Camp 14 Total Control Zone

The documentary tells the story about Shin Dong-Hyuk. He was born in a North Korean labor camp. Life is very rough and lots of human rights are not respected. He lived in the camp for 23 years until he manage to escape. This young adult is very traumatized. He explains that his first memory of when he was little is of watching a public execution with his mother at the age of only four. At the age of six, he began his life of force labor. He also explains that children could be beaten for five hours for stealing grain of corn. As everyone can see, the human rights are not much respected in these camps. Now, Shin travels around the world and gives human rights conference. He adds on that it’s a period of adaptation to live in the real world. He said that in camps he had his own routine, did not have any life problems, no money problems and no decisions problem. Something that is surprising is the fact that if the camp falls down, he is open to go back and live where he lived most of his life.

The North Koreans keep their nation secret and a case like this is for sure a reason why they keep everything secrets. Cases like this happen a lot in North Korea and I find it’s good that the world see how bad the situation is in North Korea. It might put pressure on them to maybe improve their human rights and stop the labor camps.

Here is the documentary! Enjoy