200K in N. Korean Prison Camps

Global Post reports:

Amnesty International has a disturbing dose of news from North Korea — complete with visual aid.

Prison camps in the wilderness of South Pyongan, South Hamkyung and North Hamkyung provinces, which have apparently been around since the 1950s, now appear to be growing in size, according to the global human rights watchdog.

Recent satellite images show four camps, where Amnesty says at least 200,000 political prisoners are being kept in conditions that resemble slavery.

A comparison with satellite pictures from 2001 indicates a significant increase in the scale of the camps, according to Reuters.