N. Korea’s political prison camps: Shrinking populations amid tightening control
The populations of North Korea's infamous political prison camps, long criticized as hotbeds of human rights violations, has decreased by about 9,000 inmates compared...
Hell on Earth: Disabled prisoners suffer in N. Korea’s brutal camps
Disabled people in North Korea's political prison camps are suffering severe human rights violations, enduring horrific working conditions and daily violence, a source inside...
N. Korean prison camp guard beats up inmate old enough to be his father
North Koreans were shocked to hear that a guidance officer at a forced labor camp in Yanggang Province recently beat up an inmate old...
Four N. Korean stationmasters arrested for failing to show loyalty to Kim Jong Un
The North Korean Ministry of State Security has recently informed senior officials at provincial bureaus about the punishment given to people arrested in connection...
Repatriated N. Korean defectors who interacted with Christians sent to political prison camps
Some of the more than 200 defectors repatriated from China to North Korea last year are being held in political prison camps. Among the...
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...
Exclusive: False eyelashes sold in China are assembled in North Korea
Various types of false eyelashes assembled in North Korean prisons are being packaged in China and sold online, Daily NK has learned.
When Daily NK...
N. Korea cuts re-education camp sentences to reduce death count
A change in re-education camp regulations last year was aimed at reducing the number of deaths in the camps by returning inmates to society...
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...
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...
