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The choice: Take a beating or miss a meal

December 2, 2012 4:11 PM

Shin Dong-hyuk explains to Anderson Cooper that at Camp 14 - a secret prison in North Korea -- the most effective punishment was hunger. Prisoners were fed a thin gruel of cornmeal and cabbage day-in and day-out.

North Korean prisoner escaped after 23 brutal years

60 Minutes OverTimeAnderson Cooper on North Korean born in prison camp

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by jayhawk1973 December 3, 2012 10:25 AM EST
It makes sense that they'd control them with food. It retards brain development as well as basic thinking, making them easier to control. Simply tragic.
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