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Summary and Analysis of the North Korea Witness on the Crimes against Humanity in North Korea |
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| All prisoners in the detention settlement use community toilets. In the mornings, it is common to find scores of prisoners waiting is a ling queue. In addition, because there is no toilet paper, they make do with dry leaves of corn, pumpkin, and other plants. When..
[2006-02-27 14:35] |
| We were so overworked that we were covered with dust and sweat. Whether we were human beings or beasts, we were barely recognizable. We did not have time to watch our faces and clothes. The bachelors’ quarter stunk and was full of lice, fleas and other insects. The..
[2006-02-23 14:55] |
| Finding food in the detention settlement is a endless battle for survival. We ate whatever we could find – rats, frogs, snakes, insects, grass, beans, or corn grains found in cattle droppings. If we were caught eating anything other than the rationed corn, we..
[2006-02-21 14:56] |
| If we were fortunate enough to have no guards around, we would sneak into pigsties to steal pigs’ slops. We always carried an empty can with us to scoop out slops from the troughs. Thus, the troughs were cleaned in a mater of seconds. When we were lucky, we drank d..
[2006-02-16 14:52] |
| The average winter temperature at the settlement was 20~30 degrees below zero in Celsius (4-22 degrees below zero Fahrenheit). In the winter of 1987, shortly after my arrival at the detention settlement, we were force to lay the foundation for the construction of..
[2006-02-14 17:37] |
| The bachelor prisoners must survive for an indefinite period with the clothes they wear on the day of arrival at the detention settlement. We received a pair of sneakers every 18 months and a pair of winter shoes every five years despite the heavy labor. There is n..
[2006-02-10 15:41] |
| Girls in the settlement, whether they are single or from a family, normally became the sexual toys of security officers. Their complexions are less rough than those of other prisoners. They often spend hours in the security office in the evenings and, in return, ge..
[2006-02-06 16:24] |
| Ever New Year’s Eve, there would be an announcement that beginning from midnight, an honorable opportunity would be available for all prisoners to give a formal bow of respect to “Great Leader” and “Dear leader.”For prisoners who were always so exhausted from o..
[2006-02-02 17:11] |
| When I first arrived at the detention settlement in November 1987, as young boy of 18, I was shocked to see prisoners in such miserable shape. Most of them were o poorly dressed, their clothes all patched-up. They covered their whole face with dirty rags revealin..
[2006-01-31 16:30] |
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The following incident took place in October 1987, about a month after I arrived at Life Detention Settlement No. 11. Sgt. Man-sun Kim was the deputy commander of my platoon and had sexual relations with a young female prisoner named Choi, an accountant in the..
[2006-01-27 12:15] |
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