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,...
N. Korea prepares for special pardon of reeducation camp inmates on September 9
North Korean authorities plan to carry out a special pardon of reeducation camp (gyowhaso) prisoners on Sept. 9, which marks the 75th anniversary of...
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...
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...
Family of high-ranking N. Korean cadre sent to prison camp for violating anti-reactionary thought...
North Korean authorities have placed the entire family of a high-ranking cadre in a political prison camp for violations of the law to eradicate...
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...
N. Korea releases family of four in latest pardon
North Korea pardoned a family of four that was locked up at a political prison for violations of emergency quarantine regulations.
A source in North...
N. Korea appears set to pardon prisoners accused of breaking COVID-19 regulations
North Korea will soon pardon some inmates who were sent to political prison camps for violations of emergency quarantine regulations, Daily NK has learned.
According...
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...
Here’s what little we know about North Korea’s Camp 17
The location of Camp 17, a North Korean camp for political prisoners, is regarded as classified information even within the country, Daily NK has...
