The gulag system of North Korea exists in a strange world between secret and unsecret. No one knows for sure how many thousands or millions of people are locked away in the camps, which officially ...

As noted by Blaine Harden, author of the recently published book "Escape from Camp 14," the North Korean gulag has existed twice as long as did the Soviet network of labor camps created by Lenin ...

Ignoring North Korea’s gulags January 20, 2013 Jared Genser is an attorney and serves as pro bono counsel to the International Coalition to Stop Crimes Against Humanity in North Korea .

His account put a human face on the abuses in North Korean prison camps, a brutal system which has survived twice as long as Stalin’s Soviet gulags and much longer than the Nazi concentration camps.

Inside North Korea's Gulag. By . Melanie Kirkpatrick. Share. Resize. Last week a North Korean court sentenced American journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling to 12 years of "reform through labor." ...

The focus on North Korea’s gulag presents a different avenue of attack. It further chips away at the North’s pretensions to be the better half of the two Koreas.

Jan. 29, 2013 — -- On Tuesday, Google unveiled a detailed map of North Korea, offering a rare glimpse inside the streets, landmarks and even the gulags located in the world's most isolated ...

Jung Gwang-il, North Korea defector turned human rights activist, ... An estimated 120,000 “enemies of the state” are warehoused in Soviet-style political prison gulags, ...

Reporting from Seoul — As a boy in the North Korean capital, Kang Chol Hwan kept aquariums. In a city of dull grays and shadows, he found solace in his menagerie of colorful fish. Because his ...

Today the International Coalition to Stop Crimes Against Humanity in North Korea is submitting a petition to the United Nations calling for an investigation into the country's system of prison ...

The unflinching account from a defector revealed how he picked corn kernels out of cow manure to eat as he competed with his family for food at one of North Korea’s notorious prison camps.

How a voice from a North Korean gulag affected human rights discourse Madison Park, CNN 4 minute read Updated 4:45 PM EDT, Fri May 10, 2013 Link Copied! Video Ad ...