Author Topic: New images show North Korea’s extensive network of ‘re-education’ camps  (Read 324 times)

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By Anna Fifield

The brutal treatment meted out to North Korea’s political prisoners has been well-documented, but a new report coming out Thursday, based on satellite images, portrays the extensive network of “re-education” camps for less severe violations of Pyongyang’s penal code.

These camps are situated throughout the country, both on the outskirts of cities and in huge compounds in the mountains. Conditions are severe but come with the possibility of release.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/new-images-show-north-koreas-extensive-network-of-re-education-camps/2017/10/25/894afc1c-b9a7-11e7-9b93-b97043e57a22_story.html?utm_term=.71521294b63d
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