Violators of North Korea’s quarantine protocols sent to “total control zones”
With North Korea reportedly locking up people who violate quarantine protocols in political prisons, a source has claimed that these inmates will ultimately spend...
The number of inmates in North Korean political prisons have increased by at least...
The number of inmates at North Korean political prisons has climbed by at least 20,000 or more since March of last year. This suggests...
North Korea issues rare order to shorten sentences of “model” inmates at reeducation prison...
North Korea’s Ministry of Social Security recently announced the shortening of sentences of “model” inmates in reeducation prison camps (gyohwaso). This development has drawn...
Tracking changes at North Korea’s Camp 14 through satellite imagery
View of Camp 14 in Kaechon, South Pyongan Province / Photo: Google Earth
Camp 14 is one of North Korea’s prison camps for political prisoners,...
Woman in her 20s dies after beating from Yanggang Province detention center guard
A prison officer at a detention facility in Yanggang Province recently caused the death of a female inmate in her twenties, Daily NK has...
Working and living conditions at the Bukchang prison camp are extremely poor
Amid reports that the North Korean authorities have mobilized prisoners at the Bukchang concentration camp in South Pyongan Province for coal mining, Daily NK...
