[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 16]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 21733]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       THE PEOPLE OF NORTH KOREA

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                          HON. JOSEPH R. PITTS

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 29, 2006

  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, I stand up today on behalf of the people of 
North Korea.
  A number of reports have detailed the horrific suffering of the 
people there--a suffering that makes China looks like paradise. Those 
held in the prison camps in North Korea endure torture, forced 
abortions, and brutal deaths.
  In early October, the Yoduk story musical will be performed in our 
area--this musical tells the story of the suffering in a North Korean 
prison camp, Director Jung, Sung-San is a North Korean defector 
himself, whose father died in one of the political prison camps.
  Interestingly, the South Korean government did not want this musical 
produced in South Korea, but the director thought it was so important 
for the world to know the story of North Korea that he put up his own 
kidney as collateral for a $20,000 loan to ensure the musical was 
produced.
  Mr. Speaker, that a North Korean was willing to put up his own kidney 
to produce this story speaks to the gravity of the suffering in North 
Korea. The international community must get its head out of the sand 
and ACT to stop the terrible suffering of the North Korean people.

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