National Human Rights Commission of the Republic of Korea There have been private attempts to collect testimonies or records of human rights violations suffered by North Korean defectors, but with the number of North Korean defectors reaching almost 20,000, it is significantly meaningful that a governmental effort is firstly being made to collect the information scattered here and there and compile it into one single database. Since March 2013, the center has documented and kept actual cases of human rights violations experienced or witnessed by 619 in 2012 and 652 in 2013 of North Korean defectors by conducting surveys. Meanwhile, the Commission, in 2012, produced an educational documentary titled "Are you listening to our story?" which illustrates cases of human rights violation in North Korea. In 2013, the Commission produced the documentary with Korean and English captions for a wider use. It also published the Korean version of The Hidden Gulag: Exposing North Korea's Prison Camps published by the U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea. (2) Survey on the status of education for young North Korean defectors The NHRCK conducted a survey to have an understanding of the difficulties young North Korean defectors had suffered in receiving education for the purpose of working out the improvement measures thereof. As of October 2012, the number of those who fall into the category of ages 10 to 19, among the whole North Korean defectors in Korea, is 2,835. As of April 2012, the number of young North Korean defectors in Korea, who are enrolled at elementary, middle and high schools, is Chapter 1. Improvement of Laws and Regulations, Institution, Policies, and Practices ▪▪▪ 81