Some North Korean forced labor camps giving more “production tasks” than last year
Inmates at some forced labor camps in North Korea have reportedly been tasked with producing more wigs, false eyelashes and other goods. This suggests...
North Korea establishes new system to classify inmates in political prisons
North Korea has established a new system to classify inmates of its political prisons. A source says 60% of the political prisoners in the...
New prison camp in N. Pyongan Province is a political prison camp
North Korea has reportedly built a new political prison camp in North Pyongan Province's Pihyon County.
It is the third new political prison camp constructed...
Violators of N. Korea’s anti-reactionary thought law face punishment along with their families
North Koreans caught importing or distributing foreign media content inside their country face being executed or sent to political prison camps with their families,...
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...
