![]() ![]() Shin’s mother, Jang Hye Gyung, worked hard to earn her daily quota and bring home food for Shin however, Shin viewed her as a mere competitor for food, and never felt any love for her. In Camp 14, prisoners were slowly worked to death in coalmines, factories, and farms. Shin grew up in the confines of Camp 14, a prison for those who’d angered the North Korean state. Harden interviewed Shin and published an article on his experiences in the Washington Post, and he later decided to interview Shin further and publish a full-length book on Shin’s life. There, he’d lived in nightmarish conditions for more than twenty years, eventually becoming the first known person to escape from a North Korean labor camp. ![]() Shin had been born in Camp 14, one of the many labor camps scattered across North Korea. Shin was a defector from North Korea, one of the most brutal, repressive states on the planet. ![]() In 2008, the reporter Blaine Harden met with a young man named Shin In Geun. ![]()
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