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 […]
Read MoreInternet-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: […]
Read MoreAs his first year as Supreme Leader concludes, analysts have an overall mixed reaction to Kim Jong-un’s style of leadership. Promises of economic reform, innovations in propaganda that has made it more outward facing in nature, and the introduction of a first family with his marriage to Ri Sol-ju are just three of the highlights of the newest Kim’s first year. While the […]
Read MoreA report recently released by Navi Pillay, the United Nation’s chief human rights official, claims more than 200,000 people are incarcerated in political prison camps (kwan-li-so) in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). The kwan-li-so are places where torture, rape and slave labour are common. It is believed that the scale of the crimes committed in North Korea amount to crimes against humanity. Because of […]
Read MoreWhile 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 […]
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