The Hidden Gulag - US Committee for Human Rights in North Korea

The Hidden Gulag Second EditionThanks to Prof. Haruhisa Ogawa and his colleagues at the Japanese NGO, NO FENCE, for arrangingmy interviews with former North Koreans in Tokyo and Osaka.There are others who gave their time and expertise. Among these are Mr. Joshua Stanton, a Washingtonattorney and blog manager (OneFreeKorea); Mr. Curtis Melvin, Editor of North KoreaEconomy Watch (NKEconWatch); HRNK interns, Jason Keller, Chung Hae-gun, James Do, andLee Hyung-chang, who helped with Google Earth satellite photo images; Mintaro Oba for help withcopy editing; Geena An, Suzanne Lee Riopel and Grace Oh for help with translating backgrounddocuments; and Rosa Park for graphic design, and help with copy editing and text arrangement.Thanks also to Mr. Kim Sang-hun, Chairman of the Board of Directors of NK Data Base (NKDB) forfinding the former residents of Chongjin who confirmed the location of Prison Camp No. 25.Thanks to those who generously reviewed the report’s legal analysis and recommendations, whoinclude Jared Genser, an international human-rights lawyer and Managing Director of Perseus Strategies;Sir Nigel Rodley, Professor of Law and Chair of the Human Rights Centre at Essex University;and Prof. George Andreopoulos, Director of the Center for International Human Rights atthe John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York. Needless to say, remainingerrors of fact or interpretation are the responsibility of the author.Special thanks to Joan Libby Hawk, for her unflagging patience, valued advice and editing assistanceduring the research and writing of this report.David Hawk3