Tag: prisons
N. Korea halts all family visits at prisons across the country
The North Korean government has instructed prisons around the country to halt all family visits and only accept care packages, Daily NK has learned.
Speaking...
N. Korea prepares for special pardon of reeducation camp inmates on...
North Korean authorities plan to carry out a special pardon of reeducation camp (gyowhaso) prisoners on Sept. 9, which marks the 75th anniversary of...
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 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...
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. 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...
