North Korea's Use of Chemical Torture Alleged. Barbara Demick.
by Demick, Barbara; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 45Human Relations. Publisher: Los Angeles Times, 2004ISSN: 1522-3248;.Subject(s): Chemical weapons -- Korea (North) | Defectors -- Korea (North) | Human rights -- Korea (North) | Political prisoners | Prisoners -- Treatment | TortureDDC classification: 050 Summary: "A senior North Korean chemist who defected to the South two years ago [2002] says he witnessed the government testing chemical weapons on political prisoners." (LOS ANGELES TIMES) This article reveals that "although the chemist's information is dated--he says he saw one experiment personally in 1979 and heard about others until the mid-1990s--his statements mark the first time a high-level scientist from North Korea has spoken out about human experimentation."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: North Korea's Use of Chemical Torture Alleged, March 3, 2004; pp. n.p..
"A senior North Korean chemist who defected to the South two years ago [2002] says he witnessed the government testing chemical weapons on political prisoners." (LOS ANGELES TIMES) This article reveals that "although the chemist's information is dated--he says he saw one experiment personally in 1979 and heard about others until the mid-1990s--his statements mark the first time a high-level scientist from North Korea has spoken out about human experimentation."
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