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Inmates in North Korea’s prisons still face dire conditions

Inmates at North Korean prisons are still dealing with poor food and housing conditions, Daily NK has learned. “The prison population is being supplied with...
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N. Korea continues to operate nine re-education camps throughout the country

North Korea continues to operate nine re-education camps, where the number of inmates detained for violating the country's law to "eradicate reactionary thought and...

Kim Jong Un reopens political prison camp to house political enemies

A political prison camp originally thought to have been closed has been reopened since North Korean leader Kim Jong Un took power in 2011....

Lifting the veil on how deaths are handled in N. Korea’s political prison camps

The corpses of political prison camp inmates are mutilated, cremated and buried in mass graves, Daily NK has learned. According to a source, the...
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N. Korea’s national police agency hands down 4th quarter production quotas to reeducation camps

North Korea's national police agency recently handed down fourth quarter production quotas to reeducation camps under its administration, Daily NK has learned.  Speaking on condition...

Pyongsan Political Prison Camp inmates forced to work in uranium mines

Inmates at Pyongsan Political Prison Camp in North Hwanghae Province are being forced to work in uranium mines, Daily NK has learned. “Pyongsan Political Prison...
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Children in N. Korean political prison camps face forced labor and other human rights...

Children imprisoned at North Korea’s political prison camps face serious human rights abuses, including forced labor, beatings and other punishments, Daily NK has learned. Speaking...
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N. Korea uses prisoners as labor force in its contract manufacturing activities

North Korea is using prisoners to provide labor for its contract manufacturing sector as part of efforts to earn foreign currency, Daily NK has...
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Five inmates at political prison camp publicly executed for causing a “disturbance”

Five inmates at Susong Concentration Camp (otherwise known as Camp No. 25 in Chongjin, North Hamgyong Province) were executed by firing squad in broad...
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N. Korean political prison camp guards trained to treat inmates as sub-human

Guards at North Korea's political prison camps face no punishments even if they poorly treat the prisoners under their care, Daily NK has learned. “Soldiers...

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