Kwan Li So No. 18 Bukchang Concentration Camp | internment

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North Korean Concentration Camp. See www.economist.com/node/21553090

Kim Hye-sook has described the human rights situation in detail and testified to the Canadian Parliament and to the British Parliament. In this camp prisoners are shot in case of escape attempts, theft of food or violations of instructions. Kim witnessed more than 100 public executions per year with prisoners being tortured and then shot or hanged as a deterrent to the other prisoners. Prisoners are routinely starved, beaten, and tortured. Since the prisoners have to work 16 - 18 hours in the mines every day without any protection, after few years most suffer from pneumoconiosis and many die from it. Work accidents often lead to limb amputations.

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Coordinates:   39°35'17"N   126°4'47"E
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