Kaech'ŏn or Kaechon (US: /ˈɡeɪtʃʌn/ GAY-chun, Korean: [kɛtsʰʌn]; Hangul: 개천시, Hanja: 价川市) is a city in South P'yŏngan province, North Korea. The Myohyangsan...
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Kaechon Internment Camp (Korean: 개천 제14호 관리소, also spelled Kae'chŏn or Gaecheon) is a labor camp in North Korea for political prisoners and descendants...
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Kaechon concentration camp (also spelled Kaech'ŏn or Gaecheon) is a prison in North Korea with many political prisoners. The official name is Kyo-hwa-so...
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Kaech'ŏn station is a railway station in Kaech'ŏn municipal city, South P'yŏngan province, North Korea, on the Manp'o Line of the Korean State Railway;...
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Kaechon Airport(개천비행장) is an airport near Kaechon, Pyongannam-do, North Korea. The airfield has a single concrete runway 05/23 measuring 8180 x 190 feet...
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Pyongyang Hamhung Chongjin Nampo Wonsan Sinuiju Tanchon Kaechon Kaesong Sariwon The important cities of North Korea have self-governing status equivalent...
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Oedong station is a railway station in Oedong-ri, Kaech'ŏn county, South P'yŏngan province, North Korea, on the Taegŏn Line of the Korean State Railway...
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cover its tracks after a warden defected. North Korea portal Law portal Kaechon internment camp Yodok concentration camp Kwalliso Prisons in North Korea...
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prison camps (Kyo-hwa-so in Korean). Pukchang Chongjin Hoeryong Hwasong Kaechon Onsong Yodok Kyongsong The internment camps for people who are accused...
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Kaechon Line Chosŏn'gŭl 개천선 Hancha 价川線 Revised Romanization Gaecheon-seon McCune–Reischauer Kaech'ŏn-sŏn...
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Kaechon Tangwang Line Chosŏn'gŭl 개천탄광선 Hancha 价川炭鑛線 Revised Romanization Gaecheontan'gwang-seon McCune–Reischauer Kaech'ŏnt'an'gwang-sŏn...
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mountains south of the river. On the other side of the Taedong river is the Kaechon internment camp (Kwan-li-so No. 14). Pyongyang Pukchang According to Hwang...
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Northwestern area (1st Air Combat Division, HQ Kaechon) West Coast and Pyongyang area (1st Air Combat Division) - HQ: Kaechon Pyongyang is also the location of HQ...
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county in North Pyŏngan Province, North Korea. It borders the cities of Kaechŏn and Anju, and covers an area of 504 km2. The city was heavily fortified...
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investigation system of North Korea. Bukchang Chongjin Hoeryong Hwasong Kaechon Yodok The internment camps for people accused of political offenses or...
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features interviews with Shin Dong-hyuk who was born and grew up in the Kaechon internment camp (known as "Camp 14") in North Korea. Through interviews...
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released from the torture. She was then tried, convicted, and transferred to Kaechon reeducation camp to serve a 13-year term. Upon entering the prison, Lee...
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experimentation Persecution of Christians Political prisons (Kwanliso) Kaechon (No. 14) Yodok (No. 15 - closed) Hwasong (No. 16) Pukchang (No. 18) Hoeryong...
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capital, established December 1969) Anju (안주시/安州市; established August 1987) Kaechon (개천시/价川市; established August 1990) Sunchon-si (순천시/順川市; established October...
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rights in North Korea Prisons in North Korea Yodok concentration camp Kaechon internment camp "Army barracs and prison camp entrance". Wikimapia. Retrieved...
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experimentation Persecution of Christians Political prisons (Kwanliso) Kaechon (No. 14) Yodok (No. 15 - closed) Hwasong (No. 16) Pukchang (No. 18) Hoeryong...
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later partially recanted. Shin Dong-hyuk was born Shin In Geun at the Kaechon internment camp, commonly known as Camp 14. He was born to two prisoners...
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experimentation Persecution of Christians Political prisons (Kwanliso) Kaechon (No. 14) Yodok (No. 15 - closed) Hwasong (No. 16) Pukchang (No. 18) Hoeryong...
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Berlin / Song Jung-ho A 41-year-old North Korean former prisoner of the Kaechon concentration camp, where he served 25 years' detention since age nine...
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connections and increased border defenses. Pukchang Chongjin Hoeryong Hwasong Kaechon Yodok The state of human rights in North Korea has been widely condemned...
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experimentation Persecution of Christians Political prisons (Kwanliso) Kaechon (No. 14) Yodok (No. 15 - closed) Hwasong (No. 16) Pukchang (No. 18) Hoeryong...
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rights in North Korea Prisons in North Korea Yodok concentration camp Kaechon internment camp Camp 22 "The Hidden Gulag – Exposing Crimes against Humanity...
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her to plead guilty to the charges. For six years, Lee was imprisoned in Kaechon concentration camp where she reports witnessing forced abortions, infanticide...
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experimentation Persecution of Christians Political prisons (Kwanliso) Kaechon (No. 14) Yodok (No. 15 - closed) Hwasong (No. 16) Pukchang (No. 18) Hoeryong...
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experimentation Persecution of Christians Political prisons (Kwanliso) Kaechon (No. 14) Yodok (No. 15 - closed) Hwasong (No. 16) Pukchang (No. 18) Hoeryong...
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