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    Pukch'ang County is a kun (county) in South P'yŏngan province, North Korea. In 1952, Pukchang County was formed from the former area of Maengsan County and...
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  • official name is Kwan-li-so (Penal-labor colony) No. 18. The camp is in Pukchang County and Tukchang district, P'yŏngan-namdo province in North Korea. It is...
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    (온천군/溫泉郡) Pukchang County (북창군/北倉郡) Pyongwon County (평원군/平原郡) Ryonggang County (룡강군/龍岡郡) Sinyang County (신양군/新陽郡) Songchon County (성천군/成川郡) Sukchon County (숙천군/肅川郡)...
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  • (Kwan-li-so in Korean) and reeducation prison camps (Kyo-hwa-so in Korean). Pukchang Chongjin Hoeryong Hwasong Kaechon Onsong Yodok Kyongsong The internment...
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    4 Power Station Kimhyongjik County small Built to support Huchang mine. Pukchang Thermal Power Complex Pukchang County 1600 MW Highest generation capacity...
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    Ungok 16 counties (kun): Chungsan County Hoechang County Maengsan County Mundok County Nyongwon County Pukchang County Pyongwon County Sinyang County Songchon...
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    districts joining Sunchon. In 1994, Sinpyong-ri was transferred to Pukchang County. By the 1990s, Kubong-rodongjagu had been developed into a large mining...
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    a Hwasong-12 intermediate-range ballistic missile launched from near Pukchang Airport reportedly crashed into Ch'ŏngsin-dong, Tokchon, damaging several...
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    Machine "39°29'50.0"N 125°58'32.0"E · Pukchang Airport, South Pyongan, North Korea". 39°29'50.0"N 125°58'32.0"E · Pukchang Airport, South Pyongan, North Korea...
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  • rights in North Korea Kaechon concentration camp Prisons in North Korea Pukchang concentration camp Slavery Yodok concentration camp Blaine Harden (16 March...
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    control zones) for lifetime detention. Camp 15 in Yodok and Camp 18 in Pukchang have been described in detailed testimonies. The security apparatus is...
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  • (12 mi) to the south-east. Kaechon Pyongyang The camp is located in Kae'chŏn county, P'yŏngan-namdo province in North Korea. 39°30'10"N 125°45'35"E It is situated...
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  • its reported closure. Pyongyang Hoeryong Camp 22 was located in Hoeryong County, North Hamgyong province, in northeast North Korea, near the border with...
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  • colony) No. 16. Pyongyang Hwasong The camp is located in Hwasong County (Myonggan County), North Hamgyong Province in North Korea. It is situated along...
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  • (은산군) 206,407 98,067 108,340 142,695 67,964 74,731 63,712 30,103 33,609  Pukchang (북창군) 139,498 66,412 73,086 111,223 52,901 58,322 28,275 13,511 14,764...
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    Yong-gil Jaedong: Kim Ung-sop Haksan: Sin Ung-sik Mangil: Ri Myong-hui Pukchang: Kim Yong-chol Songnam: Mun Sun-hui Okchon: Kim Kwang-su Inpo: U Won-yong...
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    takeoff. April 28, 2017 North Korea test-fired an unidentified missile from Pukchang airfield. The missile, believed to be a medium-range KN-17 ballistic missile...
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    morning of 27 September 2021, a Hwasong-8 missile was launched in Ryongrim County, although it was reportedly fitted with a manoeuvrable reentry vehicle,...
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  • Onsong concentration camp was an internment camp in Changpyong, Onsong County, North Hamgyong, North Korea. It housed approximately 15,000 political prisoners...
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    P'yŏngan province, North Korea. Prior to 1994, it was designated as a kun or county. The terrain is mostly level, but mountainous in the north. To the south...
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    Hwanghae Iron and Steel Complex branch Namhung Youth Chemical Complex branch Pukchang Thermal Power Complex branch Sunchon Area Youth Coal Mining Complex branch...
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    14:30: North deploys five MiG-23ML fighters from the 60th Regiment at Pukchang Airport; 122 mm MRL battalion near Kaemori conducts a short firing exercise...
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    During this war Ballykinlar Barracks Internment Camp, County Down held over 2,000 men from all 32 Counties of Ireland. During the 1954–60 Mau Mau rebellion...
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  • little village in Musan-ri (Korean: 무산리; RR: Musanri; MR: Musanri), Hoeryong county, at the road and railroad almost halfway between Hoeryong and Chongjin,...
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    28, 2017, North Korea launched an unidentified ballistic missile over Pukchang airfield, in North Korean territory. It blew up shortly after take-off...
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  • was about 110 km (70 mi) northeast of Pyongyang. It was located in Yodok County, South Hamgyong Province, stretching into the valley of the Ipsok River...
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  • 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...
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  • Notable kwalliso closures are listed below: In 1989, Camp No. 11 in Kyŏngsŏng County, North Hamgyong Province was closed to convert the area into a villa for...
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  • of the city center. Smaller sub-facilities are in Chongpyong county and in Kowon county, both also in South Hamgyong province. Hamhung Pyongyang Hamhung...
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  • temple Kuup-ri, Kaechon 대림사구층탑 大林寺九層塔 59 Heavenly King & Earth God Tomb Pukchang-ri, Sunchon 천왕지신총 天王地神塚 60 Yodongsong Tomb Ryongbong-ri, Sunchon 요동성총 遼東城塚...
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