"One of the exciting things about maps is that the world is a constantly changing place." "We know this map is not perfect," Google senior product manager Jayanth Mysore said in a statement posted online. Google says further detail might be made available as the crowdsourcing continues. It houses the country's first nuclear reactors, and produced the fuel used in the country's nuclear tests in 20. Yongbyon is North Korea's main nuclear facility. One of North Korea's most controversial sites, the Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center, is also located on the map, "though it offers few additional details," says Akiko Fujita at ABC News. One, who identified himself as Richie Heimbrock, said about the Pyongyang memorial building: "I found the fish tacos to be really underwhelming." In addition to spotting these sites, curiosity seekers can also enjoy a "snarkfest" going on among commenters, according to Alicia P.Q. "Google Maps users can peruse the North Korean landscape to see the Kumsusan Memorial Palace, which houses the bodies of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il," says Cavan Sieczkowski at The Huffington Post. The image of Camp 22, the Hoeryong Gulag, shows the clear outline of the camp, where almost 30,000 people reportedly died of starvation in 2012. Beyond that, little else around the gulag is marked." Like many of the revealed landmarks, Hwasong Gulag hints at the country's innumerable atrocities. "And at the end of Gulag 16 Road is a train station. "One street, called Gulag 16 Road, cuts through it," says Chico Harlan at The Washington Post. On Google Maps, the camp looks like a city on the Hwasong River. The 212-square-mile concentration camp is believed to house 10,000 people, many of them political prisoners. In northeastern North Korea sits Penal Labor Colony No.
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