Yodok County information

Yodŏk County is a county in South Hamgyŏng province, North Korea. Originally part of Yŏnghŭng county (now Kŭmya County), it became a separate entity as...

closed down in 2014. Pyongyang Yodok Yodok camp was about 110 km (70 mi) northeast of Pyongyang. It was located in Yodok County, South Hamgyong Province, stretching...

and 15 counties ("gun"). These are further divided into villages (ri and dong, with dong also denoting neighborhoods in cities), with each county additionally...

inviting a delegation of the UN Commission on Human Rights to visit the Yodok prison camp in 1996. Lee Soon-ok gave detailed testimony on her treatment...

the camp was located too close to the Chinese border. Camp No. 15 in Yodok County, South Hamgyong Province was closed in 2014 to create a model prison...

Pujon County Pukchong County Ragwon County Riwon County Sinhung County Toksong County Yonggwang County Yodok County North Hwanghae Province 3 cities (si):...

transferred to Hoeryong concentration camp. Hoeryong concentration camp Yodok concentration camp Human rights in North Korea David Hawk. "The Hidden Gulag"...

North Korea portal Human rights in North Korea Prisons in North Korea Yodok concentration camp Kaechon internment camp "Army barracs and prison camp...

warden defected. North Korea portal Law portal Kaechon internment camp Yodok concentration camp Kwalliso Prisons in North Korea Human rights in North...

concentration camp Prisons in North Korea Pukchang concentration camp Slavery Yodok concentration camp Blaine Harden (16 March 2012). "How one man escaped from...

body of another prisoner. At Yodok Concentration Camp, children and political prisoners were subject to forced labor. Yodok closed in 2014 and its prisoners...

or any other diocese in North Korea. Many Christians are imprisoned in Yodok political prison camp, just 70 km (43 mi) northwest of the abbey, and other...

Jong-sok Jangdong: Ryom Chol-su Kowon: Kim Kwang-sok Puraesan: Kim Hyon-jin Yodok: Ri Jong-hwa Kumya: Ju Hwa-suk Inhung: Yun Yong-il Kajin: Choe Jong-ho Kwangmyongsong:...

by Yodŏk and Chŏngp'yŏng, and to the west by Nyŏngwŏn and Tongsin. It is drained by the Taedong River, which rises in the north part of the county before...

or "kwalliso" (total control zones) for lifetime detention. Camp 15 in Yodok and Camp 18 in Pukchang have been described in detailed testimonies. The...

oldest North Korean prison camp and was already erected by 1958. Like in Yodok camp there is one section for political prisoners in lifelong detention...

(금야군) 211,140 98,759 112,381 73,094 34,091 39,003 138,046 64,668 73,378  Yodok (요덕군) 40,839 19,148 21,691 12,301 5,823 6,478 28,538 13,325 15,213  Kowon...

years and 2 months. Human rights in North Korea Prisons in North Korea Yodok concentration camp Kaechon internment camp Lee Soon Ok Eyes of the Tailless...

Veenhuizen Esserheem Zwolle Kwan-li-so No. 14 Kaechon Kwan-li-so No. 15 Yodok Kwan-li-so No. 16 Hwasong Kwan-li-so No. 18 Bukchang Kwan-li-so No. 22 Haengyong...

16-volume story, in Korea. Shin Suk-ja is a political prisoner held in Yodok political prison camp in North Korea. In August 2011 human rights activists...

invariably receive life sentences. Kang Chol-hwan is a former prisoner of Yodok concentration camp and has written a book (The Aquariums of Pyongyang) about...

little village in Musan-ri (Korean: 무산리; RR: Musanri; MR: Musanri), Hoeryong county, at the road and railroad almost halfway between Hoeryong and Chongjin,...

of the city center. Smaller sub-facilities are in Chongpyong county and in Kowon county, both also in South Hamgyong province. Hamhung Pyongyang Hamhung...

of." Park Jung-bum as Jeon Seung-chul, a North Korean refugee from Musan County, who lives in Seoul with his roommate Kyung-chul. Jin Yong-ok [ko] as Kyung-chul...

is Kyo-hwa-so No. 11 (Reeducation camp no. 11). The camp is in Chungsan county, in South Pyongan province of North Korea. It is in the Yellow Sea coast...

station (Korean: 정평역) is a railway station in Chŏngp'yŏng-ŭp, Chŏngp'yŏng county, South Hamgyŏng province, North Korea. It is located on the P'yŏngra Line...