Daily life in North Korea's prison camps involves soldiers and guards withdrawing food, demanding groveling and hard labor - often worse. This video is a serious examination of North Korea's Prison system, including its infamous prison camps. It is framed around the case of American Otto Warmbier, whose imprisonment in the DRPK inspired my original video on this topic seven years ago. He was returned home and passed shortly after publication. May he find peace in resting, as well as the countless other victims of this system.
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0:00-00:52 Intro
00:53-3:31 Reeducation
3:32-6:38 Three Generations
6:39-8:43 Secretive Silence
8:44-11:10 Zones of Absolute Control
11:11-14:41 What Happened to Otto?
14:42-18:04 Authoritarian Lesson
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