Secret: Photos of the camp, only know as 22, were taken after finding their locations on Google'Hell On Earth': Detailed Satellite Photos Show Death Camps North Korea Still Deny Even Exist -- Daily News
* More than 200,000 men, women and children are held in the camps
* Many are hidden in mountains and valleys
* South Korean government sending religious leaders on sortie to North Korea tomorrow and could meet Kim Jong-Il
* People are taken from the streets or their homes and imprisoned for general 'political crimes' as well as involvement in the arts
The North Korean government may deny their existence, but photos taken from space have revealed in unprecedented detail the concentration camps that are used imprison more than 200,000 citizens.
Men, women and children are forced to work seven days a week as slaves and eat 'rats, frogs, snakes, insects' and even faeces to battle starvation in the camps.
Previously there have been blurred images taken by satellite but new detailed pictures from South Korea's Unification Ministry allow a closer look at the sites - and also prove they have grown.
Experts say the tens of thousands of prisoners at the camps are often taken from their homes or in the street for supposed 'political crimes' rather than actual misdemeanours.
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My Comment: "Hell on earth" is an understatement.
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