Dissent in North Korea shows Kim's power weakening.

www.latimes.com...

"North Korea permits only state-owned publications or broadcasting; even the slightest criticism of Kim Jong Il can result in execution or deportation to a prison camp. Under its law, three generations of a family can be punished for the crimes of one member."

pretty unbelievable that they would punish an entire family even 3 generations just for posting up a poster or at least somthing that criticizes the government.

pretty unbelievable that they would punish an entire family even 3 generations just for posting up a poster or at least somthing that criticizes the government.

Not really brutal regimes will stop at nothing to wipe out elements of the population.

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That people are able to make such videos challenges many of the assumptions about Kim's grip on power. The videos do not necessarily mean the government is on the verge of collapse — the majority opinion among analysts is that it is not — but their existence shows that social control is fraying at the edges.

I agree in part with the above statment nobody can deny that gross human rights abuses take place in NK. If the government wasnt on the verge of collapse why NK leaders blackmail the world in order to obtain aid?

Below is what happens to enemys of the state.

In the remote north-eastern corner of North Korea, close to the border of Russia and China, is Haengyong. Hidden away in the mountains, this remote town is home to Camp 22 - North Korea's largest concentration camp, where thousands of men, women and children accused of political crimes are held.

Now, it is claimed, it is also where thousands die each year and where prison guards stamp on the necks of babies born to prisoners to kill them.

Over the past year harrowing first-hand testimonies from North Korean defectors have detailed execution and torture, and now chilling evidence has emerged that the walls of Camp 22 hide an even more evil secret: gas chambers where horrific chemical experiments are conducted on human beings.

Witnesses have described watching entire families being put in glass chambers and gassed. They are left to an agonising death while scientists take notes. The allegations offer the most shocking glimpse so far of Kim Jong-il's North Korean regime.
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