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December 25, 2024

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North Korea’s “parallel gulags,” seen from above

Veteran human rights researcher David Hawk discusses new report on the DPRK's "alternate" prisons

Much of the news attention on North Korea focuses on its nuclear and ballistic missile program, and the sanctions placed on the country in response to its increasingly threatening international behavior.

With every new test and exchanges of threatening rhetoric between Pyongyang and Washington DC, often underreported is the brutal reality of life in the DPRK.

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