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By now there are tens of thousands of North Korean defectors living in South Korea and elsewhere. That includes others ex-prisoners (not necessarily escapees, s
by nandemo 14y ago
By now there are tens of thousands of North Korean defectors living in South Korea and elsewhere. That includes others ex-prisoners (not necessarily escapees, some people are released after all). There's also satellite imagery that corroborates some of the defectors' descriptions. There's also testimony from ex-party officials and even from people who knew the Kim family, confirming that people were imprisoned or executed for thoughtcrimes.
Not to mention all the evidence from "regular" North Koreans who lived outside Pyongyang.
- coldtea 14y ago>By now there are tens of thousands of North Korean defectors living in South Korea and elsewhere. That includes others ex-prisoners (not necessarily escapees, some people are released after all). There's also satellite imagery that corroborates some of the defectors' descriptions. There's also testimony from ex-party officials and even from people who knew the Kim family, confirming that people were imprisoned or executed for thoughtcrimes. The parts that I dispute cannot be corroborated by "satellite" (which can also show the presence of a camp). And I'm sure that "people were imprisoned or executed for thoughtcrimes". That happens in any country, and all much more in a regime like NK. It's the other details of life in prison, situations, etc, I'm not so hot about.