North Koreans also have no access to all forms of media. Since they cannot view the lives of people in other countries, they have little knowledge about how harshly and inhumanely they are being treated. Those who are caught using Internet and phone calls without authorization are punished.
Those who are punished for opposing the government’s actions are sent to political prison camps. Controlled by North Korea’s National Security Agency, the camps force people to perform difficult tasks such as mining, logging, and farming. They are given little equipment and barely any medical care, resulting in high death rates in the camps. Currently it is suggested that there are about 80,000 to 120,000 North Koreans in these camps.
Due to this inhumane treatment of people in North Korea, many nations have joined the ongoing effort to fight for human rights.