Tag: pardons
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...
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 may release a “large number” of prisoners in October
North Korean authorities are planning to carry out a special pardon of prisoners in October and the list of pardonees may include those who...
N. Korea hands down mass amnesty decree on Kim Il Sung’s...
North Korea handed down a mass amnesty decree for inmates in the country's myriad of prisons and detention facilities on Apr. 15 - Kim...
