Ryongdam concentration camp

Yongdam

Pyongyang

Location of Yongdam camp in North Korea

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Kyo-hwa-so No. 8 Yongdam is a "reeducation camp" with c. 3,000 prisoners in Kangwon, North Korea.^[1]

See also

• Human Rights in North Korea
• 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

Coordinates: 39°21′43″N 127°15′50″E / 39.362°N 127.264°E / 39.362; 127.264