Pregnancy is banned, with some pregnant women getting cut open and executed. To induce abortions and prevent pregnancy, other pregnant women run while holding heavy rocks, are forced to be the base of a seesaw, and become victims of fire torture. A former prisoner reports a pregnant woman undergoing “clock torture,” during which she had to act out a clock until collapsing. Guard dogs are praised for killing and eating the camps’ children.
As tensions rise between North Korea and the United States, it’s important to remember that North Koreans are people too, and are in need of help. Nuclear weapons won’t solve humanitarian abuses--it’s up to human intervention and compassion to do the job.