The human rights atrocities under Kim Jong-un that were not mentioned during summit 

Kim Jong-un has overseen a dictatorship of prison gulags, executions and forced abortions
Kim Jong-un has overseen a dictatorship of prison gulags, executions and forced abortions Credit: Evan Vucci /AP

It was all smiles and platitudes when Donald Trump met Kim Jong-un at their historic Singapore summit.

Mr Trump spoke of a "new history" being made, but North Korea's past history of human rights abuses appeared to have been forgotten in Singapore.

Here are a number of atrocities and abuses which have been left on the back burner:

Prison camps

Police and security forces in the hermit state employ "violence and punishments" to create a "climate of fear", a major UN report into North Korea that was published in 2014 said.

Central to this intense intimidation that North Koreans live under is the network of prison camps.

Up to 130,000 people are said to be imprisoned in Pyongyang's gulags - many...

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