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Hwasong camp is a penal-labor colony in which detainees are imprisoned for life with no chance to be released. [4] With around 549 km 2 (212 sq mi) in area [5] it is the largest prison camp in North Korea. Puhwa-ri (Chosŏn'gŭl: 부화리), 4 km (2.5 mi) north of the entrance gate, is the camp headquarters. [6]
t. e. Hoeryong concentration camp (or Haengyong concentration camp) was a death camp in North Korea that was reported to have been closed in 2012. [1] The official name was Kwalliso (penal labour colony) No. 22. The camp was a maximum security area, completely isolated from the outside world.
Amnesty International: North Korea: Political Prison Camps - Document on conditions in North Korean prison camps; Freedom House: Concentrations of inhumanity Archived 2011-09-08 at the Wayback Machine – Analysis of the phenomena of repression associated with North Korea's political labor camps
v. t. e. Kaechon Internment Camp ( Korean : 개천 제14호 관리소, also spelled Kae'chŏn or Gaecheon) is a labor camp in North Korea for political prisoners and descendants of alleged criminals. The official name for the camp is Kwan-li-so (Penal-labor colony) No. 14. The camp is commonly known as Camp 14. It is not to be confused with the ...
v. t. e. Pukch'ang concentration camp ( Hangeul: 북창 제18호 관리소, also spelled Bukchang) is a labor camp in North Korea for political prisoners. It is sometimes called Tŭkchang concentration camp ( Hangeul: 득장 제18호 관리소, also Deukjang or Dukjang ). The official name is Kwan-li-so (Penal-labor colony) No. 18 .
With North Korea’s borders tightening and life getting harder, she fled in 2019, spending the next few years in neighboring China before heading to South Korea – where she is now receiving ...
Yodok camp was about 110 km (70 mi) northeast of Pyongyang. [6] It was located in Yodok County, South Hamgyong Province, stretching into the valley of the Ipsok River, surrounded by mountains: Paek-san 1,742 m (5,715 ft) to the north, Modo-san 1,833 m (6,014 ft) to the northwest, Tok-san 1,250 m (4,100 ft) to the west, and Byeongpung-san 1,152 m (3,780 ft) to the south.
Kwalliso (Korean: 관리소, Korean pronunciation: [kwa̠ʎʎisʰo̞]) or kwan-li-so is the term for political penal labor and rehabilitation colonies in North Korea.They constitute one of three forms of political imprisonment in the country, the other two being what Washington DC based NGO Committee for Human Rights in North Korea described as "short-term detention/forced-labor centers" and ...