Demick, Barbara,

North Korea's Use of Chemical Torture Alleged. Barbara Demick. - Los Angeles Times, 2004. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Article 45, Human Relations, 1522-3248; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. 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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Chemical weapons--Korea (North)
Defectors--Korea (North)
Human rights--Korea (North)
Political prisoners
Prisoners--Treatment
Torture

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