New Imagery of North Korea’s Yodok Concentration Camp Shows Northern, Western Boundaries
Since I had first begun to map North Korea’s concentration camp system on Google Earth, it had been a source of frustration to me that the imagery of Camp 15, the infamous Yodok Camp documented in Kang Chol Hwan’s memoir, was of such poor quality and resolution. The other day, my friend Curtis notified me that Google Earth had released much new imagery of North Korea, and with that new imagery, we now have a much better outline of Camp 15’s circumference (click to expand images):
The imagery shows several of the same distinctive, square guard posts we’ve seen around other camps:
On the northern side of the camp, there is a gate:
There is also new imagery of some of the other camps. I’ll be publishing more in the coming days.
Good luck finding the missing Auschwitz ‘Work Sets You Free’ sign.
Was that supposed to be funny?
Joshua I believe he was referring to this.
http://rokdrop.com/2009/12/19/poland-tightens-border-in-hunt-for-auschwitz-sign/
Yes, I had heard about that.
When you say “new imagery” i assume you mean “new” to us, not newly taken, given the date stamps on these images?
Newly released by Google Earth. It was taken a few months ago, but it was only released within the last week, two tops.
ah, i see. thanks for the info joshua.
I do find it interesting how people are worked up about the missing Auschwitz sign from a concentration camp closed decades ago but most people could care less about the concentration camps open and operating right now in North Korea.