Shin Dong-Huyk was born in a North Korean re-education camp on November 19, 1983, as a child of two prisoners married by order of the wardens. He spent his entire childhood and youth in Camp 14, forced to labor since age six, and suffered from hunger, beatings, and torture at the mercy of the wardens.
Camp 14: Total Control Zone
Born in 1983, Shin Dong-Huyk's life began in a North Korean re-education camp, where he was raised as the child of a forced marriage between two prisoners.