The map of North Korea\u2019s concentrations camps are produced with the help of Google Earth, a highly interactive digital map. The rapid development of these satellite maps has given us the chance to analyze the countries on the other side of the world with stunning details. Some of the concentration camps are recognized in the map since those distinctive characteristics\u00a0 of the geography are matched with the traits of a typical prison camps we analyze.<\/p>\n
Typically, most of those prison camps fall within three categories: the political prison camps, labor re-education camps, and the regional collection and labor training camps. People are abused as the jailers want in those camps. Although they are categorized according their different uses, in essence, they all become a system of extortion to enforce the state\u2019s monopoly and enrich their security forces through the power of life and death.<\/p>\n
However, when we disclose the locations of those camps in the Google Earth and display the cruelty in the camps to the world, we haven\u2019t thought about the problem of privacy. When we analyze the highly classified places of other countries\u00a0 without permissions, is it a kind of invasion of privacy? Even if we are doing something good and trying to save people in desperate situations, we cannot avoid the discussion of such issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The map of North Korea\u2019s concentrations camps are produced with the help of Google Earth, a highly interactive digital map. The rapid development of these satellite maps has given us the chance to analyze the countries on the other side … Continue reading