Tanchon concentration camp

Tanchon

Pyongyang

Location of Tanchon camp in North Korea

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Political Prisons (Kwalliso) Kaechon (No. 14) Yodok (No. 15) Hwasong (No. 16) Pukchang (No. 18) Hoeryong (No. 22) Chongjin (No. 25) Onsong (No. 12 - closed)
Re-education camps (Kyohwaso) Kaechon (No. 1) Sinuiju (No. 3) Kangdong (No. 4) Ryongdam (No. 8) Chungsan (No. 11) Chongori (No. 12) Hamhung (No. 15) Oro (No. 22 - closed) Tanchon (No. 27) Hoeryong Sunghori (closed)
Abductions and POWs Abductions of Japanese citizens Abductions of South Korean citizens Korean War POWs detained in North Korea
International reactions U.S. law of 2004 Japanese law of 2006

Kyo-hwa-so No. 77 Tanchon is a "reeducation camp" with ca. 6,000 prisoners near Tanchon in South Hamgyong province, North Korea.^[1]

See also

• Human Rights in North Korea
• Kaechon concentration camp

References

1. ↑ "The Hidden Gulag – Exposing Crimes against Humanity in North Korea’s Vast Prison System (p. 105 - 106)". The Committee for Human Rights in North Korea. Retrieved September 14, 2012. 

External links

• Committee for Human Rights in North Korea: The Hidden Gulag - Overview of North Korean prison camps with testimonies and satellite photographs

Prison camps of North Korea Political prison camps (Kwalliso) Chongjin (25) Hoeryong (22) Hwasong (16) Kaechon (14) Pukchang (18) Yodok (15) Reeducation camps (Kyohwaso) Chongori (12) Chungsan (11) Hamhung (15) Hoeryong () Kangdong (4) Kaechon (1) Oro (22) Ryongdam (8) Sinuiju (3) Tanchon (77)