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Preview: Three Generations of Punishment

May 16, 2013 1:00 AM

Born in a prison camp in North Korea, defector Shin Dong Hyuk describes how three generations of a family are brutally punished if one family member is considered disloyal to the regime. Anderson Cooper reports the dramatic story of his escape on Sunday, May 19 at 7 p.m. ET/PT.

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by cristybarros May 18, 2013 12:51 PM EDT
hope anderson cooper will keep on exposing truth like this...painful truth ok north korea...escaping is the last thing that you would do in north korea
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by free4all2 December 3, 2012 12:17 AM EST
I notice Shin Dong Hyuk story parallels lyrics to "Red Sector A", a song from the album Grace Under Pressure (1984) by Rush?
http://youtu.be/8ivnvKIu4mg

Hoping that the horror will recede
Hoping that tomorrow we'll all be freed
Sickness to insanity
Prayer to profanity
Days and weeks and months go by
Don't feel the hunger
Too weak to cry

I hear the sound of gunfire at the prison gate
Are the liberators here?
Do I hope or do I fear?
For my father and my brother, it's too late
But I must help my mother stand up straight

Are we the last ones left alive?
Are we the only human beings to survive?
All that we can do is just survive
All that we can do to help ourselves is stay alive

Ragged lines of ragged grey
Skeletons, they shuffle away
Shouting guards and smoking guns
Will cut down the unlucky ones

I clutch the wire fence until my fingers bleed
A wound that will not heal
A heart that cannot feel
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by chicagodb1 December 2, 2012 11:05 PM EST
Very insightful and eye-opening. It's incredible that this is happening in this day and age. Thanks for bring light to this issue.
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by 52joan December 2, 2012 9:25 PM EST
kudos for covering this!
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by hb456 December 2, 2012 12:18 PM EST
MUST READ REPORT:

http://www.genocidewatch.org/images/GENOCIDE_and_POLITICIDE_ALERT_-_North_Korea_111219.doc

"Genocide Watch has ample proof that genocide has been committed and mass killing is still underway in North Korea."
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by hb456 December 2, 2012 12:12 PM EST
North Korea's committing genocide and mass atrocities, please read report from Genocide Watch: http://www.genocidewatch.org/images/GENOCIDE_and_POLITICIDE_ALERT_-_North_Korea_111219.doc
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by eugeezie December 2, 2012 10:28 AM EST
Really glad to see responsible journalism in covering a story like this. More news outlets need to be informing people about blatant human rights abuses. Kudos 60 mins.
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by oceanmom December 2, 2012 12:50 AM EST
I have loved 60 minutes reporting for over 20 years and I'm so glad they, along with Anderson Cooper will be exposing the horrible human abuse that is common place in North Korea. I hope viewers are moved to action. Look up Liberty in North Korea - a great organization doing their part to aid citizens of North Korea.
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by RCIisLeaking November 30, 2012 1:27 PM EST
*** North Korea? Unbelieveable, but I've met college educated people in China who never heard of elvis or the Pope. Hmm, come to think about it, oddly enough, some Harper Conservatives in Canada and in US GOP hold remarkably similar views to this poor man. Hey, I'm just saying.... #apoli #cdnpoli
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by RCIisLeaking November 30, 2012 1:23 PM EST
*** North Korea? Unbelieveable, but I've met college educated people in China who never heard of elvis or the Pope. Hmm, come to think about it, oddly enough, some Harper Conservatives in Canada and in US GOP hold remarkably similar views to this poor man. Hey, I'm just saying.... #apoli #cdnpoli
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