The following article comes from the secular press. It covers matters that are secular. Except for one thing: the places described below house Christians. "Political" prisoners are those who threaten Kim Jong-il's grip on power in some way, and...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Following is a translation of a recent testimony received from sources I shall not name. We shall call this precious woman "Mrs. Park" and rejoice with her in what God has done. Why is the military dictatorship on a rampage in North Korea? Why...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
I've been sharing with you the eyewitness accounts of prison life in North Korea, using David Hawk's Hidden Gulag. I'm about to wrap up my time in this book, which is available online free. I thought I would share with you today a summary of the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
It's December 22. One of my favorite days of the year. Yesterday was the shortest day. Today there will be more minutes of light. And tomorrow even more. In my strange way of thinking, spring is already here. The light has dawned. In almost no...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"Remembering the prisoners" of North Korea is one thing this website is about. One way to remember them is to see before us on a regular basis their prisons. David Hawk has given us a tool to do that. It is online, it is called The Hidden Gulag...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Lee Soon Ok is the author of Eyes of the Tailless Animals: Prison Memoirs of a North Korean Woman. I really think you should get a copy. This is the story of a member of the privileged class falsely charged with theft and bribery. She was...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
That's what it's called in North Hamgyong: "Chosun People's Security Unit 2209." Or "Pueksan-ku Ministry of State Security." Or Kwan-li-so No. 22. Sometimes just "Hoeryong", after the town where the headquarters is located. It's a concentration...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Hidden Gulag , David Hawk's serious study of the prison system of North Korea is must reading for NK lovers. I summarize one of his testimonies but refer you to his whole (free online) book, which even contains aerial photographs of concentration...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
From The Hidden Gulag available online free: Another witness of the reality of the North Korean regime. He is Kim Tae Jin, and comes to us by way of China, North Korea, China again , North Korea again (this time through the prison system...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
An Hyuk was arrested for crossing over into China, out of curiosity. All his life he had belonged to a loyal party family. He had received a government scholarship to a physical education school at age 12. But one day he was out ice skating and...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
