Imprisoned American journalists unlikely to see N. Korea's worst conditions

Tuesday, June 9, 2009 | 5:13 p.m. CDT; updated 7:51 p.m. CDT, Tuesday, June 9, 2009

SEOUL, South Korea — Prisoners spend long days toiling in rice paddies and factories. Survivors say beatings are frequent, hunger is constant and clothing scarce in the freezing winter.

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