Kyo-hwa-so Hoeryong(회령교화소) is a "reeducation camp" in
Hoeryong
Hoeryŏng () is a city in North Hamgyong Province, North Korea. It is located opposite Jilin Province, China, with the Tumen River in between. Sanhe (三合鎮), in Longjing City, is the closest Chinese town across the river. Hoeryŏng is the b ...
, in
North Hamgyong province of
North Korea
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu (Amnok) and T ...
.
It is not to be confused with
Haengyong political prison camp (Kwan-li-so Nr. 22), which is located north-east of Hoeryong and is sometimes also called Hoeryong camp. It holds roughly 1,500 prisoners.
See also
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Human rights in North Korea
The human rights record of North Korea is often considered to be the worst in the world and has been globally condemned, with the United Nations, the European Union and groups such as Human Rights Watch all critical of the country's record. Most ...
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Kaechon concentration camp
References
External links
Committee for Human Rights in North Korea: The Hidden Gulag- Overview of North Korean prison camps with testimonies and satellite photographs
Concentration camps in North Korea
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