abroad program. That was kind of like a trend back then in Korea.
Kevin Freeman: So what did you do on holidays? Did you go home? Did you.
Mina Kim: I went to my friend's house to experience the true American Thanksgiving or Christmas, or I used to just fly back to Korea to see my parents.
Kevin Freeman: So what'd you think of the traditional American Thanksgiving?
Mina Kim: I love turkey. I love. Yes. Stuffings and cranberry sauce.
Kevin Freeman: And they don't celebrate that in Korea. Right.
Mina Kim: We do it in a different way and on a different date. But I think I'M a lot more Americanized. So my parents were like, what are you? So we had a really cultural difference. by the time I went back to Korea after high school and college, I didn't really get along well with my mom and dad because they were so Korean versus I was, like, a lot more Americanized.
Kevin Freeman: So how'd you get through that? Because I know you built a great relationship.
Mina Kim: Yes. So how did that happen with my parents even?
Kevin Freeman: Yeah.
Mina Kim: M. So at first, we fought a lot. I was kind of, like, yelling at my mom and dad. Why are you like that?
Kevin Freeman: Because, you know, now, let's be honest. That's true with almost every teenager.
Mina Kim: Teenagers. Right.
Kevin Freeman: Regardless of background, which country you're from or whatever. That's kind of a teenager thing.
Mina Kim: It is, yes.
Kevin Freeman: Having raised two daughters who were fabulous, by the way, but still, you learn things and, you know, things as a teenager, which now they're in their 20s, and they're like, you know, I realized that I was being a little bit of a teen.
Mina Kim: 100%. Yes. Yes. So, I mean, there's a little bit of a cultural issue there because Koreans are based on a Confucius culture. Right. So hierarchical, order. So older people gets all the respect, and then younger generation don't really get any respect in a way. that was my perspective.
Kevin Freeman: Okay. I'm getting older, so I'm thinking about Korea.
Mina Kim: But you're never like, I'm thinking about moving to Korea. Maybe. Maybe. So I went back home for summer break, and then my dad just calls me Mina. bring me water. And then in America, I learned to say please, thank you and sorry. Right, Those magic words. And Koreans don't have that magic word. So when my. My dad was like, bring me water, I felt that was a little offensive to me, so I was like, no. And then he got more and more angry, and that's how I got, home.
Kevin Freeman: well, there's little cultural differences there, but I know you love your parents. I know your parents.
Mina Kim: I do love my parents. Yes.
Kevin Freeman: And so, yeah, please. Thank you. And sorry. they don't always come so easily. If they did, life would be better if we could learn to say sorry when we mess up. And it's something I'm working on. And I'm in my 60s now, so it takes a while to learn that. But. But we're working on it. All right. We're talking with Mina Kim from South Korea, who is Build Up. Korea. We've got exciting things in our conversation right after this break. Stay tuned. Welcome back. To Pirate Money Radio with your host, Kevan Freeman. Yeah. We're talking with Mina Kim from South Korea, who grew up part in America, part in NewSong Zealand, part in South Korea. Brilliant. young lady. Young to me. and she is doing amazing things around the world. In fact, she was with Charlie Kirk the, week before he was assassinated with some great people like Bill Federer and Rob McCoy and Mikey McCoy and Ryan Helfenbein, who we hung out with.
Mina Kim: In D.C. for the whole day.
Kevin Freeman: For the entire day. That was one of those days. You can make a movie out of that day. It'd be like, there was a Myshel Pfeiffer, movie that was made and, oh, what's the actor that was in it? It was One Fine day was the title. George Clooney was the actor. That's who it was. It was one. We had a blast wandering around Washington D.C. briefing very important people, going to super high end clubs like the Elite go to and having the best burger ever and that sort of thing. but you shared some of your story of how you came to the Lord and what matters.
What do South Koreans think of America? That's easy question
Let's talk a little bit about South Korea. And of course, being a typical American, I'm, ah, going to ask what do South Koreans think of America? That's what we'll start with.
Mina Kim: Oh, wow, that easy question. So actually, South Koreans love America. I think we're pretty much like mini America if you go to South Korea. I had so many speakers over for Build Up Korea, like, including Charlie. And last year was Don Jr. Was there too. And all they were saying was, oh, this is just like America. And I was thinking, why? And it's the history, which we'll talk about later. But Koreans love America. American food. We, recently opened Jimmy John's in the main street of Korea.
Kevin Freeman: Get you some Jimmy John's sandwiches.
Mina Kim: Yes. And Five Guys and Shake Shack and all these food, you know, and yeah.
Kevin Freeman: You know, my daughter went to Europe and she said, dad, McDonald's is better in Europe because the food standards are better. I think. And Jimmy John's, I'd be interested to try it and see how it is in America versus Korea. That'd be an interesting taste test. Do they do any changes because you tasted both?
Mina Kim: I haven't actually gone to Jimmy John's in Korea yet, but McDonald's, we have a bulgogi burger. I don't know if you've heard of a Korean barbecue burger. It's pretty good.
Kevin Freeman: Oh, wow.
Mina Kim: Yeah.
Tell us about South Korea and what makes it different from North Korea
Kevin Freeman: All right, so tell us about South Korea. The people Your nation is a very important nation that apparently in NewSong Zealand they didn't really understand. But so much economic growth, so much potential, the capitalist system, really strong there where you build creative ideas. I mean, some of the great brands we don't, you don't realize, Hyundai, Samsung and LG and others, those are Korean brands.
Mina Kim: Right. So I think Korea resembles, 250 years of American experience as well, because Korea, our first president, which is not well known because he's known as a dictator in Korea, but he actually did a really, really great job copying American constitution system and American values to establish South Korea right now. So we do have the similar and same, that Judeo Christian value spirit, kind of embedded in Korean history and the whole Korean culture. so South Korea, when you talk about South Korea, we're free and we are compared to North Korea, we have a lot more freedom for people to travel around the world, eat whatever they want to eat, you know, be on the social media freely without getting censored. So far right now it's changing a little bit and we're going to talk about that too. But South Korea in General, we've experienced 70, 80 years of miracle. And we were the poorest nation on Earth 70 years ago or 80 years ago. And now we are one of the top 10 economies in the world.
Kevin Freeman: Wow. Well, let's take just the whole notion of Korea total, and then we'll say that it's one nation, but two systems, two separate governments, but the people across, people under the system of North Korea, which is communism and a dictatorship, versus the people of South Korea, who had liberty, security and values, presented to them constitutional, biblical values. A lot of churches in South Korea for sure. So you pointed to this. Rumsfeld first pointed out a chart, at night, if you took a satellite image of the two countries, the difference, and then I just pulled a more recent satellite image and you can see it there right now. North, Korea versus South Korea. One is lit up like every major, successful western nation in the world. And the other one is absolutely dark, except for little tiny sparks of light.
Mina Kim: Yes. The major difference is politics, but of course we go deeper down. It's spiritual, I believe, because when we were divided, North Korea had all the fertile lands and all the better lands, with all the resources versus South Korea. We had nothing but just, you know, nothing out of the war. Everything was destroyed. We didn't have any resources. We were surrounded by, the oceans all over. And what made our country different afterwards is the, spiritual life that we had. And, Korean people, started praying on the mountains. I don't know if you've ever been or heard about that mountain prayer. Prayer mountain in Korea.
Kevin Freeman: No, but I've got to go. I've got a Korea story to share with you that I shared with you before, but I'm going to bring it up for a radio audience.
Mina Kim: You have to.
Kevin Freeman: But explain the prayer mountains.
Mina Kim: Yes. So people go, on a prayer mountain, and then they would pray out loud. So this is a Korean style of praying, which is we pray out loud. Which we did for Charlie Kirk when he was on the stage with me five days before he got shot. And just. I had, you know, God gave me, these thoughts that I have to pray for him. But we learned that as we grow, how to pray and how that prayer made our country miraculously different than North Korea. And because God gave wisdom to, our presidents on the way, they were able to create a country where we come up with the capitalism and then free market idea and, you know, the republic, values.
Kevin Freeman: Well, I don't know anyone driving a North Korean car, but I know a lot of people who will drive a Kia or a Hyundai or a Genesis, Korean cars, which are great, amazing cars. and I know a lot of people who will use Korean appliances like the Samsung refrigerator that we have or an LG television or whatever. These are great corporations that have been built on free market capitalist principles. 100%, and in large part led from a Christian worldview that allowed, a biblical worldview that allowed all of this.
Mina Kim: Of course. Of course. That's perfectly. That's why I'm really thrilled and surprised to see how fast Korea could grow, which has a lot of side effects as well, because it's only been 80 years versus it's been 250 years almost in America. And some of you guys are still struggling, you know, because human beings are imperfect. Right. We are, you know, always working with God and try to be humble. And Korea is going through the similar phase, except we are surrounded by so many hostile nations around us. unlike America, America itself is very strong and big. But Korea, we are big spiritually, but physically, we're surrounded by so many evil forces. So which is kind of, getting us. Yeah.
Kevin Freeman: Chinese communism, for one thing.
Mina Kim: Yes.
Kevin Freeman: And North Korea Communism influencing in South Korea, trying to North Korea, of course. but the spiritual. I remember there was a time where I talked to my friends who ran Voice of the Martyrs, and they would go to South Korea. And they would, take Bibles into North Korea, but they're not able to do that anymore.
Mina Kim: No, they're actually arresting those people who are sending Bible to. Or Bible or rice to North Korea right now.
Kevin Freeman: Why would that be?
Mina Kim: I think it's very spiritual and evil. because, you know, it's the American missionaries, you know, that came into Korea 75 years ago and influenced a lot of Korean people, including our first and second president, you know, and they learned English, through learning Declaration of Independence and other like, American founding documents, which is very, very powerful. Right. And I think we forget the fact that we were, we have to be grateful for those, hard works that. And then the bloodshed by American people. Not just the soldiers, but missionaries that came to Korea. And now, I know the government and all the evil forces are becoming more and more communist. the communist forces are infiltrating into Korea. But I think it's more about the church that are sleeping right now. We are too settled and we've been too safe for a long time, for generations. And now we're forgetting the fact that we have to be vigilant all the time to keep the freedom and the spirit that we received from the ancestors.
Kevin Freeman: That's why you would do, build up Korea, build yourselves up on your most holy faith.
Mina Kim: That's correct.
Kevin Freeman: Praying in the Holy Spirit.
Mina Kim: That's right.
Kevin Freeman: And we're going to talk about prayer in a little bit, but, in a lot of cases it's about the money.
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Mina Kim: That's correct.
Kevin Freeman: In, South Korea. But the difference of the systems, which is so obvious if you look at a picture at night, but that the evil system, it does creep in. And we've seen this throughout the history of Israel, where they get right with God. And then evil would sneak in. And it's happening here in America. And that I think America teaches that it doesn't matter what part of the world you come from, because America's made up from people all over the world that came here and people of all backgrounds, all ethnicities. If you apply the principles of freedom, of liberty and the gospel principles, the truth of the gospel, you can find success.
Kevin Freeman: And you've seen that in Korea.
Mina Kim: Yes, of course.
Kevin Freeman: At a very rapid pace.
Mina Kim: Yes.
Kevin Freeman: So what are the thoughts on somebody I studied in high school? Ah, big time. General Douglas MacArthur. What are the thoughts on, General MacArthur?
Mina Kim: funny thing is a lot of Koreans don't really think about him.
Kevin Freeman: Really?
Mina Kim: Yes. It's a lot more Americans, like including Charlie Kirk and yourself, who, yeah.
Kevin Freeman: What do you think of MacArthur? Because we realized, yeah, he's the hero.
Mina Kim: That God sent us. And, we were on the verge of losing freedom. And because of him and the American soldiers, we were able to keep our country free. And this is a big deal, which a lot of our young generation is forgetting. And they're not even forgetting. They're not learning from school because the whole education is very, very corrupt. I think it's happening in America as well. The first thing they touch is the history, you know, try to twist the history of God and how God builds certain countries.
Kevin Freeman: It's in my book According to plan, the 45 goals of the Communist Party USA, and I'm certain the communists in Korea. But we had a grand experiment.
Kevin Freeman: That experiment is we're going to start 80 years ago and we're going to decide does freedom work or does repression, communism and dictatorship work.
Mina Kim: Exactly.
Kevin Freeman: There's no better.
Kevin Freeman: You said it. North Korea had more going for them, of course, and has failed miserably.
Mina Kim: Exactly.
Kevin Freeman: And South Korea has less going forward. This is an amazing conversation. I know you've built an entire ministry on this. And we're going to talk about Build Up Korea when we come back from the break. But if you want to follow Mina, you can follow her on YouTube, @mkimtv or on Instagram. Mina Kim. M M M. Follow Mina. We'll be right back. Pirate Money Radio. Helping you give, spend and invest in ways that align with liberty, security and values.
Kevin Freeman: Build Up Korea started by the grace of God
Welcome back with your host, Kevan Freeman. And I'm honored to be joined by the founder and president of Build Up Korea, Mina Kim, who's a brilliant lady. We call her Supergirl. That's her new nickname. and Supergirl is here Telling us about the things that are happening in Korea and this ministry that you've got build up Korea, how did that start?
Mina Kim: it all started by the grace of God. But God showed me Charlie Kirk in America, who is, awakening the young generation. And I was inspired by it. And I went to his, America Fest this one year around 2020 and 2021. And that's when I started praying to God that God, I must bring this movement, or you must bring this movement to Korea to awaken Korean young generation, because this is the way.
Kevin Freeman: That is an impossible thing that you have accomplished there. That is a miracle. Because how do you. You go to something and say, well, this is great, I think I'll bring it to Korea. That, that, that seems like an impossible task. But nothing is impossible with God.
Mina Kim: With God, of course. So for two years after that, until 2023, I was just praying and I was just, working on my podcast, which is MKIMtv, where I, you know, try to, describe or give people the, the right idea of what's happening in America. Because all the mainstream media in Korea, including America, they're all leaning towards, one way only. And I wanted to give them, you know, this is really happening in America. And you have to listen to this side of the story. Yeah. So that's how it, that's how I was praying for two years, doing my own work as a podcaster. And then on 2023, NewSong Year's Day in Korea, we have this thing called a NewSong Year's service. So at 12:00am in the morning, from December 31st to January 1st, going from. To January 1st, that's midnight, we have a midnight service and giving like, kind of our first, ourselves to God for the very first moment of the year. and then I was praying, and then I felt this huge, heavy burden, from God, of course, saying that this year is the year that you have to, like, you're bringing in this movement. So I heard that, kind of like a voice from God, you know, telling me I should go on with it. And then I didn't believe it. I didn't want to, because the size of the conference and then the whole event I was picturing was too big.
Kevin Freeman: It is too big. And how could one person do that?
Mina Kim: I know exactly M. God can do it. Yes, of course. And what God did through my family's life is my father got into a horrible accident in 2021 and he became quadriplegic.
Kevin Freeman: Oh, no.
Mina Kim: And he was the main financial source of our family. and then he just, you know, went to the hospital for the whole, until now. Right now he's in his coma. And I believe God is working with him. You know, he's. He's a person of God.
Kevin Freeman: What? We will have to pray for him. What's his name?
Mina Kim: His name is a little hard to pronounce, but. Hwansu Kim.
Kevin Freeman: Hwansu Kim.
Mina Kim: Yes, that's right. You can call him Mr. Kim.
Kevin Freeman: Mr. Kim.
Mina Kim: Yes.
Kevin Freeman: All right, so we're going to pray for him because the power of prayer is enormous.
Mina Kim: Amen.
Kevin Freeman: And the notion that you would go away on NewSong Year's and go to church and get, from Download from God. This is what I want you to do. I do that every year for NewSong Year's. And you're at, one of the answers to those prayers here, at Liberty Hawk. Because every year I would go away, and the Lord said, I have a property for you. And he told me exactly where it was. And I'd come home and I'd tell my wife, and she'd say, when do we move? And I said, well, when the Lord makes it open. And she found a property here with a realtor and thought, this is it. And I said, no, that's not it. When God provides it, it will be ready to move in on day one. And she said, well, how is that going to happen? I said, well, just ask him and we'll ask him in the fourth dimension. And the fourth dimension is something I learned reading a book. I was in Tulsa. I was m. In college years, so I'm in my early 20s. And, my roommate, who went to Rhema Bible Training center, gives me a book titled the Fourth Dimension by a Korean pastor, Dr. Cho. amazing. And I'm reading the book, and this is a fascinating book. It's all about asking God specifically for things. And it says, in there, you've got to be very specific in your prayers. And how you do it is you access the fourth dimension and the fourth dimension. We know what the three dimensions are. We live in a 3D world, right? This is the fourth dimension, and that is the presence of God, where God dwells. And so I finished reading the book, and I applied it as the Holy Spirit, take me into the presence of the Lord. Lord, I would love to speak with this man sometime. And you know the story, but, I'm going to tell it again. So I said that as I closed the book and the phone rang and I answered it. Now I'm background I'm working at Royal East Limited in Tulsa, Oklahoma, at South Rhodes Mall. And I am selling, Asian imports. It's an Asian import sales store, retail store. So we sell nunchucks and gheez and ginseng tea and all sorts of things that have come from Asia. And my boss is Korean, and he'd come here, and his wife was teaching at Oral Roberts University. She taught French, spoke perfect French.
Mina Kim: Interesting.
Kevin Freeman: And, so Mr. Park would. Every day, he would stop, you know, whatever he was doing around noon, around lunchtime, and go eat lunch. He didn't tell me he was going to eat lunch. And, anyway, so he goes to eat lunch. I close the book up, and I say, lord, someday I'd like to speak with this man. And the phone range, and I turn around and I pick up the phone. It's not a cell phone. It's a wired phone on the wall. I pick up and I say, royal Lease limited, May I help you? And I hear these words, yes. Is Mr. Park there? And I said, no, he's not. He's gone to lunch. Will you tell him Dr. Paul Yongji Cho from Korea has, called him. Because every time I'm in the United States, I call my dear friend Mr. Park. I had no idea that he knew him. And, and just wanted to say hi. And I said, Dr. Cho, you will not believe this. I just finished reading your book, and I asked specifically of the Lord, I'd like to speak with that man sometime. And, you called on the phone, and his words were, yes, that's how it works. Which is something my family says over and over and over. When we see God's hand move, we say, yes, that's how it works. And you heard from God that he wanted you to build up Korea and have an event, and it happened. And, yes, that's how it works.
Mina Kim: That's right. Amen. Well, that's a crazy story, by the way.
Kevin Freeman: It is a crazy story, but so is yours.
Mina Kim: It's really incredible.
Kevin Freeman: God is doing things that we humanly cannot do.
Mina Kim: That's so true.
Kevin Freeman: And that's what we need more of. That's what young people need more of. they need to realize when they see Charlie Kirk being assassinated and they say what an evil world we live in. And there's this big fan, nasty fight over Israel and Qatar and all of these horrible things that are going on, we need to step back and realize God's still alive. God still has a purpose, and God had a plan for Korea.
Mina Kim: Amen.
Build Up Korea is educating young generation of American history first
Kevin Freeman: So what is Build Up Korea doing now.
Mina Kim: So Build Up Korea is, educating young generation of American history first because Korean kids are not interested in learning about Korean history because they're not fun. But if we talk about American history first, they get interested all of a sudden.
Kevin Freeman: Do you know, doctor, Ben Carson?
Mina Kim: not in person, but I do know him.
Kevin Freeman: I think I introduced you to his chief of staff.
Mina Kim: Yes, that's correct.
Kevin Freeman: Who I believe is Korean. You should talk to her. Because the Little patriots videos that Dr. Carson has produced are designed to educate young people on American history. And if we could get them translated, where you could show those videos, I think that is, of course. And Dr. Carson is a great, great, great.
Mina Kim: I would love to get him and you to Korea for the next Build of Korea event.
Kevin Freeman: I would love that as well.
MK: This spiritual fight is not just America's fight or Korea's fight
So you've got offices. I look here, Atlanta, London, Israel. What does that mean?
Mina Kim: So part of it, it's prophetic, because as I was praying, God told me that it's not just going to be set in Korea, only because this spiritual fight I'm understanding these days is not just, just America's fight or Korea's fight. It's a global fight. It is, yes.
Kevin Freeman: It's darkness and light.
Mina Kim: Majority of darkness versus a few light.
Kevin Freeman: Which is the, the whole Korea map. There's the darkness and then there's the light.
Mina Kim: That's true. That's true. So prophetically, I'm telling myself that Bible, biblical words has to be the standard of everything. So it's not. It's like we have to fit, to work, work to fit the Bible or what the Bible says not, fitting the Bible verses to fit us, which is what's happening these days. So Bible says we need to pray for Israel and to bless Israel. that's why I put Israel in there.
Kevin Freeman: Good.
Mina Kim: And then London, back then, when I was creating this business card and even right now, heard that they're going through the similar phase spiritually.
Kevin Freeman: We, call this, we've started a program here at, ah, Pirate Money Radio, Economic War Room, Saving Civilization Action Network Scan, which was Charlie's vision, he asked me to lead it, and it covers. So South Korea is in civilization. London, and England are in civilization. But they're under attack.
Mina Kim: Exactly.
Kevin Freeman: And right now you'll see it's an immigration attack. But man, if we can get people that are immigrants that assimilate and adopt the truth, the gospel, the liberty of the Constitution, they'll prosper like South Korea did relative to North Korea. It's the principles that work. Yes. So London's interesting to me because I just read where a man, from London who was a consultant, came to Florida and he took a picture. He was on a weekend trip with one of his clients, and he held up a rifle and took a picture of himself with a rifle and said, look at me, I'm in Florida holding a gun. Somebody in England complained that they felt threatened by that because it was on his social media. And as soon as he returned to London, he got arrested.
Mina Kim: No way.
Kevin Freeman: A loss of freedom.
Mina Kim: No freedom, no free speech.
Kevin Freeman: No free speech. No. Kind of crazy what's going on. But London is a part of Western civilization, historically, has propagated the gospel as much as any city on Earth, of course. And we love London. In fact, we've partnered. And support for this program comes from Glint, which is a financial technology service offering a debit card and mobile app that enables users to access their gold holdings for everyday purchases. Glint was founded by a man in London, who's become a dear friend. But with Glint, users maintain ownership of allocated physical gold, which is stored in a managed vault. At the time of transaction, gold is sold in real time to cover the purchase amount in local currency. Glint offers an alternative way to store and use the value. Combining gold and silver with modern payment infrastructure, Glint clients can monitor their goal, balance, view transaction history, manage their account through the Glint app, also available on, major mobile platforms. More details about how vaulted physical gold can be used as money are [email protected] Gold247 Again, that's glintpay.com Gold247. Glint providing access to gold for modern spending. But that's an example of the London financial system coming up with a creative way to use gold and silver. By the way, we passed laws to do this in five states, signed into law, which is Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Texas and Missouri, those five states we talked about earlier. And we're looking at Glint as a technology service provider. But I don't want it to be housed in London. I want it to be housed in America. So we're negotiating with them on that. But I really do think that bringing these principles of truth and the Constitution, to the world, so to Israel, to London, to Atlanta, to NewSong York, to Florida, to South Korea, to wherever, is an important thing. And you're leading a charge. You're like an heir to Charlie's anointing to carry this. And, you know, I'm just so excited about all the great things that you're doing with Build Up Korea.
Mina Kim: Thank you. I really appreciate it.
Kevin Freeman: We've got one more segment, but how do people follow you? what's the best way?
Mina Kim: on YouTube, MKIMtv. It's my podcast. I've been doing it for five years now. And then Instagram is my main social media, and then I do, X work on X as well.
Kevin Freeman: All right, we'll be back with Mina right after this break, and we'll cover more. Pirate money radio, helping you give, spend, and invest in ways that align with liberty, security, and values.
Kevin Freeman: What would the Korean message be to America
Welcome back with your host, Kevan Freeman. Yeah. And I'm joined, by an amazing lady who is doing great things for liberty, for the gospel, sharing it with the world, who's got a great international background. And she invited, Donald Trump Jr. Who came to Korea and shared. And then Charlie Kirk, five days before he was shot, he was with you. what was that rally with Charlie Kirk like?
Mina Kim: it was very unexpected because Charlie didn't like to travel abroad, especially with, his new kid and stuff. But, he decided to come to Korea. And then, of course, he went to Japan afterwards. And he came and he wanted to visit, a few places that I've never thought about him visiting. So we actually had arranged several meetings for Charlie. but he had to cancel all those meetings, of course. That's him. And he said he wanted to visit the dmz, where he could see North Korea from the border. And then also the statue of General MacArthur that you just talked about. Yes, yes. I thought that was a little strange, but it makes sense because not strange.
Kevin Freeman: That'S exactly what I would do. Those are the two stops I would.
Mina Kim: Want to make, really. because the Koreans would never do that. You know, I hear from American people sometimes that, oh, it looks like you love America more than us. And then for our perspective, you guys love Korea more than us.
Kevin Freeman: Wow. Isn't that funny?
Mina Kim: That's funny. it's a true unity.
Kevin Freeman: It is funny. So what would the Korean message be? America. What do you. You've been here, so you see that there are good people. I think there are a lot of wonderful people in the world. And by the way, I don't think people are by nature good. I think people by nature have a sin nature. And with Christ, we can become good. But I enjoy meeting people, even those that aren't Christian, and have compassion for them and appreciate them and the uniqueness of how God made them. but what would your message be to America? You've been here and you've been in various parts of the country and you're gonna. California. And what's your message?
Mina Kim: So Koreans message to America. the first thing is, whatever happens in America happens in the world. So I would never imagine that Korea would face the mass migration problem. So Charlie Kirk, before he went home back to the States, he told me that Korea will soon face the mass migration problem. And then, right, as soon as he left, something happens in Korea that we would, accept so many foreigner from certain country called China, without taking or looking at any visas or checking any identifications. So he said it right. So whatever happens in America happens in Korea and all the world. So what I want to tell American people is that please stay vigilant, hold the standard. Yes. And then please keep the freedom that you guys have, because that's what made your country the. The most powerful country in the world. It's not the money, it's not the people, it's God and it's the biblical values. And, that's what shaped, I believe, the Western civilization. And I think we really need to save that. And all the forces other than America or some of the free countries that are left, other totalitarianism or the communism forces are coming in to eat us. And they are powerful, and they are wise, too, and they're smart. And in order to fight against them, we need America. Because you're the lighthouse of the freedom.
Kevin Freeman: Well, I need you a spokesperson for Saving Civilization Action Network, which is fighting the four Horsemen. Four horsemen of the American apocalypse and our six trials by fire. The four horsemen are communist China, which is red, the red horse, green, which is political Islam, the blue, which is the globalist, the World Economic Forum and so forth, would tell you you must have open borders, and tell you you'll own nothing and no capitalism and all that. And then the yellow, I call them the traitors. And the cowards in Wall street and in Washington that are willing to sell out the world for their little piece of profit. Yes, they're like the golems from, the Ring, the Lord of the ring for the. And they'll have their little, cowardly win there at the expense of everybody else. And so that's my concern.
If President Trump didn't become president, Korea would have fallen to communism
So do you have a warning? well, actually, I want to ask this first. So what was the feeling in South Korea when President Trump won the second time?
Mina Kim: The second time. So it's very divided. So our group of people who are Christians and conservatives, they were cheering because if President Trump didn't become the president, our country would have fallen to communism already as of 2025.
Kevin Freeman: Right. Now that is a bold statement that I am 100% certain is true. Yes, I believe you 100%. But I don't think the typical. Can you imagine America without South Korea standing up, for free markets and for individual personal liberty? Can you imagine how bad the world would be, how bad Asia would be if were able to absorb Korea, which they're trying to do?
Kevin Freeman: All right, so that strong statement, it would have fallen already.
Mina Kim: Yes. Because already, even with President Trump in office, right now they're jailing our pastors. they're trying to censor every voice in Korea. So they're arresting this one young lady who were just, you know, peacefully marching in front of the court.
Kevin Freeman: Court.
Mina Kim: Courtroom, or, you know, in Korean street. So that's what's happening in Korea right now, even with the President Trump in office.
Kevin Freeman: Well, when Charlie left, Bill Federer said, watch, they're going to arrest this pastor. And they did. I don't know the pastor's name, but he warned stone. Pastor Sohn, he was with you?
Mina Kim: Yes, yes, he was with us.
Kevin Freeman: And is a part of this. And is he. Where is he now? Is he still in prison?
Mina Kim: Yes, he's still in prison.
Kevin Freeman: We need to pray for him too.
Mina Kim: We do.
Kevin Freeman: We need to pray for your father and we need to pray for Pastor Solomon.
Mina Kim: Yes.
Kevin Freeman: All right, we're going to do both of those.
Mina Kim: Thank you so much.
I think a lesson from what you're doing is the importance of young people
Kevin Freeman: what other. I think a lesson from what you're doing is the importance of young people. I've heard it my whole life. They're our future. And I was the future when I was a young person. And now I look at my kids and my friends and their kids and their grandkids and so forth, and I say, that is the future. We better build them up.
Mina Kim: Yes.
Kevin Freeman: And that's what you're doing. So it's a youth movement.
Mina Kim: It's a youth movement. copied off of the American youth movement, of course. And I see so much hope in American youth. And every time, you know, I see a lot of my friends who are just go to major, universities in America, they would say, oh, Americans are so racist. But, you know, as Korean living in America, my perspective on American people and American young generation is they're the nicest people on earth. And I think it's because of God and the legacy that God has left this country and also to Korea. So what was the question again? I'm sorry, I'm not losing youth movement.
Kevin Freeman: And the youth are the nicest. Well, that brings up another point for me. Mina is. I have a friend who was, raised here. She's from India and she was raised here. And she went back to India on a visa issue with her family. And she came back and she said, you know what bothered me was that in India they think that Indians are better than everybody else.
Kevin Freeman: And she said, that seemed very racist to me. They asked me, how is it that you can live in America with all those different races? They don't think of themselves as racist. They just think of themselves as better because they're. And that's true in many parts of the world, but in America, it's a melting pot. I mean, you can't go down the streets. You don't just see, one individual race. You can see that in some countries, but you don't see that in America. You see people from all kinds of backgrounds, but if they're united by a system, by a faith in Christ, by all of that, then they're family. Yes, they're the same. And so I feel like I could go to Korea and be with your friends and feel right at home. And I hope you feel whenever you're here among these same people, you're right at home 100%. That's what changed. It's not the color of our skin. It's not the nation into which we were born. It is the principles that we stand for. The problem I see is America. A lot of people are wanting to come into America and they say, I don't want to be an American. I want to be Somali.
Mina Kim: Right.
Kevin Freeman: I want to be whatever background they're coming from. yes. And they don't want to assimilate. Well, I'm sorry. I don't care where you come from. If you want to be an American and be a part of the system that wins, then we want you here. But if you want to take us to a North Korean system where there's no light at night and there's a dictator and the people are massively oppressed and desperately poor, I'm not interested in that.
Mina Kim: That's right.
Kevin Freeman: That's not expanding freedom around the world.
Mina Kim: Same for Korea.
Kevin Freeman: Yeah, I believe it. So what do we need to do for young people? Because you've seen them both in Korea. We, need to give them opportunity. And we also need to address this issue of affordability.
Mina Kim: Yes.
Kevin Freeman: Because I know that's hitting young people.
Mina Kim: That's so true. So young people giving opportunity. I think is the most important thing. And that's what I learned from Charlie Kirk hosting his own event, having all these young generation and young influencers on the stage, on the same stage with sometimes Donald Trump Jr. Or President Trump even. And that kind of gives them the idea that, oh, as a young generation, we could also take part in this society, in this part of the world. And, that's the mission that we have as Christians. We need to participate, to be the light of the world.
Kevin Freeman: So I'm going to invite you to the second project we mentioned, scan. The second project we have is the Economic Justice Board. We're proposing to President Trump that he developed this like he's done the Religious Liberty Commission, so that he can understand the needs of young people like those that you work with in Korea and here. And how do we foster policies. And we've come up with, a word, three letter word. Ark stands for Ark. Not Arkansas, not Arkansas. But when you have the floods like Noah experienced and you have to be protected and sheltered from these massive storms and floods, you need an ark. And the ark is built on affordability, reward and kindness. And the notion is that we've got to first triage the immediate need, which is affordability. People can't afford to live and eat and do and stuff. And then we've got to give them a system that offers reward like South Korea has relative to North Korea to where you work hard and you get rewarded for it and give them opportunities to save and build. And then kindness, where we will be generous for those less fortunate rather than government handouts solving the problem. We inculcate it in individuals that Christ has called us to be cheerful givers. And if you see someone in need to meet that need, and if we do those three things, I think young people have a great future.
Mina Kim: Amen. I believe so too. And that sounds like America.
Kevin Freeman: That's what America is supposed to be.
Kevin Freeman and Mina Kim pray for Pastor Song and Pastor Kim
All right. So thank you, Mina, for being part of Pirate Money Radio. We're going to be praying for you, Father, in Jesus name. I pray for Mr. Kim and I pray for Pastor Song. Bless them both, heal them, restore them, and bring them liberty. Listen to this wherever you get your podcast. This is Kevan Freeman and Mina Kim for Pirate Money Radio.
Kevin Freeman: I was briefing policy leaders and a congresswoman recently
Kevin Freeman: Yeah. And While in Washington, D.C. recently, I was briefing policy leaders and a congresswoman, and I met an amazing lady from South Korea. In fact, she's the person who hosted Charlie Kirk when he was in Seoul the week before he was assassinated. This is a woman who is leading an amazing charge against communism, for truth, for the gospel, for justice, for the Jesus way. maybe we should call her Supergirl. Truth, justice, and the Jesus way. She's brilliant, she's funny, she's honorable. And she's visiting Liberty Hawk with some students sponsored by Mercury One, the American Journey Experience, that are new sponsors of this Pirate Money Radio program. So welcome Mina Kim.
Mina Kim: Thank you for having me, Kevan.
Kevin Freeman: Thank you. You know, it's an honor to have you.
Mina Kim: It's an honor for me to be here.
Kevin Freeman: it was so fun that day. We spent Ryan Helfenbein, and we went and visited Heritage foundation and Conservative Partnership Institute and, America First Policy. We met with a congresswoman out of California. Brilliant lady.
Mina Kim: That's right.
Kevin Freeman: And we just had a great day and had a good dinner, at the, Ted's Montana Grill. Ted's Montana Grill. Yeah. That was fun.
Mina Kim is leading a conservative organization in Korea and also in America
So tell our, listeners and viewers a little bit about who you are, how you came to Christ. I mean, you're just fascinating to me, and what you've accomplished in such a short time in Korea, and God's got his hand on you. How did that come to be?
Mina Kim: So it's all by God's grace, first of all. But my name is Mina Kim. Currently I'm leading a conservative organization in Korea and also in America for Korean Americans. what I do, how I came to Christ was, all thanks to my parents because I'm only child in Korea. And, back in. When I was five years old, six years old, my mom always used to show me American movies instead of, having me watch, cartoons like other kids. Right. So the movie that I watched at that age was, I think, Free Willy and some other American movie that I was really inspired by. And I was always telling my mom that, mom, I need to go to America someday. And then I need to study there. And then it happened. So I came to America when I was 11, and my parents were still in Korea because they had to support me financially and they had their work there. And I came here alone. I lived in a dorm, went to private school, and then I was lonely, so I met God because My mom, when I was little, always used to take me to church. And then every time she had a hard time or I had a hard time, she taught me how to pray. And that's how I came to Christ. And through those hardships and loneliness, I met God and Christ and his love just filled my life.
Kevin Freeman: Wow. Wanted to be an American because you saw American movies, which is awesome. but even more awesome is you knew you needed God when you got here and you prayed and God filled your life and has changed your life. Now. Your parents were Christian then.
Mina Kim: Yes, that's correct.
Kevin Freeman: And took you to church, but you were a little bit too young to really grasp the meaning of that.
Mina Kim: That's true.
Kevin Freeman: Until you got here. So how long have you been in America then?
Mina Kim: about 20, 24 years total.
Kevin Freeman: Wow. And where did you go to school?
Mina Kim: I went to actually, high school in Wisconsin and then middle school. I actually went back to Korea and then because my mom wanted me to stay with somebody else, rather than staying alone in America. So back then my aunt moved to NewSong Zealand. So I went to NewSong Zealand with my aunt's family, for middle school, and then I came back to America, for high school and college and then further.
Kevin Freeman: Wow, what an international experience.
Mina Kim: I know. It just happened to be like that.
Kevin Freeman: NewSong Zealand is, I've never been there. Is it beautiful? It looks beautiful.
Mina Kim: It's beautiful. Yeah. Ocean everywhere and sheets everywhere.
Kevin Freeman: And what did you like best about middle school? Is a hard age. I mean, that's my least favorite period of life. What was it like in NewSong Zealand for a Korean girl?
Mina Kim: So I cried every day and I was a little discriminated by people because back then Korea was not well known. So my, friends at school were asking me, oh, where's Korea? Is Korea a country? And so that's really. Yeah. That those are the reactions that I got from the, from fellow students back then in NewSong Zealand is like a, ah, kind of like a hunt country, like hillbilly side. I was where I was at. So not a lot of people knew about Korea. And that's when I learned how to be humble, actually.
Kevin Freeman: Oh, yeah.
Mina Kim: Because I was school president when I was, in elementary school, obviously in South Korea, there are so many tiger moms and tiger dads. My dad was a tiger dad, so he always wanted me to get ace. Wanted me to ace in every single subject that I was taking in elementary school. And I was a school president and I was so not humble. I knew, I thought that I could do anything. But then When I went to NewSong Zealand, God just gave me those, friends that were discriminating me and bullying me, which, you know, made me, turn to God and pray.
Kevin Freeman: and you become a true Supergirl, right? Just like in the comic books, you've got truth, justice and all that. And so those learning experiences help grow you. I remember when I was. I think it was high school when I visited. I grew up in Oklahoma, and I visited Boston, Massachusetts. We went on a choir trip, and people said, well, where are you from? I said, from Oklahoma. Like, with the Indians. Like, Native American Indians.
Mina Kim: Oh, really?
Kevin Freeman: Not India Indians? I said, yeah. and, you know, I've got a Cherokee background. And so. And they said, what was that like? And they were just so ignorant. And that's what kids are like. They were ignorant. And I said, yeah, you know, the Indians will shoot the arrows at the school bus, but they just bounce off the bus. And they said, really? No, no, that's funny. And so their ignorance of Korea, and yet Korea is a powerhouse in the world.
Mina Kim: Yes, yes.
Kim went to high school in Wisconsin, where 10% of students were Koreans
Kevin Freeman: And all right, so when you were in Wisconsin, you said, is that where you went to high school?
Mina Kim: Yes.
Kevin Freeman: what was that like?
Mina Kim: I was in a city called Beaver Dam. I've never heard of it before either. It's in the middle of nowhere. That's what I thought. But it's close to Madison, actually, and it's a private school. Like, All I remember from the high school was studying and chasing rabbits and snow.
Kevin Freeman: Wow.
Mina Kim: And really good food and good.
Kevin Freeman: And so cheese, Right? Wisconsin is known for cheese. And, you know, I've been to Pleasant Prairie quite a bit because I do business there, and it's just over the border. But Wisconsin is a beautiful state. A lot of nice people were there, a lot of international students.
Mina Kim: about 10% of the whole student body was Koreans, actually.
Kevin Freeman: Oh, really?
Mina Kim: Because back then. That was around 2005 to 2008, that was when a lot of Korean moms and dads were sending their kids to America for study abroad program. That was kind of like a trend back then in Korea.
Kevin Freeman: So what did you do on holidays? Did you go home? Did you.
Mina Kim: I went to my friend's house to experience the true American Thanksgiving or Christmas, or I used to just fly back to Korea to see my parents.
Kevin Freeman: So what'd you think of the traditional American Thanksgiving?
Mina Kim: I love turkey. I love. Yes. Stuffings and cranberry sauce.
Kevin Freeman: And they don't celebrate that in Korea. Right.
Mina Kim: We do it in a different way and on a different date. But I think I'M a lot more Americanized. So my parents were like, what are you? So we had a really cultural difference. by the time I went back to Korea after high school and college, I didn't really get along well with my mom and dad because they were so Korean versus I was, like, a lot more Americanized.
Kevin Freeman: So how'd you get through that? Because I know you built a great relationship.
Mina Kim: Yes. So how did that happen with my parents even?
Kevin Freeman: Yeah.
Mina Kim: M. So at first, we fought a lot. I was kind of, like, yelling at my mom and dad. Why are you like that?
Kevin Freeman: Because, you know, now, let's be honest. That's true with almost every teenager.
Mina Kim: Teenagers. Right.
Kevin Freeman: Regardless of background, which country you're from or whatever. That's kind of a teenager thing.
Mina Kim: It is, yes.
Kevin Freeman: Having raised two daughters who were fabulous, by the way, but still, you learn things and, you know, things as a teenager, which now they're in their 20s, and they're like, you know, I realized that I was being a little bit of a teen.
Mina Kim: 100%. Yes. Yes. So, I mean, there's a little bit of a cultural issue there because Koreans are based on a Confucius culture. Right. So hierarchical, order. So older people gets all the respect, and then younger generation don't really get any respect in a way. that was my perspective.
Kevin Freeman: Okay. I'm getting older, so I'm thinking about Korea.
Mina Kim: But you're never like, I'm thinking about moving to Korea. Maybe. Maybe. So I went back home for summer break, and then my dad just calls me Mina. bring me water. And then in America, I learned to say please, thank you and sorry. Right, Those magic words. And Koreans don't have that magic word. So when my. My dad was like, bring me water, I felt that was a little offensive to me, so I was like, no. And then he got more and more angry, and that's how I got, home.
Kevin Freeman: well, there's little cultural differences there, but I know you love your parents. I know your parents.
Mina Kim: I do love my parents. Yes.
Kevin Freeman: And so, yeah, please. Thank you. And sorry. they don't always come so easily. If they did, life would be better if we could learn to say sorry when we mess up. And it's something I'm working on. And I'm in my 60s now, so it takes a while to learn that. But. But we're working on it. All right. We're talking with Mina Kim from South Korea, who is Build Up. Korea. We've got exciting things in our conversation right after this break. Stay tuned. Welcome back. To Pirate Money Radio with your host, Kevan Freeman. Yeah. We're talking with Mina Kim from South Korea, who grew up part in America, part in NewSong Zealand, part in South Korea. Brilliant. young lady. Young to me. and she is doing amazing things around the world. In fact, she was with Charlie Kirk the, week before he was assassinated with some great people like Bill Federer and Rob McCoy and Mikey McCoy and Ryan Helfenbein, who we hung out with.
Mina Kim: In D.C. for the whole day.
Kevin Freeman: For the entire day. That was one of those days. You can make a movie out of that day. It'd be like, there was a Myshel Pfeiffer, movie that was made and, oh, what's the actor that was in it? It was One Fine day was the title. George Clooney was the actor. That's who it was. It was one. We had a blast wandering around Washington D.C. briefing very important people, going to super high end clubs like the Elite go to and having the best burger ever and that sort of thing. but you shared some of your story of how you came to the Lord and what matters.
What do South Koreans think of America? That's easy question
Let's talk a little bit about South Korea. And of course, being a typical American, I'm, ah, going to ask what do South Koreans think of America? That's what we'll start with.
Mina Kim: Oh, wow, that easy question. So actually, South Koreans love America. I think we're pretty much like mini America if you go to South Korea. I had so many speakers over for Build Up Korea, like, including Charlie. And last year was Don Jr. Was there too. And all they were saying was, oh, this is just like America. And I was thinking, why? And it's the history, which we'll talk about later. But Koreans love America. American food. We, recently opened Jimmy John's in the main street of Korea.
Kevin Freeman: Get you some Jimmy John's sandwiches.
Mina Kim: Yes. And Five Guys and Shake Shack and all these food, you know, and yeah.
Kevin Freeman: You know, my daughter went to Europe and she said, dad, McDonald's is better in Europe because the food standards are better. I think. And Jimmy John's, I'd be interested to try it and see how it is in America versus Korea. That'd be an interesting taste test. Do they do any changes because you tasted both?
Mina Kim: I haven't actually gone to Jimmy John's in Korea yet, but McDonald's, we have a bulgogi burger. I don't know if you've heard of a Korean barbecue burger. It's pretty good.
Kevin Freeman: Oh, wow.
Mina Kim: Yeah.
Tell us about South Korea and what makes it different from North Korea
Kevin Freeman: All right, so tell us about South Korea. The people Your nation is a very important nation that apparently in NewSong Zealand they didn't really understand. But so much economic growth, so much potential, the capitalist system, really strong there where you build creative ideas. I mean, some of the great brands we don't, you don't realize, Hyundai, Samsung and LG and others, those are Korean brands.
Mina Kim: Right. So I think Korea resembles, 250 years of American experience as well, because Korea, our first president, which is not well known because he's known as a dictator in Korea, but he actually did a really, really great job copying American constitution system and American values to establish South Korea right now. So we do have the similar and same, that Judeo Christian value spirit, kind of embedded in Korean history and the whole Korean culture. so South Korea, when you talk about South Korea, we're free and we are compared to North Korea, we have a lot more freedom for people to travel around the world, eat whatever they want to eat, you know, be on the social media freely without getting censored. So far right now it's changing a little bit and we're going to talk about that too. But South Korea in General, we've experienced 70, 80 years of miracle. And we were the poorest nation on Earth 70 years ago or 80 years ago. And now we are one of the top 10 economies in the world.
Kevin Freeman: Wow. Well, let's take just the whole notion of Korea total, and then we'll say that it's one nation, but two systems, two separate governments, but the people across, people under the system of North Korea, which is communism and a dictatorship, versus the people of South Korea, who had liberty, security and values, presented to them constitutional, biblical values. A lot of churches in South Korea for sure. So you pointed to this. Rumsfeld first pointed out a chart, at night, if you took a satellite image of the two countries, the difference, and then I just pulled a more recent satellite image and you can see it there right now. North, Korea versus South Korea. One is lit up like every major, successful western nation in the world. And the other one is absolutely dark, except for little tiny sparks of light.
Mina Kim: Yes. The major difference is politics, but of course we go deeper down. It's spiritual, I believe, because when we were divided, North Korea had all the fertile lands and all the better lands, with all the resources versus South Korea. We had nothing but just, you know, nothing out of the war. Everything was destroyed. We didn't have any resources. We were surrounded by, the oceans all over. And what made our country different afterwards is the, spiritual life that we had. And, Korean people, started praying on the mountains. I don't know if you've ever been or heard about that mountain prayer. Prayer mountain in Korea.
Kevin Freeman: No, but I've got to go. I've got a Korea story to share with you that I shared with you before, but I'm going to bring it up for a radio audience.
Mina Kim: You have to.
Kevin Freeman: But explain the prayer mountains.
Mina Kim: Yes. So people go, on a prayer mountain, and then they would pray out loud. So this is a Korean style of praying, which is we pray out loud. Which we did for Charlie Kirk when he was on the stage with me five days before he got shot. And just. I had, you know, God gave me, these thoughts that I have to pray for him. But we learned that as we grow, how to pray and how that prayer made our country miraculously different than North Korea. And because God gave wisdom to, our presidents on the way, they were able to create a country where we come up with the capitalism and then free market idea and, you know, the republic, values.
Kevin Freeman: Well, I don't know anyone driving a North Korean car, but I know a lot of people who will drive a Kia or a Hyundai or a Genesis, Korean cars, which are great, amazing cars. and I know a lot of people who will use Korean appliances like the Samsung refrigerator that we have or an LG television or whatever. These are great corporations that have been built on free market capitalist principles. 100%, and in large part led from a Christian worldview that allowed, a biblical worldview that allowed all of this.
Mina Kim: Of course. Of course. That's perfectly. That's why I'm really thrilled and surprised to see how fast Korea could grow, which has a lot of side effects as well, because it's only been 80 years versus it's been 250 years almost in America. And some of you guys are still struggling, you know, because human beings are imperfect. Right. We are, you know, always working with God and try to be humble. And Korea is going through the similar phase, except we are surrounded by so many hostile nations around us. unlike America, America itself is very strong and big. But Korea, we are big spiritually, but physically, we're surrounded by so many evil forces. So which is kind of, getting us. Yeah.
Kevin Freeman: Chinese communism, for one thing.
Mina Kim: Yes.
Kevin Freeman: And North Korea Communism influencing in South Korea, trying to North Korea, of course. but the spiritual. I remember there was a time where I talked to my friends who ran Voice of the Martyrs, and they would go to South Korea. And they would, take Bibles into North Korea, but they're not able to do that anymore.
Mina Kim: No, they're actually arresting those people who are sending Bible to. Or Bible or rice to North Korea right now.
Kevin Freeman: Why would that be?
Mina Kim: I think it's very spiritual and evil. because, you know, it's the American missionaries, you know, that came into Korea 75 years ago and influenced a lot of Korean people, including our first and second president, you know, and they learned English, through learning Declaration of Independence and other like, American founding documents, which is very, very powerful. Right. And I think we forget the fact that we were, we have to be grateful for those, hard works that. And then the bloodshed by American people. Not just the soldiers, but missionaries that came to Korea. And now, I know the government and all the evil forces are becoming more and more communist. the communist forces are infiltrating into Korea. But I think it's more about the church that are sleeping right now. We are too settled and we've been too safe for a long time, for generations. And now we're forgetting the fact that we have to be vigilant all the time to keep the freedom and the spirit that we received from the ancestors.
Kevin Freeman: That's why you would do, build up Korea, build yourselves up on your most holy faith.
Mina Kim: That's correct.
Kevin Freeman: Praying in the Holy Spirit.
Mina Kim: That's right.
Kevin Freeman: And we're going to talk about prayer in a little bit, but, in a lot of cases it's about the money.
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Mina Kim: That's correct.
Kevin Freeman: In, South Korea. But the difference of the systems, which is so obvious if you look at a picture at night, but that the evil system, it does creep in. And we've seen this throughout the history of Israel, where they get right with God. And then evil would sneak in. And it's happening here in America. And that I think America teaches that it doesn't matter what part of the world you come from, because America's made up from people all over the world that came here and people of all backgrounds, all ethnicities. If you apply the principles of freedom, of liberty and the gospel principles, the truth of the gospel, you can find success.
Kevin Freeman: And you've seen that in Korea.
Mina Kim: Yes, of course.
Kevin Freeman: At a very rapid pace.
Mina Kim: Yes.
Kevin Freeman: So what are the thoughts on somebody I studied in high school? Ah, big time. General Douglas MacArthur. What are the thoughts on, General MacArthur?
Mina Kim: funny thing is a lot of Koreans don't really think about him.
Kevin Freeman: Really?
Mina Kim: Yes. It's a lot more Americans, like including Charlie Kirk and yourself, who, yeah.
Kevin Freeman: What do you think of MacArthur? Because we realized, yeah, he's the hero.
Mina Kim: That God sent us. And, we were on the verge of losing freedom. And because of him and the American soldiers, we were able to keep our country free. And this is a big deal, which a lot of our young generation is forgetting. And they're not even forgetting. They're not learning from school because the whole education is very, very corrupt. I think it's happening in America as well. The first thing they touch is the history, you know, try to twist the history of God and how God builds certain countries.
Kevin Freeman: It's in my book According to plan, the 45 goals of the Communist Party USA, and I'm certain the communists in Korea. But we had a grand experiment.
Kevin Freeman: That experiment is we're going to start 80 years ago and we're going to decide does freedom work or does repression, communism and dictatorship work.
Mina Kim: Exactly.
Kevin Freeman: There's no better.
Kevin Freeman: You said it. North Korea had more going for them, of course, and has failed miserably.
Mina Kim: Exactly.
Kevin Freeman: And South Korea has less going forward. This is an amazing conversation. I know you've built an entire ministry on this. And we're going to talk about Build Up Korea when we come back from the break. But if you want to follow Mina, you can follow her on YouTube, @mkimtv or on Instagram. Mina Kim. M M M. Follow Mina. We'll be right back. Pirate Money Radio. Helping you give, spend and invest in ways that align with liberty, security and values.
Kevin Freeman: Build Up Korea started by the grace of God
Welcome back with your host, Kevan Freeman. And I'm honored to be joined by the founder and president of Build Up Korea, Mina Kim, who's a brilliant lady. We call her Supergirl. That's her new nickname. and Supergirl is here Telling us about the things that are happening in Korea and this ministry that you've got build up Korea, how did that start?
Mina Kim: it all started by the grace of God. But God showed me Charlie Kirk in America, who is, awakening the young generation. And I was inspired by it. And I went to his, America Fest this one year around 2020 and 2021. And that's when I started praying to God that God, I must bring this movement, or you must bring this movement to Korea to awaken Korean young generation, because this is the way.
Kevin Freeman: That is an impossible thing that you have accomplished there. That is a miracle. Because how do you. You go to something and say, well, this is great, I think I'll bring it to Korea. That, that, that seems like an impossible task. But nothing is impossible with God.
Mina Kim: With God, of course. So for two years after that, until 2023, I was just praying and I was just, working on my podcast, which is MKIMtv, where I, you know, try to, describe or give people the, the right idea of what's happening in America. Because all the mainstream media in Korea, including America, they're all leaning towards, one way only. And I wanted to give them, you know, this is really happening in America. And you have to listen to this side of the story. Yeah. So that's how it, that's how I was praying for two years, doing my own work as a podcaster. And then on 2023, NewSong Year's Day in Korea, we have this thing called a NewSong Year's service. So at 12:00am in the morning, from December 31st to January 1st, going from. To January 1st, that's midnight, we have a midnight service and giving like, kind of our first, ourselves to God for the very first moment of the year. and then I was praying, and then I felt this huge, heavy burden, from God, of course, saying that this year is the year that you have to, like, you're bringing in this movement. So I heard that, kind of like a voice from God, you know, telling me I should go on with it. And then I didn't believe it. I didn't want to, because the size of the conference and then the whole event I was picturing was too big.
Kevin Freeman: It is too big. And how could one person do that?
Mina Kim: I know exactly M. God can do it. Yes, of course. And what God did through my family's life is my father got into a horrible accident in 2021 and he became quadriplegic.
Kevin Freeman: Oh, no.
Mina Kim: And he was the main financial source of our family. and then he just, you know, went to the hospital for the whole, until now. Right now he's in his coma. And I believe God is working with him. You know, he's. He's a person of God.
Kevin Freeman: What? We will have to pray for him. What's his name?
Mina Kim: His name is a little hard to pronounce, but. Hwansu Kim.
Kevin Freeman: Hwansu Kim.
Mina Kim: Yes, that's right. You can call him Mr. Kim.
Kevin Freeman: Mr. Kim.
Mina Kim: Yes.
Kevin Freeman: All right, so we're going to pray for him because the power of prayer is enormous.
Mina Kim: Amen.
Kevin Freeman: And the notion that you would go away on NewSong Year's and go to church and get, from Download from God. This is what I want you to do. I do that every year for NewSong Year's. And you're at, one of the answers to those prayers here, at Liberty Hawk. Because every year I would go away, and the Lord said, I have a property for you. And he told me exactly where it was. And I'd come home and I'd tell my wife, and she'd say, when do we move? And I said, well, when the Lord makes it open. And she found a property here with a realtor and thought, this is it. And I said, no, that's not it. When God provides it, it will be ready to move in on day one. And she said, well, how is that going to happen? I said, well, just ask him and we'll ask him in the fourth dimension. And the fourth dimension is something I learned reading a book. I was in Tulsa. I was m. In college years, so I'm in my early 20s. And, my roommate, who went to Rhema Bible Training center, gives me a book titled the Fourth Dimension by a Korean pastor, Dr. Cho. amazing. And I'm reading the book, and this is a fascinating book. It's all about asking God specifically for things. And it says, in there, you've got to be very specific in your prayers. And how you do it is you access the fourth dimension and the fourth dimension. We know what the three dimensions are. We live in a 3D world, right? This is the fourth dimension, and that is the presence of God, where God dwells. And so I finished reading the book, and I applied it as the Holy Spirit, take me into the presence of the Lord. Lord, I would love to speak with this man sometime. And you know the story, but, I'm going to tell it again. So I said that as I closed the book and the phone rang and I answered it. Now I'm background I'm working at Royal East Limited in Tulsa, Oklahoma, at South Rhodes Mall. And I am selling, Asian imports. It's an Asian import sales store, retail store. So we sell nunchucks and gheez and ginseng tea and all sorts of things that have come from Asia. And my boss is Korean, and he'd come here, and his wife was teaching at Oral Roberts University. She taught French, spoke perfect French.
Mina Kim: Interesting.
Kevin Freeman: And, so Mr. Park would. Every day, he would stop, you know, whatever he was doing around noon, around lunchtime, and go eat lunch. He didn't tell me he was going to eat lunch. And, anyway, so he goes to eat lunch. I close the book up, and I say, lord, someday I'd like to speak with this man. And the phone range, and I turn around and I pick up the phone. It's not a cell phone. It's a wired phone on the wall. I pick up and I say, royal Lease limited, May I help you? And I hear these words, yes. Is Mr. Park there? And I said, no, he's not. He's gone to lunch. Will you tell him Dr. Paul Yongji Cho from Korea has, called him. Because every time I'm in the United States, I call my dear friend Mr. Park. I had no idea that he knew him. And, and just wanted to say hi. And I said, Dr. Cho, you will not believe this. I just finished reading your book, and I asked specifically of the Lord, I'd like to speak with that man sometime. And, you called on the phone, and his words were, yes, that's how it works. Which is something my family says over and over and over. When we see God's hand move, we say, yes, that's how it works. And you heard from God that he wanted you to build up Korea and have an event, and it happened. And, yes, that's how it works.
Mina Kim: That's right. Amen. Well, that's a crazy story, by the way.
Kevin Freeman: It is a crazy story, but so is yours.
Mina Kim: It's really incredible.
Kevin Freeman: God is doing things that we humanly cannot do.
Mina Kim: That's so true.
Kevin Freeman: And that's what we need more of. That's what young people need more of. they need to realize when they see Charlie Kirk being assassinated and they say what an evil world we live in. And there's this big fan, nasty fight over Israel and Qatar and all of these horrible things that are going on, we need to step back and realize God's still alive. God still has a purpose, and God had a plan for Korea.
Mina Kim: Amen.
Build Up Korea is educating young generation of American history first
Kevin Freeman: So what is Build Up Korea doing now.
Mina Kim: So Build Up Korea is, educating young generation of American history first because Korean kids are not interested in learning about Korean history because they're not fun. But if we talk about American history first, they get interested all of a sudden.
Kevin Freeman: Do you know, doctor, Ben Carson?
Mina Kim: not in person, but I do know him.
Kevin Freeman: I think I introduced you to his chief of staff.
Mina Kim: Yes, that's correct.
Kevin Freeman: Who I believe is Korean. You should talk to her. Because the Little patriots videos that Dr. Carson has produced are designed to educate young people on American history. And if we could get them translated, where you could show those videos, I think that is, of course. And Dr. Carson is a great, great, great.
Mina Kim: I would love to get him and you to Korea for the next Build of Korea event.
Kevin Freeman: I would love that as well.
MK: This spiritual fight is not just America's fight or Korea's fight
So you've got offices. I look here, Atlanta, London, Israel. What does that mean?
Mina Kim: So part of it, it's prophetic, because as I was praying, God told me that it's not just going to be set in Korea, only because this spiritual fight I'm understanding these days is not just, just America's fight or Korea's fight. It's a global fight. It is, yes.
Kevin Freeman: It's darkness and light.
Mina Kim: Majority of darkness versus a few light.
Kevin Freeman: Which is the, the whole Korea map. There's the darkness and then there's the light.
Mina Kim: That's true. That's true. So prophetically, I'm telling myself that Bible, biblical words has to be the standard of everything. So it's not. It's like we have to fit, to work, work to fit the Bible or what the Bible says not, fitting the Bible verses to fit us, which is what's happening these days. So Bible says we need to pray for Israel and to bless Israel. that's why I put Israel in there.
Kevin Freeman: Good.
Mina Kim: And then London, back then, when I was creating this business card and even right now, heard that they're going through the similar phase spiritually.
Kevin Freeman: We, call this, we've started a program here at, ah, Pirate Money Radio, Economic War Room, Saving Civilization Action Network Scan, which was Charlie's vision, he asked me to lead it, and it covers. So South Korea is in civilization. London, and England are in civilization. But they're under attack.
Mina Kim: Exactly.
Kevin Freeman: And right now you'll see it's an immigration attack. But man, if we can get people that are immigrants that assimilate and adopt the truth, the gospel, the liberty of the Constitution, they'll prosper like South Korea did relative to North Korea. It's the principles that work. Yes. So London's interesting to me because I just read where a man, from London who was a consultant, came to Florida and he took a picture. He was on a weekend trip with one of his clients, and he held up a rifle and took a picture of himself with a rifle and said, look at me, I'm in Florida holding a gun. Somebody in England complained that they felt threatened by that because it was on his social media. And as soon as he returned to London, he got arrested.
Mina Kim: No way.
Kevin Freeman: A loss of freedom.
Mina Kim: No freedom, no free speech.
Kevin Freeman: No free speech. No. Kind of crazy what's going on. But London is a part of Western civilization, historically, has propagated the gospel as much as any city on Earth, of course. And we love London. In fact, we've partnered. And support for this program comes from Glint, which is a financial technology service offering a debit card and mobile app that enables users to access their gold holdings for everyday purchases. Glint was founded by a man in London, who's become a dear friend. But with Glint, users maintain ownership of allocated physical gold, which is stored in a managed vault. At the time of transaction, gold is sold in real time to cover the purchase amount in local currency. Glint offers an alternative way to store and use the value. Combining gold and silver with modern payment infrastructure, Glint clients can monitor their goal, balance, view transaction history, manage their account through the Glint app, also available on, major mobile platforms. More details about how vaulted physical gold can be used as money are [email protected] Gold247 Again, that's glintpay.com Gold247. Glint providing access to gold for modern spending. But that's an example of the London financial system coming up with a creative way to use gold and silver. By the way, we passed laws to do this in five states, signed into law, which is Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Texas and Missouri, those five states we talked about earlier. And we're looking at Glint as a technology service provider. But I don't want it to be housed in London. I want it to be housed in America. So we're negotiating with them on that. But I really do think that bringing these principles of truth and the Constitution, to the world, so to Israel, to London, to Atlanta, to NewSong York, to Florida, to South Korea, to wherever, is an important thing. And you're leading a charge. You're like an heir to Charlie's anointing to carry this. And, you know, I'm just so excited about all the great things that you're doing with Build Up Korea.
Mina Kim: Thank you. I really appreciate it.
Kevin Freeman: We've got one more segment, but how do people follow you? what's the best way?
Mina Kim: on YouTube, MKIMtv. It's my podcast. I've been doing it for five years now. And then Instagram is my main social media, and then I do, X work on X as well.
Kevin Freeman: All right, we'll be back with Mina right after this break, and we'll cover more. Pirate money radio, helping you give, spend, and invest in ways that align with liberty, security, and values.
Kevin Freeman: What would the Korean message be to America
Welcome back with your host, Kevan Freeman. Yeah. And I'm joined, by an amazing lady who is doing great things for liberty, for the gospel, sharing it with the world, who's got a great international background. And she invited, Donald Trump Jr. Who came to Korea and shared. And then Charlie Kirk, five days before he was shot, he was with you. what was that rally with Charlie Kirk like?
Mina Kim: it was very unexpected because Charlie didn't like to travel abroad, especially with, his new kid and stuff. But, he decided to come to Korea. And then, of course, he went to Japan afterwards. And he came and he wanted to visit, a few places that I've never thought about him visiting. So we actually had arranged several meetings for Charlie. but he had to cancel all those meetings, of course. That's him. And he said he wanted to visit the dmz, where he could see North Korea from the border. And then also the statue of General MacArthur that you just talked about. Yes, yes. I thought that was a little strange, but it makes sense because not strange.
Kevin Freeman: That'S exactly what I would do. Those are the two stops I would.
Mina Kim: Want to make, really. because the Koreans would never do that. You know, I hear from American people sometimes that, oh, it looks like you love America more than us. And then for our perspective, you guys love Korea more than us.
Kevin Freeman: Wow. Isn't that funny?
Mina Kim: That's funny. it's a true unity.
Kevin Freeman: It is funny. So what would the Korean message be? America. What do you. You've been here, so you see that there are good people. I think there are a lot of wonderful people in the world. And by the way, I don't think people are by nature good. I think people by nature have a sin nature. And with Christ, we can become good. But I enjoy meeting people, even those that aren't Christian, and have compassion for them and appreciate them and the uniqueness of how God made them. but what would your message be to America? You've been here and you've been in various parts of the country and you're gonna. California. And what's your message?
Mina Kim: So Koreans message to America. the first thing is, whatever happens in America happens in the world. So I would never imagine that Korea would face the mass migration problem. So Charlie Kirk, before he went home back to the States, he told me that Korea will soon face the mass migration problem. And then, right, as soon as he left, something happens in Korea that we would, accept so many foreigner from certain country called China, without taking or looking at any visas or checking any identifications. So he said it right. So whatever happens in America happens in Korea and all the world. So what I want to tell American people is that please stay vigilant, hold the standard. Yes. And then please keep the freedom that you guys have, because that's what made your country the. The most powerful country in the world. It's not the money, it's not the people, it's God and it's the biblical values. And, that's what shaped, I believe, the Western civilization. And I think we really need to save that. And all the forces other than America or some of the free countries that are left, other totalitarianism or the communism forces are coming in to eat us. And they are powerful, and they are wise, too, and they're smart. And in order to fight against them, we need America. Because you're the lighthouse of the freedom.
Kevin Freeman: Well, I need you a spokesperson for Saving Civilization Action Network, which is fighting the four Horsemen. Four horsemen of the American apocalypse and our six trials by fire. The four horsemen are communist China, which is red, the red horse, green, which is political Islam, the blue, which is the globalist, the World Economic Forum and so forth, would tell you you must have open borders, and tell you you'll own nothing and no capitalism and all that. And then the yellow, I call them the traitors. And the cowards in Wall street and in Washington that are willing to sell out the world for their little piece of profit. Yes, they're like the golems from, the Ring, the Lord of the ring for the. And they'll have their little, cowardly win there at the expense of everybody else. And so that's my concern.
If President Trump didn't become president, Korea would have fallen to communism
So do you have a warning? well, actually, I want to ask this first. So what was the feeling in South Korea when President Trump won the second time?
Mina Kim: The second time. So it's very divided. So our group of people who are Christians and conservatives, they were cheering because if President Trump didn't become the president, our country would have fallen to communism already as of 2025.
Kevin Freeman: Right. Now that is a bold statement that I am 100% certain is true. Yes, I believe you 100%. But I don't think the typical. Can you imagine America without South Korea standing up, for free markets and for individual personal liberty? Can you imagine how bad the world would be, how bad Asia would be if were able to absorb Korea, which they're trying to do?
Kevin Freeman: All right, so that strong statement, it would have fallen already.
Mina Kim: Yes. Because already, even with President Trump in office, right now they're jailing our pastors. they're trying to censor every voice in Korea. So they're arresting this one young lady who were just, you know, peacefully marching in front of the court.
Kevin Freeman: Court.
Mina Kim: Courtroom, or, you know, in Korean street. So that's what's happening in Korea right now, even with the President Trump in office.
Kevin Freeman: Well, when Charlie left, Bill Federer said, watch, they're going to arrest this pastor. And they did. I don't know the pastor's name, but he warned stone. Pastor Sohn, he was with you?
Mina Kim: Yes, yes, he was with us.
Kevin Freeman: And is a part of this. And is he. Where is he now? Is he still in prison?
Mina Kim: Yes, he's still in prison.
Kevin Freeman: We need to pray for him too.
Mina Kim: We do.
Kevin Freeman: We need to pray for your father and we need to pray for Pastor Solomon.
Mina Kim: Yes.
Kevin Freeman: All right, we're going to do both of those.
Mina Kim: Thank you so much.
I think a lesson from what you're doing is the importance of young people
Kevin Freeman: what other. I think a lesson from what you're doing is the importance of young people. I've heard it my whole life. They're our future. And I was the future when I was a young person. And now I look at my kids and my friends and their kids and their grandkids and so forth, and I say, that is the future. We better build them up.
Mina Kim: Yes.
Kevin Freeman: And that's what you're doing. So it's a youth movement.
Mina Kim: It's a youth movement. copied off of the American youth movement, of course. And I see so much hope in American youth. And every time, you know, I see a lot of my friends who are just go to major, universities in America, they would say, oh, Americans are so racist. But, you know, as Korean living in America, my perspective on American people and American young generation is they're the nicest people on earth. And I think it's because of God and the legacy that God has left this country and also to Korea. So what was the question again? I'm sorry, I'm not losing youth movement.
Kevin Freeman: And the youth are the nicest. Well, that brings up another point for me. Mina is. I have a friend who was, raised here. She's from India and she was raised here. And she went back to India on a visa issue with her family. And she came back and she said, you know what bothered me was that in India they think that Indians are better than everybody else.
Kevin Freeman: And she said, that seemed very racist to me. They asked me, how is it that you can live in America with all those different races? They don't think of themselves as racist. They just think of themselves as better because they're. And that's true in many parts of the world, but in America, it's a melting pot. I mean, you can't go down the streets. You don't just see, one individual race. You can see that in some countries, but you don't see that in America. You see people from all kinds of backgrounds, but if they're united by a system, by a faith in Christ, by all of that, then they're family. Yes, they're the same. And so I feel like I could go to Korea and be with your friends and feel right at home. And I hope you feel whenever you're here among these same people, you're right at home 100%. That's what changed. It's not the color of our skin. It's not the nation into which we were born. It is the principles that we stand for. The problem I see is America. A lot of people are wanting to come into America and they say, I don't want to be an American. I want to be Somali.
Mina Kim: Right.
Kevin Freeman: I want to be whatever background they're coming from. yes. And they don't want to assimilate. Well, I'm sorry. I don't care where you come from. If you want to be an American and be a part of the system that wins, then we want you here. But if you want to take us to a North Korean system where there's no light at night and there's a dictator and the people are massively oppressed and desperately poor, I'm not interested in that.
Mina Kim: That's right.
Kevin Freeman: That's not expanding freedom around the world.
Mina Kim: Same for Korea.
Kevin Freeman: Yeah, I believe it. So what do we need to do for young people? Because you've seen them both in Korea. We, need to give them opportunity. And we also need to address this issue of affordability.
Mina Kim: Yes.
Kevin Freeman: Because I know that's hitting young people.
Mina Kim: That's so true. So young people giving opportunity. I think is the most important thing. And that's what I learned from Charlie Kirk hosting his own event, having all these young generation and young influencers on the stage, on the same stage with sometimes Donald Trump Jr. Or President Trump even. And that kind of gives them the idea that, oh, as a young generation, we could also take part in this society, in this part of the world. And, that's the mission that we have as Christians. We need to participate, to be the light of the world.
Kevin Freeman: So I'm going to invite you to the second project we mentioned, scan. The second project we have is the Economic Justice Board. We're proposing to President Trump that he developed this like he's done the Religious Liberty Commission, so that he can understand the needs of young people like those that you work with in Korea and here. And how do we foster policies. And we've come up with, a word, three letter word. Ark stands for Ark. Not Arkansas, not Arkansas. But when you have the floods like Noah experienced and you have to be protected and sheltered from these massive storms and floods, you need an ark. And the ark is built on affordability, reward and kindness. And the notion is that we've got to first triage the immediate need, which is affordability. People can't afford to live and eat and do and stuff. And then we've got to give them a system that offers reward like South Korea has relative to North Korea to where you work hard and you get rewarded for it and give them opportunities to save and build. And then kindness, where we will be generous for those less fortunate rather than government handouts solving the problem. We inculcate it in individuals that Christ has called us to be cheerful givers. And if you see someone in need to meet that need, and if we do those three things, I think young people have a great future.
Mina Kim: Amen. I believe so too. And that sounds like America.
Kevin Freeman: That's what America is supposed to be.
Kevin Freeman and Mina Kim pray for Pastor Song and Pastor Kim
All right. So thank you, Mina, for being part of Pirate Money Radio. We're going to be praying for you, Father, in Jesus name. I pray for Mr. Kim and I pray for Pastor Song. Bless them both, heal them, restore them, and bring them liberty. Listen to this wherever you get your podcast. This is Kevan Freeman and Mina Kim for Pirate Money Radio.
From lonely dorms to leading a youth movement, Mina Kim shares how faith, family, and freedom shaped her mission to revive Korea’s Judeo‑Christian foundations. Kevin Freeman and Mina spotlight the stark contrast between North and South Korea, the role of American values, and why vigilance against communism matters worldwide. Hear behind-the-scenes moments with Charlie Kirk in Seoul, the legacy of General MacArthur, and how prayer and free markets transformed a nation. Discover Build Up Korea’s plan to educate youth, protect liberty, and unite a global coalition for truth and justice.
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