In your research for North Korea, as you grow deeper and deeper in love with this nightmarish land, you will inevitably begin to hear conflicting reports and wonder which is true. For example, per David Hawk in The Hidden Gulag , "In 1988, the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
When we last spoke of the history of the Korean church (using the outline in Hefley's "By Their Blood") we were talking of the Pyongyang Revival of the early years of the 20th century. It could well be that the spiritual fortifying that went on...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The title is not my own. It belongs to David Hawk of the U.S. Commiteee for Human Rights in North Korea. To download his entire work free visit the HRNK website . Mr. Hawk describes the entire hierarchy of prisons to be found in North Korea's...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Time to revisit David Hawk's Hidden Gulag (2003), available online. Hawk describes "two distinct systems of repression" in North Korea. First there is the network of "forced-labor colonies, camps, and prisons where scores of thousands of...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
I quote today from a book by David Hawk and the U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea. I strongly recommend that you download and read their entire work on the Hidden Gulag. This particular quote is from Anne Applebaum, who wrote the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The story is long. I will condense this page from David Hawk's Hidden Gulag. Hawk's idea in writing his book is to expose to the light of day what is going on in North Korea. That's one of my goals too, so that people like you will pray. Ji Hae...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
One more look at "The Aquariums of Pyongyang" and then I really need to get this book back to the library. Hope you can check it out yourself soon... As one more example of how the North Korean government makes a mockery of, by trying to...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Occasionally I have cautioned you of weak heart not to read . Today I must excuse those who are of weak stomach. From "The Aquariums of Pyongyang" from which I have been quoting for a few days now, the following description of how some overcame...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Still trekking through “The Aquariums of Pyongyang” (Kang Chol-Hwan), and what a ghastly journey our friend leads us through! He writes on page 99 and ff: “Suicide was not uncommon in the camp. A number of our neighbors took that...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Facts gleaned from The Aquariums of Pyongyang by Kang Chol-Hwan, 2000. Why go to school at all? Because the North Korean government believes you are worth saving if only you can be re-programmed. Here are some odds and ends about what it means to...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
