Via tdaxp, US Army deserter Charles Jenkins gives 60 minutes an account of his time in North Korea, including horror stories of beatings, forced sex and primitive tattoo removal techniques.:

That life included forced studying of the writings of the communist dictator Kim Il Sung. He says he and three other American deserters were forced to study eight hours a day for seven years. The studying was imposed by communist government handlers called "leaders." They also assigned him a Korean woman, with whom he was supposed to have sex twice a month. "The leaders almost tell her when to do it, and I got in a big fight one time over it," recalls Jenkins. "I told [the leader], ‘It’s none of his business if I want sleep with her. She wants to sleep — we sleep.’ ‘No — two times a month’" He says he was severely punished for talking back. "That’s the worst beating I ever got — over that," he tells Pelley, showing a scar where he says his teeth came through his lower lip.

Worse still, says Jenkins, was the pain he endured when someone saw his U.S. Army tattoo. He says the North Koreans held him down and cut the words, "U.S. Army," off with a scalpel and scissors — without giving him any painkiller. "They told me the anesthetic was for the battlefield," says Jenkins, "It was hell."

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