North Korea is ruled by Kim Jong‑un.

"World's most terrifying dictator." "How does he rule his country?"

"What does daily life look like in North Korea?" "You might feel suffocated while imagining it."

"The government tries its best to control every aspect of its citizens' lives."

"Who'll live where?" "Who'll do what?" "What will they study?" "Everything is decided by the government." "Your clothes."

"Your hairstyle." "The movies you watch." "The government tells you all of it."

"Your phone's operating system would take a screenshot at a random time."

"And the screenshot is sent to the government."

"So that they know what you watch on your phone."

"For a crime committed by any person, even his grandchildren might be punished."

"The Law of Guilt by Association."

"Even the members of a family distrust each other."

"They can't talk to their siblings, parents, or children without fear."

"Despite this, over the last few years, Kim Jong Un's hold has been weakening."

"A silent revolution is underway, led by North Korean women."

Hello, friends.

In 1981, a pregnant woman was imprisoned in North Korea's political prison Camp #14.

The woman gave birth in the jail. She named her child Shin Dong Hyuk.

And this boy grew up in jail. The thing is, the North Korean government believes in the concept of guilt by association. If a person commits a political crime, his entire family is jailed.

The punishment for one's deeds has to be borne by three generations. That is, if someone's grandfather commits a crime, then the grandson will also go to jail.

That is why Shin Dong Hyuk grew up in jail. Because the North Korean government believed that his blood had become impure.

He spent his childhood in jail in terrible conditions. He was given only a little corn porridge to eat. He had to eat grass and rats just to stay alive.

There were around 20,000 prisoners in this prison camp and the rules were very simple. If you try to run away, you would be shot to death. If you hear someone planning to run away but do not report it, you would be executed as well.

One day when Shin Dong Hyuk was 13 years old, he heard his mother and brother making a plan to escape the jail.

He did not understand much. He was young and hungry. So he went and told the guards, hoping that the guards would give him some extra food.

Seven months later, the inmates were gathered in the ground and Shin Dong Hyuk was made to stand at the front.

Then, in front of his eyes, the prison guards executed his mother by hanging and his brother by shooting.

Shin Dong Hyuk was forced to watch everything. After this, he was mercilessly tortured for six months.

In 2005, at the age of 23, Shin Dong Hyuk tried to flee the prison camp. Luck was on his side and he succeeded.

Escaping the guards, he somehow fled North Korea, reached China, and later went to South Korea.

That is why the world got to know his story. Later, Shin became a human rights activist. His voice even reached the United Nations.

A famous book was written about his life: Escape From Camp 14.

“In the Bible, we read about Heaven and Hell. When in Hell, souls live among flames. That's what the prison camp was like.”

Based on stories revealed by survivors like Shin, the video explains what daily life looks like in North Korea and how common people live in one of the world's most terrifying dictatorships.