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Holy cow, I just read "Escape From Camp 14" about the prison camps in N. Korea. Shocking and disturbing. Reminds me of descriptions of the Nazi camps. This shit still happens.
Go to Google Maps and type in these coordinates: 39.576N, 126.071E
http://asiasociety.org/blog/asia/interview-author-blaine-harden-north-koreas-gulags
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin_Dong-hyuk_%28human_rights_activist%29
http://hrnk.org/wp-content/uploads/The_Hidden_Gulag.pdf
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)Their families are generally murdered. Everyone. Even if they didn't escape, or plan the escape, themselves. Anyone associated with the person who escapes is either sent to those camps or executed. It's an awful situation.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)I get the uncomfortable feeling that some of the rabid part of the RW would think this is a good thing in the US if one didn't comply with their direction.
Duer 157099
(17,742 posts)but history shows us time and again that humans are more than capable of it.
Not over the top at all. Just a firm grasp of reality.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)Duer 157099
(17,742 posts)His father's brothers escaped, and so the whole family that remained was thrown into the camp for life.