Democratic People's Republic Of Korea Summary

This article introduces the immense human rights concern in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. The author starts by describing gruesome details of the labor camps, called the gulag, and the tortures thousands of prisoners endure every day. It includes a specific example of a prisoner known as Shin Dong-Hyuk and his personal story. The author then goes on to explain the North Korean society and how it is divided into different hereditary classes. The writer claims that although the North Korean gulag has been going on twice as long as the Soviet, everybody turns their head away. The author urges the rest of the world to act and not overlook the tragedies happening in North Korea.
The present society in North Korea has many parallels