Tanchon concentration camp
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Kyo-hwa-so No. 77 Tanchon(77호 단천 교화소) is a "reeducation camp" with ca. 6,000 prisoners near
Tanchon Tanch'ŏn () is a port city in northeastern South Hamgyŏng province, North Korea. It has a population of approximately 360,000. Tanch'ŏn borders the Sea of Japan (East Sea of Korea), into which the Namdae River flows. Administrative divisio ...
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South Hamgyong South Hamgyong Province (, ''Hamgyŏngnamdo''; ) is a province of North Korea. The province was formed in 1896 from the southern half of the former Hamgyong Province, remained a province of Korea until 1945, then became a province of North Kore ...
province,
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 Korea, Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Y ...
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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 Kaechon concentration camp (also spelled Kaech'ŏn or ''Gaecheon'') is a prison in North Korea with many political prisoners. The official name is Kyo-hwa-so (Reeducation camp) No. 1. It is not to be confused with Kaechon internment camp (Kwan-l ...


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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 {{NorthKorea-geo-stub