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Summary and Analysis of the North Korea Witness on the Crimes against Humanity in North Korea |
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| One afternoon, we were brought back to school from work to watch my teacher punish six children who stopped work to eat cherries in the hill. Their lips and hands were stained black with cherry juice.“On your hands and legs! Put your body weight on your hands and m..
[2005-10-30 13:14] |
| In the autumn, with most of the strenuous root collection work having been completed, we were given firewood work. We were instructed to carry 20~30 kilograms of firewood to school, some three kilometers, six times a day. We did not have any wood-carrying equipment..
[2005-10-27 14:36] |
| During the autumn season, my task was to carry earth from the hill behind the school to the riverside. I did not know to do the work at first so I just followed what the other children were doing. The weight of the dirt on an A-frame was 30 kilograms and I was on..
[2005-10-26 13:56] |
| As the days passed by, I began to tell myself, “You should not die here like a dog. You must eat anything and stay alive.” I was ready to take part in catching frogs and snakes. Once a friend of mine, working next to me, showed me a salamander he just caught.“You..
[2005-10-25 14:30] |
| Once, one kid said, “My daddy says if you eat three or four snakes in the summer, you won’t feel cold in the winter. And you also get healthier.” We all believed him. So, If we found a snake during work, we would whisper to each other, “Look! It’s a snake!” We..
[2005-10-24 14:51] |
| Winters were always so cold without proper shelter, heating, clothing and food that I seriously wondered why man did not have fur like animals to protect then from the piercing winter cold.One day I was lucky enough to catch a rat. I roasted and ate the meat. It..
[2005-10-21 12:48] |
| We children were always so weak and tired that we were not able to help others. We all looked very dirty because we had few opportunities to wash our faces. We looked black like Africans. Many children suffered from pellagra, a killer disease caused by poor nutrit..
[2005-10-20 10:42] |
| The lack of clothing was such a serious problem in the detention settlement. Every prisoner tried hard to find anything for clothing. Once when a prisoner froze to death in his shed because of the lack of firewood and poor nutrition, I heard the quick sound of fra..
[2005-10-19 09:48] |
| The DailyNK will serialize the book “Are They Telling Us the Truth?” which reports the situation of the North Korean gulag with testimonies of the witnesses.We express our sincere gratitude to Life Funds for North Korean Refugees (LFNKR) and Database Center for No..
[2005-10-18 10:58] |
| There was a Christian woman from the city of Sariwon in the settlement. She had been arrested for explaining to a neighbor about a book she was reading. She was forced to divorce her husband and live in the settlement with their two young daughters.One evening du..
[2005-10-14 14:43] |
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