According to his autobiography, Kang was born in Pyongyang, North Korea and spent his childhood there. His family lived in relative luxury owing to his grandfather's position and the fortune he had given to the country upon the family's return from Japan. Though they had never renounced their North Korean citizenship and Kang's grandmother had been a staunch Party member in both countries, Kang has stated that the family remained under a cloud of suspicion for having lived in Japan. In 1977, his grandfather was accused of treason and was sent to the Senghori concentration camp. According to current KCNA, the elder Kang was an agent of the Japanese National Police. As the family of a traitor, Kang and his family were sent to the Yodok concentration camp. Kang was 9 years old; his sister Mi-ho was just 7.
Kang Chol-Hwan escaped from North Korea in 1992 and has dedicated his life to bringing attention to the horrifying conditions in North Korea. Kang described his experiences in his memoir, "The Aquariums of Pyongyang." President Bush welcomed Kang to the White House in 2005. Learn more at www.freedomcollection.org.
published: 17 Jun 2014
Kang Chol-hwan | Ten Years in North Korea's Gulags
Kang Chol-hwan speaks at Oslo Freedom Forum 2010
Ten Years in North Korea's Gulags
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North Korean defector Kang Chol-hwan talks about the dismal situation in his native country that is unlike anywhere else on the planet. At the age of nine, Kang was sentenced to ten years in a gulag for the supposed crimes of his grandfather. He spent his childhood in Yodok -- a prison the size of Washington, DC. North Korean prison camps, based on Nazi models like Auschwitz, are so common and their effects so wide-reaching that they are generally accepted by average citizens, as are public executions, which most North Koreans have witnessed. The entire country is like one gigantic prison; it is the only starving country in the world with perfectly good natural reso...
published: 15 Jul 2010
Kang Chol-hwan: The Aquariums of Pyongyang
“My connection with the outside world was completely severed.”
published: 17 Jul 2015
Kang Chol-hwan: Escaping to Freedom
Kang Chol Hwan describes how he made his way to China and South Korea.
published: 17 Jul 2015
Kang Chol-hwan: Child Labor
“Children are tortured even more than the adults.”
published: 17 Jul 2015
Kang Chol-hwan: What is Freedom
Kang Chol-hwan discusses his concept of freedom.
published: 17 Jul 2015
Kang Chol-hwan: Release from Prison
Kang Chol-hwan: Release from Prison
published: 17 Jul 2015
Kang Chol-hwan: The Gulags
Kang Chol Hwan describes North Korea’s system of political prison camps.
published: 20 Jul 2015
Kang Chol-hwan: North Korea's Leaders
Speaking before the death of Kim Jeong Il about the Leader and his Father, Kim Sung Il.
Kang Chol-Hwan escaped from North Korea in 1992 and has dedicated his life to bringing attention to the horrifying conditions in North Korea. Kang described his...
Kang Chol-Hwan escaped from North Korea in 1992 and has dedicated his life to bringing attention to the horrifying conditions in North Korea. Kang described his experiences in his memoir, "The Aquariums of Pyongyang." President Bush welcomed Kang to the White House in 2005. Learn more at www.freedomcollection.org.
Kang Chol-Hwan escaped from North Korea in 1992 and has dedicated his life to bringing attention to the horrifying conditions in North Korea. Kang described his experiences in his memoir, "The Aquariums of Pyongyang." President Bush welcomed Kang to the White House in 2005. Learn more at www.freedomcollection.org.
Kang Chol-hwan speaks at Oslo Freedom Forum 2010
Ten Years in North Korea's Gulags
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North Korean defector Kang Chol-hw...
Kang Chol-hwan speaks at Oslo Freedom Forum 2010
Ten Years in North Korea's Gulags
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North Korean defector Kang Chol-hwan talks about the dismal situation in his native country that is unlike anywhere else on the planet. At the age of nine, Kang was sentenced to ten years in a gulag for the supposed crimes of his grandfather. He spent his childhood in Yodok -- a prison the size of Washington, DC. North Korean prison camps, based on Nazi models like Auschwitz, are so common and their effects so wide-reaching that they are generally accepted by average citizens, as are public executions, which most North Koreans have witnessed. The entire country is like one gigantic prison; it is the only starving country in the world with perfectly good natural resources. Though an enormous supply of money and food have been supplied by the South Korean government and various international aid organizations, most of it has been confiscated to feed the People's Army -- the fourth largest standing army in the world. An exorbitant amount of money is also squandered by Kim John-Il on monuments, extravagant homes, and nuclear arms, rather than lifting his people out of abject poverty and starvation. In a shocking slideshow, Kang shows the reality of life in his country, hoping to raise awareness of the plight of the North Korean people, who are now on average several inches shorter than their South Korean brethren due to severe malnutrition. With a final night image of the Korean peninsula, revealing a bright south and a pitch black north, he demonstrates the difference between fear and freedom. Learn more about #OsloFreedomForum:
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Kang Chol-hwan speaks at Oslo Freedom Forum 2010
Ten Years in North Korea's Gulags
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North Korean defector Kang Chol-hwan talks about the dismal situation in his native country that is unlike anywhere else on the planet. At the age of nine, Kang was sentenced to ten years in a gulag for the supposed crimes of his grandfather. He spent his childhood in Yodok -- a prison the size of Washington, DC. North Korean prison camps, based on Nazi models like Auschwitz, are so common and their effects so wide-reaching that they are generally accepted by average citizens, as are public executions, which most North Koreans have witnessed. The entire country is like one gigantic prison; it is the only starving country in the world with perfectly good natural resources. Though an enormous supply of money and food have been supplied by the South Korean government and various international aid organizations, most of it has been confiscated to feed the People's Army -- the fourth largest standing army in the world. An exorbitant amount of money is also squandered by Kim John-Il on monuments, extravagant homes, and nuclear arms, rather than lifting his people out of abject poverty and starvation. In a shocking slideshow, Kang shows the reality of life in his country, hoping to raise awareness of the plight of the North Korean people, who are now on average several inches shorter than their South Korean brethren due to severe malnutrition. With a final night image of the Korean peninsula, revealing a bright south and a pitch black north, he demonstrates the difference between fear and freedom. Learn more about #OsloFreedomForum:
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Kang Chol-Hwan escaped from North Korea in 1992 and has dedicated his life to bringing attention to the horrifying conditions in North Korea. Kang described his experiences in his memoir, "The Aquariums of Pyongyang." President Bush welcomed Kang to the White House in 2005. Learn more at www.freedomcollection.org.
Kang Chol-hwan speaks at Oslo Freedom Forum 2010
Ten Years in North Korea's Gulags
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North Korean defector Kang Chol-hwan talks about the dismal situation in his native country that is unlike anywhere else on the planet. At the age of nine, Kang was sentenced to ten years in a gulag for the supposed crimes of his grandfather. He spent his childhood in Yodok -- a prison the size of Washington, DC. North Korean prison camps, based on Nazi models like Auschwitz, are so common and their effects so wide-reaching that they are generally accepted by average citizens, as are public executions, which most North Koreans have witnessed. The entire country is like one gigantic prison; it is the only starving country in the world with perfectly good natural resources. Though an enormous supply of money and food have been supplied by the South Korean government and various international aid organizations, most of it has been confiscated to feed the People's Army -- the fourth largest standing army in the world. An exorbitant amount of money is also squandered by Kim John-Il on monuments, extravagant homes, and nuclear arms, rather than lifting his people out of abject poverty and starvation. In a shocking slideshow, Kang shows the reality of life in his country, hoping to raise awareness of the plight of the North Korean people, who are now on average several inches shorter than their South Korean brethren due to severe malnutrition. With a final night image of the Korean peninsula, revealing a bright south and a pitch black north, he demonstrates the difference between fear and freedom. Learn more about #OsloFreedomForum:
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According to his autobiography, Kang was born in Pyongyang, North Korea and spent his childhood there. His family lived in relative luxury owing to his grandfather's position and the fortune he had given to the country upon the family's return from Japan. Though they had never renounced their North Korean citizenship and Kang's grandmother had been a staunch Party member in both countries, Kang has stated that the family remained under a cloud of suspicion for having lived in Japan. In 1977, his grandfather was accused of treason and was sent to the Senghori concentration camp. According to current KCNA, the elder Kang was an agent of the Japanese National Police. As the family of a traitor, Kang and his family were sent to the Yodok concentration camp. Kang was 9 years old; his sister Mi-ho was just 7.
Beijing bears these political and diplomatic burdens because it knows the risk of stopping it, according to Kang Chol-hwan, a North Korean defector-turned-activist ... Courtesy of Kang Chol-hwan.
Kim Jong-un has called the people working on the PyongyangGeneral Hospital ‘careless’ (Pictures. Pen News) ... Pen News) ... Pen News). A defector who escaped the country, Kang Chol-hwan, previously dubbed it the ‘camp of no return’ ... A source said ... Pen News).