Thought North Korea couldn't get any worse? Think again. A highly disturbing report came to light during a Geneva conference for human rights activists. Former North Korean prison guard Ahn Myong-Chol shared various horrific details to reporters and fellow activists. One particular story he told is certain to get your blood boiling: children were attacked by vicious dogs.

"There were three dogs and they killed five children," the 45-year-old told an AFP reporter through a translator.

"They killed three of the children right away."

But animals are trained to do such devilish acts so their behavior can be explained. Their masters' actions are even worse and inexcusable...

"The two other children were barely breathing and the guards buried them alive," Chol remarked.

After the incident, the dogs were treated to a tasty meals "as some kind of award," Chol added. 

Unfortunately, egregious incidents like this are commonplace in North Korea's numerous prison camps. Chol worked at Camp 22. The amount of human suffering is indescribable... if there are at least 22 camps, how many more exist? Chol went on to say that the camp's residents were treated worse than the lowliest animals.

"People in the camps are not treated as human beings... they are like flies that can be crushed," said Ahn.

When a prisoner was caught during an escape attempt they were killed off.

"We were allowed to kill them, and if we brought back their body, they would award us by letting us go study at college," Chol said.

Chol decided to escape from Camp 22 by himself. He did so only after his mother, sister and brother were whisked away to one of the myriad camps after his father, while drunk, spoke ill of the government. The father committed suicide, perhaps anticipating the slave-like existence that awaited him. He swan across the Tumen River to China, nearly drowning in the process.

Now Chol's mission in life is " to spread awareness about what is happening in the camps." He added that the prison camps were similar to the gulag's that the former Soviet Union ran. Chol wants people to realize that the North Korean government is committing these atrocities every single minute of every single day. 

"The difference is that in North Korea we are still talking in the present tense. These horrors are still happening,' he said.

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