Blogger discovers development 'striking similarity' existing before coming to prison camps
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Analysis of Google Earth satellite images identified what appears to be
another one of North Korea are notorious prison camps.
Blogger Curtis Melvin, a North Korean Economy Watch publishes, discovered new development near existing prison Camp 14, some 3km of fencing, and use near Camp 18.
Although not confirmed as the new prison, gave Melvin a "striking similarity" to existing camps and visible security fence. It is speculated that the area to expand Camp 14, a new camp or in relation to a whole new type of facility.
Melvin said the new field was built some time between December 2006 and September 2011, and identified what appear to be guard posts, staff entrance, residential units and abandoned coal mine.
North Korea's the prison camps brutality demonstrated last year in book Defector Shin Dong Hyuk, who worked with reporter formerWashington Post Blaine Harden to tell of his experience since he was born in Camp 14.
Camps North Korea is estimated to hold as many as 200,000 people, many are locked because they are related to former prisoners, tried to contact outside the country or for "insulting the Kim dynasty".
Prison camps in remote and mountainous region of North Korea the most severe, with reports of gas chambers and chemical experiments, according to Amnesty International.
Shin said forced labor in the camps, including military uniform sewing factory and dangerous and often deadly work in coal mines. He eventually escaped at 23, and now living in Seoul, South Korea.
"Hidden Gulag" report by the U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea last month recommended Google Earth for high resolution imagery, which allowed identification camps, monitoring and detailed testimonies confirmed escapes.
The executive chairman of Google, Eric Schmidt, drew criticism on a visit to North Korea earlier this month, the U.S. state department described as "ill-timed", although the power of the search giant's proposed mapping tool.
After a four-day visit, Schmidt said North Korea is necessary to empower citizens through access to the global Internet.
Blogger Curtis Melvin, a North Korean Economy Watch publishes, discovered new development near existing prison Camp 14, some 3km of fencing, and use near Camp 18.
Although not confirmed as the new prison, gave Melvin a "striking similarity" to existing camps and visible security fence. It is speculated that the area to expand Camp 14, a new camp or in relation to a whole new type of facility.
Melvin said the new field was built some time between December 2006 and September 2011, and identified what appear to be guard posts, staff entrance, residential units and abandoned coal mine.
North Korea's the prison camps brutality demonstrated last year in book Defector Shin Dong Hyuk, who worked with reporter formerWashington Post Blaine Harden to tell of his experience since he was born in Camp 14.
Camps North Korea is estimated to hold as many as 200,000 people, many are locked because they are related to former prisoners, tried to contact outside the country or for "insulting the Kim dynasty".
Prison camps in remote and mountainous region of North Korea the most severe, with reports of gas chambers and chemical experiments, according to Amnesty International.
Shin said forced labor in the camps, including military uniform sewing factory and dangerous and often deadly work in coal mines. He eventually escaped at 23, and now living in Seoul, South Korea.
"Hidden Gulag" report by the U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea last month recommended Google Earth for high resolution imagery, which allowed identification camps, monitoring and detailed testimonies confirmed escapes.
The executive chairman of Google, Eric Schmidt, drew criticism on a visit to North Korea earlier this month, the U.S. state department described as "ill-timed", although the power of the search giant's proposed mapping tool.
After a four-day visit, Schmidt said North Korea is necessary to empower citizens through access to the global Internet.
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