Heart wrenching investigation of North Korea's treatment of citizens. (Christian must-read)

NK Missions ^

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May I encourage you to read all of the links on the side. I think you will (and should) be shocked and horrified. If you are a Christian this should indeed drive you to your knees in prayer...and I would ask any of you to place yourself in that situation. Or your children... Please, if you have the time, read all of the 10 part series or bookmark it for later.

This isn't just this group's (NK Missions) take on it either, this information is all over the web.

[bourbon]

if anyone reading this thread doesn't think that No. Korea is hell on earth then they need to look at the following the following composite image of the Earth as seen from space at night.

Scroll over to the Korean Peninsula.
Look at the difference between how much light emanates from No. Korea and how much comes from ROK.
Now look at Outer Mongolia. Notice the similarity between it and No. Korea.
Now remember, 22 Million people live in North Korea.
Try not to shiver.

Pray for these people. Their lives are worse than we can imagine.

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Sorry about the links. Please go to http://www.nkmissions.com/10part_report/

All the links are there.

[AmericanInTokyo]

There are a series of 10 to 15 (or more) high security political prisoner camps along the Chinese - North Korean border. The familes of those who defect are sent there, along with Christians, fallen party cadres, unsuccessful Yalu River-crossers, etc.. There is immense torture, rape, disease and starvation.

US KH-11 intelligence satellites can just as well clearly show those in there who are in the 'anti-revolutionary' segment of the DPRK population, being prepared for firing squads (usually three AK-47 shots and then dumped into a shallow grave, with fellower prisoners as witnesses).

Regarding DPRK society, every North Korean right down to an infant is labeled as a member of one of three categories as far as the Korean Worker's Party is concerned: Cadres (or trusted), workers (not necessarily trusted), and traiterous anti-revolutionaries (the majority of the population.) The most suspect of the third category are regularly taken away for "relocation" or "internal immigration." Each of these camps has a geographic name or a code number name (like "Camp 11 in Hamkyong Province", etc.)

Escapees from these camps have written blood curdling accounts in the Japanese and S. Korean press and books. Some have, from memories, drawn maps and cartoons of what goes on there.

It is not for the faint I can assure you.

They suffer as I write.

[2nd_Amendment_Defender]

One of the fruits of gun control, tyranny. This is so sad to read about. How can man be so cruel to his fellow human beings?

[bourbon]

I recently watched a documentary about N.Koreans who had made it across the Yalu River. I think it was broadcast on ABC oddly enough (maybe Nightline?). It was as heartrending a film as I have ever seen. They interviewed some of the survivors of these concentration camps, and their testimonials made my skin crawl. The film also left you with the impression that DPRK must be a terrible place if people from there are risking their lives to escape to CHINA!

I had not heard about our satellite images of the concentration camps though. Thanks for the info.

[AmericanInTokyo]

Yes. It's hard to imagine it, but one would be filled with joy to make it out of North Korea into China. It's another communist country, but does not have anywhere near the repression as North Korea. I think an American that could escape over the Yalu into 2002 China would also be grateful.

Of course, the only problem is that China is in cahoots with NK and then sends these people back over the border so they can end up back in the concentration camps. Disgusting and sad.

[bourbon]

Of course, the only problem is that China is in cahoots with NK and then sends these people back over the border so they can end up back in the concentration camps. Disgusting and sad.

in the documentary I watched, the NK refugees in China were constantly on the run from the Chinese authorities. If they were captured they would be returned to the DPRK where their death by execution was certain. Most of the NK refugees interviewed in the film lived in the utility rooms or, in some cases, beneath the floorboards of houses owned by Christians in No. China to avoid detection. Of course, the Chinese Christians who housed these folks were taking great risks themselves.

you are very right about China's complicity in propping up the corrupt DPRK regime. Were it not for a communist China, North Korea would probably never have come into existence. We should all remember that.

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BUMP for a free No. Korea!

[shekkian]

I think this is a glimpse of the tribulation period.

Of course it will be much worse than this.

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[Travis McGee]

Mad Halfbright also did an ecstatic little dance there.

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For an excellent, in-depth report on what the few "allowed" visitors see in North Korea visit this site: http://simonbone.com/ Click on the "Happy Birthday Korea" link.

A very interesting look in to the world of Kim Jong Il.

(I must admit my favorite part is where Ted Turner sends a TV as a gift to Kim Jong Il, entitling himself the "President of American Television")

Enjoy the read!

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