Prison Video from North Korea

North Korea’s information blockade continues to leak a steady stream of pixels. This week, a video of prison life in North Korea has emerged. It shows male and female prisoners forced to carry large, heavy logs and sing songs praising Kim Il Sung. Click here to see a menu; the link to the new video is called “MBC-MoosanPrisonCamp;” another file, entitled “North Korea,” shows the previously released video of the street children and the roadside prostitution trial.

The usual caution applies, since it’s hard to understand how a secretive regime like North Korea’s would permit videotaping inside one of its prisons. Nonetheless, I saw nothing that would cast doubt on the film’s authenticity.

Hat tip: Adrian Hong from LiNK.