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For months, the BBC has been communicating in secret with three North Koreans living in the country. They expose, for the first time, the disaster unfolding there since the government sealed the borders more than three years ago.

Starvation, brutal crackdowns, and no chance to escape.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Goddamn, that was a very tough read.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Oh my god, this was so much worse than I imagined. These poor people, they're effectively slaves - a whole nation of slaves.