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2017.06.28
| Won | Pyongyang | Sinuiju | Hyesan |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exchange Rate | 8,070 | 8,050 | 8,095 |
| Rice Price | 5,800 | 6,000 | 5,900 |
Rates of inmate abuse in North Korean prisons are some of the highest in the world, according to a new U.S. State Department report entitled “Report on International Prison Conditions.”
The report, which was released last week, notes, “In North Korea, political detainees are routinely subjected to systematic physical and psychological mistreatment," adding, “According to numerous defector accounts and NGO reports, prisoners experience severe beatings, electric shock, public nakedness, confinement in small immobile cells, and the coercion of mothers to watch infanticide of their newborns.”
The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL), which compiled the report, also disclosed that it has been working with a South Korean NGO to improve prison conditions in North Korea. The partnership is documenting “a range of human rights violations in North Korean detention facilities and political prison camps and to encourage discussions to improve conditions inside the country,” it explains.
“This partner NGO conducted over 100 interviews with refugees and produced reports that address human rights conditions in North Korea’s detention facilities and political prison camps,” it also notes.
The report, which was released last week, notes, “In North Korea, political detainees are routinely subjected to systematic physical and psychological mistreatment," adding, “According to numerous defector accounts and NGO reports, prisoners experience severe beatings, electric shock, public nakedness, confinement in small immobile cells, and the coercion of mothers to watch infanticide of their newborns.”
The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL), which compiled the report, also disclosed that it has been working with a South Korean NGO to improve prison conditions in North Korea. The partnership is documenting “a range of human rights violations in North Korean detention facilities and political prison camps and to encourage discussions to improve conditions inside the country,” it explains.
“This partner NGO conducted over 100 interviews with refugees and produced reports that address human rights conditions in North Korea’s detention facilities and political prison camps,” it also notes.
