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Imprisoned in North Korea, American Kenneth Bae Gravely Ill

The imprisoned American Christian missionary Kenneth Bae, serving 15 years of hard labor for subversive activities against the government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), is reportedly ‘gravely ill’ according to his family. He is too weak to work, according to statements by his sister, Terri Chung. It was alleged by the DPRK […]

Google Shows Details of North Korea’s Kwan-li-so (관리소) Labor Camps on Google Maps

Internet-search and tech giant Google is known worldwide for its comprehensive maps, compiled using a variety of methods in order to make the physical world as navigable as the ethereal world of the internet. Now, Google’s tech is being used to compile, identify, and make available to the world the locations of North Korea’s greatest horrors: […]

Kwan-li-so: North Korea’s Gulag

While the nation celebrated 100 years since the birth of Eternal President Kim Il-sung the 15th of April this year, the pomp and circumstance masked yet another tragedy within the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. The Committee for Human Rights in North Korea estimates that 23,000 North Koreans live in South Korea, including many former […]