Tag: prison camps
N. Korea orders harsher punishments for violators of anti-reactionary thought law
Multiple Daily NK sources have reported that the Central Committee’s Justice Department recently presented a “new corrections policy” to the Ministry of Social Security’s...
How has Kim Jong Un changed his country’s prison camps?
Across all three generations of the Kim family (Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un), political prison camps have played a...
N. Korea permits families to visit imprisoned relatives
North Korean authorities recently permitted families of prisoners at forced labor camps nationwide to visit their relatives for a limited period, following a ban...
N. Korean woman who killed husband faces life in prison
A woman living in Huchang County, Ryanggang Province, was recently sentenced to life in prison for murdering her husband with the help of her...
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...
Kaechon prison camp guard fired over relationship with inmate
A prison guard at the Kaechon prison camp was fired after engaging in sexual relations with a female inmate, Daily NK has learned.
“The prison...
