Deterrence works badly against a dictator who blithely imposes famine and gulags on his people during peacetime .
这是因为对一个在和平时期以饥荒和集中营来迫害国民并以之为乐的独裁者来说,威慑毫无作用。
It also led to his falling-out with sartre , who at the time was still defending the soviet union and refusing to condemn the gulags .
此举引发了他和萨特的争执,当时萨特依然一直捍卫苏联,拒绝谴责古拉格集中营。
Given the closed and secretive nature of the regime and the society it lords over , it is impossible to know precisely how many north koreans are in the modern-day gulags .
The scenes of inconsolable mourning shown on north korean television have sparked debate in south korea , where more is known of north korea 's arbitrary executions and brutal network of gulags .