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Shin Dong Hyuk is the only person born in a North Korean political prison camp to escape to the West. His remarkable story is told by Washington Post journalist Blaine Harden.

Written by Blaine Harden.

Twenty six years ago, Shin Dong Hyuk was born inside Camp 14, one of five sprawling political prisons in the mountains of North Korea. Camp 14 is a 'complete control district' where the only sentence is life.

Prisoners work 15 hour days mining coal, building dams, sewing military uniforms. Beatings and executions are common and they are always hungry. No one born in one of these camps has ever escaped . until Shin. This is his story.

Read by Kerry Shale

Abridged and produced by Jane Marshall
A Jane Marshall production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.

15 minutes

Last on

Tue 27 Mar 2012 00:30

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  • Mon 26 Mar 2012 09:45
  • Tue 27 Mar 2012 00:30

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