Kangdong concentration camp (also spelled Gangdong) is a reeducation camp in North Korea. The official name of the camp is Kyo-hwa-so No. 4 (Reeducation camp no. 4).
The camp consists of a large prison compound situated between Samdung-ri and the Nam River, in Kangdong-gun, in South Pyongan province of North Korea, about 30 km (19 mi) east of downtown Pyongyang.[1]
The main section of the camp is around 250 m (820 ft) long and 200 m (660 ft) wide, surrounded by a high wall.[1] The whole camp is roughly 2 km (1.2 mi) long by 1.5 km (0.93 mi) wide, surrounded by a barbed-wire fence. In 1997 there used to be around 7,000 prisoners.[2] Most of them are either soldiers or residents of Pyongyang,[3] sentenced from 5 to 20 years. Working facilities include a cement factory, a coal mine, a limestone quarry, a glass factory and some agriculture.[4][5]
^ ab"The Hidden Gulag – Exposing Crimes against Humanity in North Korea's Vast Prison System (p. 226)" (PDF). The Committee for Human Rights in North Korea. Retrieved September 14, 2012.
^"The Hidden Gulag – Exposing Crimes against Humanity in North Korea's Vast Prison System (p. 109)" (PDF). The Committee for Human Rights in North Korea. Retrieved September 14, 2012.
^"Prisoners in North Korea Today" (PDF), Database Center for North Korean Human Rights, 1.3.5 Prisons (p. 70), July 15, 2011, archived from the original (PDF) on March 5, 2014, retrieved June 5, 2012
^"Prisoners in North Korea Today" (PDF), Database Center for North Korean Human Rights, 1.3.5 Prisons (p. 101), July 15, 2011, archived from the original (PDF) on March 5, 2014, retrieved June 5, 2012
^"Prisoners in North Korea Today" (PDF), Database Center for North Korean Human Rights, 6.2.3 Working Facilities and Productions (p. 390), July 15, 2011, archived from the original (PDF) on March 5, 2014, retrieved June 5, 2012
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