January 2003: Crisis in the Koreas- msnbc.com

Death and terror in North Korea's gulags

January 2003: In North Korea, a gulag not unlike the worst labor camps built by Mao and Stalin in the last century holds some 200,000 men, women and children accused of political crimes. An NBC News investigation reveals the horrifying conditions.

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