Quote Originally Posted by Alex_krsk View Post
There is always one thing that makes country a "concentration camp" regardless of ideology of the regime it's freedom of travel and relocation. Not only north koreans are being refused simple right to travel and move they are being divided geografically according to social classes they belong to. All that makes the social system to look feudal.
I agree that's feudal and seem primitive from a Western perspective. But at least it means they don't have a slum surrounding the capital city, and people live where they are needed and can be provided for.

However, in India, people are born into a caste, and discriminated against for the rest of their lives, based on something they can't control at all. North Koreans can apparently sometimes descend the groups, and people can move to where their spouse is. I have seen this Indian discrimination right in front of my eyes, with educated colleagues, several times. It is extremely ugly and disturbing. Apparently it's 100 times worth with the poorly educated. Additionally, the problem with malnourishment in India are worse than in North Korea, where they actually got on top of it recently. It seems to have been a problem for proportions of the population for about 8 years on and off. In India it's an ongoing issue for half the population, indefinitely.

In Saudi Arabia, half the population - women - cannot leave their own house without a black tent-like outfit covering their entire body, AND a male escort for anything but very mundane trips. Again for a reason that they can't control at all (their gender). In North Korea people can dress more or less as they want, and many women hold leadership positions.
Saudi Arabia incidentally also has a very brutal regime, on par with North Korea for punishing dissidents.

But wait - they are chums with the USA, so forgot all of this paragraph, none of it matters! It's only countries like North Korea who are not chums with the USA that we must worry about!

Additionally North Korea is a developing country that nevertheless teaches Syrians, Pakistanis, Africans and others about nuclear fission, dam construction etc; has 100% literacy; aims to deliver universal healthcare to its entire population and performs well in sports and in science competitions. You really could do a lot worse than that.