North Korea 3

Today we watched more of the North Korea video. Concentration camps are a big way that Kim Jong-Il kept control. The people in the camps sometimes weren't the ones who committed crimes. They were mostly the families of people who have escaped. The workers were told not to think of the people in the camps as humans. If someone even did something as little as complain about something, their extended family could be sent to a camp for life. It's difficult to escape from North Korea but there is a South Korean who helps them escape and tell them what parts are dangerous. There is only one person who has successfully crossed directly to South Korea. The camps give the people fear and keep order. North Korea couldn't exist without them.

When they take off the bandages from the people who got their cataracts removed by the doctor, they all thanked the leader instead of the doctor. They think that their leader is the reason they were cured. They bow to him and yell things like "We praise you!"