North Korean Death Camps Shown in Unprecedented Detail by Google Earth

[tysroby]

• More than 200,000 men, women and children are held in the camps
  
• Many are hidden in mountains and valleys
  
• South Korean government sending religious leaders on sortie to North Korea tomorrow and could meet Kim Jong-Il
  
• People are taken from the streets or their homes and imprisoned for general 'political crimes' as well as involvement in the arts
  

The North Korean government may deny their existence, but photos taken from space have revealed in unprecedented detail the concentration camps that are used imprison more than 200,000 citizens.

Men, women and children are forced to work seven days a week as slaves and eat 'rats, frogs, snakes, insects' and even faeces to battle starvation in the camps.

Previously there have been blurred images taken by satellite but new detailed pictures from South Korea's Unification Ministry allow a closer look at the sites - and also prove they have grown.

Experts say the tens of thousands of prisoners at the camps are often taken from their homes or in the street for supposed 'political crimes' rather than actual misdemeanours.

Half of all the inmates will die of starvation or malnutrition with others dying because of fatal diseases that thrive in the squalid conditions.

This is if they are not killed by torture, firing squad, or a public stoning by Kim Jong-Il's violent guards, former prisoners say.

One of the photos shows the Yodok camp, which holds an estimated 50,000 North Korean prisoners and is hidden in the mountains around 70 miles from the capital Pyongyang.

Kang was only nine years old when he and his family were sent there for political crimes.

'We had no food. We eat anything we could get our hands on -- rats, snakes, frogs, insects,' he told CBN news. 'We just had to find a way to survive.'

'Even though it happened a long time ago when I look at the satellite pictures I can still remember everything I saw and endured,' he said.

'The camp definitely looks bigger. For example, new buildings for prison guards weren't there before. I can only assume that means there are more prisoners being held and therefore more security is needed.'

Kang spent 10 years in Yodok before escaping to China in 1992 and wrote about his experiences in the book The Aquariums of Pyongyang.

It is believed he is the first prisoner to reveal to the world the existence of Yodok.

'The thing I remember the most about in the camp is how the prison guards would kill people for no reason. I witnessed many people being executed,' he said.

Amnesty International has compared the satellite images to those taken 10 years ago and confirms they are growing in size and branded them 'hellish'.

'The outside world certainly doesn't know what's going on and very little from the inside comes out,' Sam Zarifi, from Amnesty International said last month.

'The very little that has come out paints a very disturbing picture.'

Scott Edwards, director of the science and human rights program at Amnesty International added: 'The fact that we would have to rely on satellite imagery just to dispel the government's assertion that these camps don't exist is testament really to the scale of the human travesty that might be going on inside.'

The news came as it was revealed the South Korean government will send a group of religious leaders and representatives to visit North Korea tomorrow on a peace mission.

The Unification Ministry says delegates from the Korean Conference on Religion and Peace will leave for Pyongyang on Wednesday, where they will discuss peace and human rights issues.

It is also understood they could meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il.

Source: For the original article and the most detailed images ever seen of the concentration camps go to MailOnline

Read more at: The Guardian, The Washington Post

[majithia23]

damn....

God be with the poor people ... :mellow:....

here's a little detail as to the country known as N.Korea .......

[myidisbb]

he is a sick f that needs to be kill nasty like.

i dont buy the 99% literacy rate of theirs. no.

[toyo]

That image is a heap of US propaganda. He injects with the blood of virgins? Damn!

But of course, all US opponents are retards, short and genetically-challenged people. Be very afraid of them! They are evil! US of A will soon give haters the chance to invade such countries and solve their problems, so there are reasons to be happy though!

[myidisbb]

That image is a heap of US propaganda. He injects with the blood of virgins? Damn!

edited for ranting and raving :P

that wasnt usa propaganda

[majithia23]

@mydisbb

99% literacy rate could be a truth .

you see N.Korea for the Korean govt is only the capital city Pyongyang .

where only the people allowed by the govt can live , or say in other words , those working for the govts can live .

and govt official has to be literate if he wants to work ....:mellow:

of course there are down sides to the living in 'city' also , ---

>you cant make a choice for the apartment. and God forbid if you are allotted a flat on the 25 th floor , coz you will have to climb all the way up . No Elevators .!

>TV and Radio sets are alloted by the govts . with fix hours of transmission on the TV for a few hours only , and the radio keeps buzzing the all day with all the govt propaganda .you can only lower the volume but you cant shut it off .

>you cannot keep a personal mode of transportation . that is for the Govt only .

>highly irregular Electricity supply .

>Cellphones were introduced some time back . but only for the Govt contacts ..!

:blink:

and toyo ,

i dont think US will and can think of attacking N.Korea , no matter even if its able to convince the whole world that N.Korea is a threat and should be attacked .

it has a massive Army and some, who knows, really lethal WMD . ( as the underground reports say .... )

and

moreover the hatred towards the Americans in the minds of all N. Koreans is deep bred . Even a child says he will kill an American if he sees one .

all thanks to the well structured and programmed Propaganda of the govts ..!

they have glorified the weapons and the places with the help of and where the N. Korean soldiers killed American Soldiers ,

and are on display in their national museums

and are specially shown to tourists and reporters !! :mellow:

[toyo]

Truth is, in a world of imperialistic Western powers, can you be accused of being to careful? There are always more creative ways of breaching the sovereignty of foreign countries, no need to always go to war...

This is not my complete opinion, but because of my position here, I will not make any further remarks on this issue.

[myidisbb]

Truth is, in a world of imperialistic Western powers, can you be accused of being to careful? There are always more creative ways of breaching the sovereignty of foreign countries, no need to always go to war...

This is not my complete opinion, but because of my position here, I will not make any further remarks on this issue.

what imperialist western powers? there is none. i am tired of that excuse lie. period. that is what dictators, miltiary type governments, certain religionist governments and communist say all the time. just another lie. they are the ones that attack and take over, kill and control.

its worst then a lie, its really hatred.