Luiz 4,253 Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 http://www.dw.de/north-korean-defector-details-human-experiments/a-18161851 A former officer in Pyongyang's armed forces says mentally and physically disabled children are used as subjects in chemical weapons experiments in North Korea, a claim denied by the supporters of the communist nation Im Cheon-yong says that witnessing mentally and physically handicapped children being used in chemical weapons tests carried out by the North Korean military was the last straw. An officer in North Korea's special forces, Im had reservations about the nation in which he was living, and the regime that he served to the best of his abilities, but the "special training" he was required to undergo at a military academy in North Pyongan Province for the regime's elite troops helped to convince him that he needed to defect. "If you want to graduate from this academy, you need to learn how to confuse the enemy without revealing your own forces, how to carry out assassinations, how to use chemical weapons and so on," he told DW. "And then we have what they call 'field learning'. For the biological and chemical warfare tests, we needed 'objects'," he added. "At first, they used the chemical agents on mice and showed us how they died. Then we watched the instructors carrying out the tests on humans to show us how a person dies. I saw it with my own eyes," Im claimed. He said he got repulsed by what he had witnessed and managed to get over the border into China and arrived in South Korea in the mid 1990s. Now 50 years old, Im is a prominent advocate of the regime change in Pyongyang and president of both the Soldiers' Alliance for Free North Korea and The Fellowship Foundation for Freedom. Abuse of citizens Some North Korea experts say that Im's experiences tally with other defectors' tales of abuse of citizens of the world's most isolated state. Some of that testimony was shared with the United Nations' Commission of Inquiry before it issued its damning report on the state of human rights in the North in February. "There are too many of these stories now for them not to be true," Toshimitsu Shigemura, a professor at Tokyo's Waseda University, and an authority on North Korean affairs, told DW. "There were reports in the past but it was difficult to confirm them, but the testimony that is emerging now is consistent and from numerous sources," he added. "Anyone who goes to Pyongyang will notice that there are no disabled people about at all," he said. "We now know that they are being taken away as children and incarcerated in special camps. The regime does this because it insists to their people that North Korea is heaven on Earth, and there can be no disabled people in paradise," he said. But Kim Myong-chol, executive director of The Centre for North Korea-US Peace, dismisses Im's claims. "It is the same nonsense," he told DW. "This guy - and plenty of others like him - are just looking to make money by attracting the attention of South Korea and the US. That is why they make these lies up. People like him know nothing about the real North Korea and all they care about is making money from their lies." Experiments on humans According to Im, experiments on humans date back to the late 1960s and one of the first facilities used for chemical and biological weapons tests on humans was constructed on the military controlled island of Mayang-do, just off the east coast port of Sinpo, which is also North Korea's most important submarine base. A second facility was subsequently constructed on an island off the west coast of the peninsula, while a third is in operation alongside a political prison camp outside the city of Hyanghari, the defector claims. "They use anthrax bacterium as well as 40 different types of chemical weapons that the regime has developed itself," Im said. "Through these experiments, they know the effects of the weapons and the amounts to be used." To give the regime's actions legitimacy, children born with mental or physical disabilities are not taken away by force - although, in reality, few citizens of North Korea have the right to resist the authorities' will, says Im. "They want to do it 'legally' and they don't want to lose the support of the people, so they buy disabled children from their parents for a few kilograms of rice," he said. "The officials say they will take care of the children." I disapprove of what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prometheus 1,494 Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 We like to joke about North Korea, but look at what they do. They starve their people. They brainwash people into believing their leaders are omniscient. They experiment on people. The world needs to stop this hell hole. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gagaloo911 12,959 Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Ugh. This is disgraceful.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sister 9,907 Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 It is all just sickening. The future's uncertain and the end is always near. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsterdreams 1,529 Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Vile acts of cruelty. Something MAJOR needs to happen, although it won't We like to joke about North Korea, but look at what they do. They starve their people. They brainwash people into believing their leaders are omniscient. They experiment on people. The world needs to stop this hell hole. Agree 100% Haters gonna need more than a flashlight for my shade Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SleepingSun 1,413 Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Any suggestions how to stop North Korea? Because, honestly, for how much longer can the world afford to just watch? Isn't it our mission as a human society to help those who are treated this way? Sadly, the only way to stop them is probably to fight them, right? It's always the same answer: Violence. One second I'm a troll, then suddenly the troll is me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cocaine Heart 4,768 Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 I feel so sorry for the people who live there, the government is disgusting. I hope one day the people there will know freedom and peace. We going to boo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pandora 162 Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 This is so sick. But will anyone do anything? Probably not. Well, not unless they attack us. And to be honest that's the way it should be. It's unfortunate, but the people of North Korea don't know any different and as long as that hell hole keeps itself to itself, I'd say leave them be. Can we really afford to start another World War because we're trying to stop something that's been going on for years. Damn, even NK's citizens wouldn't know any different, they'd think we're attacking them rather than saving them. They hate the Western world. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimisaMonster 31,073 Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Wouldn't be surprised... Stream my new single, 💜"Heartbeat"💜, on Spotify! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillieGOAT 5,272 Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Ugh this makes me sick :cry: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Economy 52,861 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 We like to joke about North Korea, but look at what they do. They starve their people. They brainwash people into believing their leaders are omniscient. They experiment on people. The world needs to stop this hell hole.if i was a woman im not sure which id hate more tbh North Korea or Saudi Arabia :ohno: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prometheus 1,494 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 if i was a woman im not sure which id hate more tbh North Korea or Saudi Arabia North Korea is far worse Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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