Tag: prison camps
Behind the cold exile: How N. Korea punishes ‘hostile class’ citizens
Recent reports indicate that the North Korean Workers' Party continues its harsh discrimination against citizens who hold views different from the regime.
According to a...
Source: N. Korean official’s UN comments on executions were party-authorized
North Korea's acknowledgment of public executions at a U.N. human rights review in Geneva this November was carefully orchestrated. The admission came from Pak...
North Korea upgrades prison camp amid secrecy concerns
North Korea has renovated facilities at the Paekto-ri political prison camp in Sinuiju to improve health conditions for prisoners. The decision was prompted by...
N. Korean police chief ousted over daughter’s K-drama scandal
The Hoeryong police chief was recently demoted and transferred after his daughter was caught watching South Korean dramas, Daily NK has learned.
Speaking on condition...
North Korea boosts foreign currency earnings with prison-made exports to China
North Korean trading companies are expanding their foreign currency-earning activities by exporting contract-manufactured products made with prison labor to China. Recently, a major North...
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...
N. Korea intensifies efforts to purge party ranks of “impure” elements
In a ruthless crackdown on dissent, North Korea has intensified its purge of party ranks this year, condemning officials who challenge state or party...
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...
Four N. Korean stationmasters arrested for failing to show loyalty to...
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...
Some of the more than 200 defectors repatriated from China to North Korea last year are being held in political prison camps. Among the...
