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Summary and Analysis of the North Korea Witness on the Crimes against Humanity in North Korea |
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Prisoners who work in the mines in the life imprisonment settlements often die from all sorts of accidents. The facilities and tools are primitive and there are few safety provisions for the prisoners. The mines; gangways are usually so narrow that the prisoners ar..
[2005-12-30 13:52] |
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In 1984, a 27-year-old political prisoner working as a mechanic at the transportation unit, Tongpo Sector, Settlement No.13, stole a guard jeep (plate No. 580131) and succeeded in fleeing to China, leaving the jeep by the riverside. However, he was arrested and..
[2005-12-27 15:15] |
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In March 1992, we were camping in Sugol Valley in Settlement No.22. One day, after lunch, I left my tent and went up the hill for evacuation. When I settled down at a corner, I noticed a shovel partly covered by dry leaves. I wondered who could have left a sho..
[2005-12-23 11:27] |
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Onsok Height was the secret execution site for Detention Settlement No.13 and many corpses were found when we reached for rocks to be used for the construction of guard posts. In the autumn of 1989, security officers went to the killing field with ten political p..
[2005-12-21 15:20] |
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In 1989, when we reached the summit of Onsok Heights, a secret killing field in Settlement No.13, we found the rocks we needed and started to move them. When I picked up the fifth rock, I noticed a piece of cloth. I didn’t give it a second thought. Then, I noticed..
[2005-12-20 16:06] |
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In March 1991, we began our first day of marching at Detention Settlement No. 22. By nightfall, we were exhausted and decided to camp at Sugol Valley. We were instructed to cook rice without kettles for training the next morning. Cooking rice without kettles re..
[2005-12-16 15:21] |
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In May 1988, two 13 year-old girls named Ok-hwa & Sun-shil of Unit 19, Tongpo Sector, Settlement No.13, were mauled to death by guard dogs on their way home from settlement school. Five prisoners, including two women, saw the dead girls and were executed to kee..
[2005-12-14 14:16] |
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A 26 year-old female prisoner was caught writing a letter in jail at Life Detention Settlement No. 13 in the winter of 1986. She was badly tortured to make her confess who gave her the paper and pen. She refused to confess. Then, the chief jail officer used a bi..
[2005-12-13 15:10] |
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After a warehouse fire was extinguished, a security officer ordered for the bodies of all prisoners to be searched. “Anyone discovered with even a single grain of rice will be punished!” he shouted.Prisoners were lined up and ordered to show their pockets inside o..
[2005-12-12 12:08] |
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One day in April 1988, in Life Imprisonment settlement No. 22, we were conducting routine military drills when Lt MC Choi, my platoon commander, spotted ten prisoners watching us as they passed by. He stopped them and asked them to come. The prisoners all went..
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