Only recently did they concede that `` labor detention centers '' exist , but solely for the incarcerated to have their lives improved `` through their mentality and to look on their wrongdoings . '' Shin Dong-hyuk was raised in a political prison known as Camp 14 . He has been labeled as `` human scum '' by North Korea . The South Korean government is trying to negotiate with Pyongyang over the release of its citizen, but it's unclear if they will be able to do so before his execution on April 16.
Shin Dong-hyuk was raised in a political prison known as Camp 14 . He has been labeled as `` human scum '' by North Korea . The South Korean government is trying to negotiate with Pyongyang over the release of its citizen, but it's unclear if they will be able to do so before his execution on April 16.