North Korean prison camp escapee reveals torture scars from his 24 years in captivity

Shin Dong-hyuk is the only person known to have escaped from one of North Korea's 'total-control zone' camp.

A man who spent 24 years held captive in a North Korean prison camp has shown the brutal torture scars from his time there.
Shin Dong-hyuk is the only person known to have escaped from one of
North Korea's 'total-control zone' camps.
His time inside the prison became the subject of a best-selling book 'Escape from Camp 14'.


Now, in a brave interview with The Daily Signal he has shown the horrific reminders left on his body of his time as a prisoner.

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Man who 'escaped from North Korean prison camp' shows torture scars and reveals horrific conditions

He said: "There was a room, a chamber type. It's like a cell within the prison camp where these tortures take place.
"When I first entered it. I immediately felt that the atmosphere itself was terrifying.
"When I was brought in, without saying a word the proceeded to tie my ankles and wrists together and hung me from above."

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Man who 'escaped from North Korean prison camp' shows torture scars and reveals horrific conditions

Showing shocking burn marks on his back, he spoke of how he was placed over a charcoal fire until he 'smelled his skin burning'.
He said: "As the fire started rising up toward my back, I could feel that it was scorching hot and I could even smell my own flesh burning.
"I begged for my life to be spared but it was completely useless. It was just so hot and I kept squirming."

Shin was born in a North Korean prison in 1982 and made a daring escape in 2005.
Horrific details of life inside North Korean prisons emerged last year where a UN report found children had been savaged to death by dogs.
The country is currently ruled by dictator Kim Jong.