North Korean Camps Part 2 of 3

The only escapee of North Koreas most brutal prison camp has lived to tell us a story of unspeakable horror. Starved of food and common humanity, Shin proves that gulags are still a tragic reality.
"We were always hungry. Shins most vivid memory of his life in the camp is the constant hunger he felt, food made me escape, even if it was going to cost me my life. The only thing that interested me was the food. Before his escape three years ago, he didnt even know that a world existed beyond the barbed wires. Until then, his life had been one of torture, hard labour and complete isolation. My mother was supposed to inform on me and me on her. He believed she deserved her fate as he witnessed her execution. I blamed her. I had no real feelings as a kid. Shin didnt know love, only violence. Once the guards beat a little girl on the head so hard, she died the next day. He eventually escaped through a gap in a high-voltage fence. His charred legs still bear the scars. As horrible as it is, Shins story is not unique. Wang, himself a former prisoner, is a prominent writer on the subject. He believes that oppression in North Korea will keep increasing: The brutality of the system has grown to the point where Kim Jong Il now fears that he will suffer the same fate as Caucescu of Romania. He simply wants to kill all his enemies. "

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[gumdokim]

Lolz ''Father country? what's that? What a shit country!" Epic

[jmeagher1]

Aparently North Korea makes a 500 million dollar profit per annum from narcotics production on fertile land whilst the majority starve to death . It will be a terrible indictment on our generation if we just continue to ignore whats going on here .

[sondeleb]

@wonderfulbliss97 Note the age of the documentary...

[wonderfulbliss97]

latest new mobile phone wow O_o

[miamivicepastels83]

@LuwBren and now i just saw that kim jong il has passed ( i am late...) it will be interesting to see what happens....

[miamivicepastels83]

@LuwBren i think that's probably true. and yes it is fkd up

[LuwBren]

@miamivicepastels83 Right. He was just trying to survive.. in a way I feel he shouldn't feel guilty, but of course he does. He has a normal empathy despite everything unlike those torturers. But maybe those were also scared. If they didn't do the torture, they would prolly face it themselves. So fucked up :(

[miamivicepastels83]

7:30 he has nothing to feel guilty about, it is the regime that should feel guilty for putting him , his friend, and others in that situation

[miamivicepastels83]

@snicklefritz1825 true. ppl confuse economic systems, and political systems

[miamivicepastels83]

@ChristopherSaindon thank you....i am so tired of ppl talking about all these (old btw) nuclear weapons that NK has. they show the world those films in order to make ppl scared, and clearly they have succeeded in even doing that to ppl in the US lookin at the comments. I don't know what's sadder, that fact or the material in this doc

[PhenomenalHeadShot]

@jmeagher1 im going to tell you the same thing i told the last guy who wondered why we arent doing anything... NUKES!!!!!!!!! GOD DAMN NUKES!!!!! now if we had something to disable nukes mid flight.. then damn we'd fuck their shit up. =)