North Korea’s prison system isn’t just about punishment—it’s about control. This video examines how detention, labor camps, and collective punishment function inside the regime. Information is limited ...

North Korea is using forced labor from its network of prison camps to mine coal and other minerals to boost exports and earn foreign currency, using the cash to support its nuclear weapons programs, ...

On January 2nd, 2005, Shin Dong-hyuk escaped from Camp 14, North Korea’s most secure prison. He is the only known prisoner to ...

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