Mao Zedong died nearly four days later just after midnight, at 00:10, on September 9, 1976, at age 82. The Communist Party of China delayed the announcement of his death until 16:00 later that day, when a radio message broadcast across the nation announced the news of Mao's passing while appealing for party unity.
The internment camps are located in central and northeastern North Korea. They comprise many prison labour colonies in secluded mountain valleys, completely isolated from the outside world. The total number of prisoners is estimated to be 150,000 to 200,000.
The internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II is now widely considered to have been a terrible mistake, in that the citizens who were detained â some for as long as four years â were not traitors, but loyal Americans, and their internment caused them considerable emotional and economic hardship.