Getting information about North Korea’s gulag is harder than ever
But the regime seems to be planning an expansion
ONE FAMILY was sent to a prison camp after a relative was accused of, and then executed for, opposing the regime. Another family was detained after one of them was caught searching for relatives of a man who had escaped to South Korea. One unfortunate fled to China, only to be arrested and sent home, whereupon he was promptly dispatched to a camp.
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “In the dark”
Asia March 13th 2021
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- Plastic surgery is thriving in Afghanistan—to the outrage of some
- Getting information about North Korea’s gulag is harder than ever
- America’s top brass responds to the threat of China in the Pacific
- Myanmar’s generals have not thought their coup through
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