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An analysis of satellite images suggests that at least one North Korean prison camp has been significantly expanded over the past decade, including since the death of former premier Kim Jong-Il. The ...

SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Yonhap) -- North Korea is operating four political prison camps, where up to 65,000 people are believed to be imprisoned and placed under forced labor, a report showed Friday. North ...

Amnesty International has obtained new satellite images showing the growth of North Korea's largest prison complex — camps 15 and 16, or kwanliso — where prisoners are forced to dig their own graves, ...

The Canadian pastor who released from a North Korean prison camp has recounted the privations he suffered during two and a half years of hard labor. Wearing a dark suit, with his hair cropped short, ...

(CNN) Catapulted into the international spotlight after the publication of a sensational biography in 2012, Shin Dong-hyuk became the most famous North Korean defector. A soft-spoken and shy man, Shin ...

Jeong Kwang-il, a former political prisoner at Camp Yodok in North Korea, spoke about his experiences in the camp at an event hosted by Truth and Human Rights in North Korea Thursday at the Mortara ...

North Korean prisoners of war, identified by their surnames Baek and Ri, captured by Ukrainian forces, eat food sent by North Korean defector groups while meeting with a documentary producer at a ...