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23 Years in a North Korean Prison Camp

Escapee, born in prison, tells of routine, stunning torture

By Jason Farago,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 11, 2008 7:27 AM CST

(Newser) – There are 14,431 North Korean defectors living in South Korea, but only one, Shin Dong-hyuk, who escaped from a Northern prison camp. In an interview with the Washington Post, Shin describes the daily horrors of life inside Kim Jong-Il's gulags, from fire torture to...   Read full story »

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