By Erica Wong |Staff Writer| Life in North Korea is shrouded in mystery but a defector’s testimony allowed the international community to gain an insider’s perspective of the brutality of the North Korean government against its people. A near-perfect map has helped the international community finally locate Camp 18, a concentration camp North Korea has repeatedly denied existence of. Kim Hye-Sook is a North Korean defector that managed to escape Camp 18 and is now campaigning against the abomination by using the map and her pictures as her life memoir. Kim spent almost three decades at Camp 18, forced to do manual labor in the mining town for 16-18 hours per day. For 15 … [Read more...] about North Korean concentration camp survivor tells horrific life story
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By Emmanuel Gutierrez |Staff Writer| Fortune reads death (April 27) A dead man was found inside a fortune cookie company’s dough machine on April 27, according to CBS Houston. “The victim, an employee of the Wonton Food Corporation was operating an industrial dough mixer,” stated police. The identity of the 26-year-old victim has not been verified. Looks prove stupidity (April 28) Eighty students were tested for IQ and had their faces photographed. 160 random participants were asked to rate perceived intelligence of the subjects solely based off appearance. Men with perceived intelligence shared traits of a “narrow face, prolonged nose, and broader … [Read more...] about Chronicle news briefs
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