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Prison camps · North Pyongan Province

Prison · kyohwaso

Kyo-hwa-so No. 2, Dongrim

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Kyohwaso No. 2 in Dongrim County, North Pyongan Province, is a correctional labor facility near the western coast where inmates perform light industrial manufacturing, textiles, and woodcraft.

?prisonersno published estimate
ActiveOperating (per HRNK)
Social Securityrun by
JagangKangwonNampoNorth HamgyongNorth HwanghaeNorth PyonganPyongyangRyanggangSouth HamgyongSouth HwanghaeSouth PyonganTongrimCamp 14, KaechonCamp 25, ChongjinCamp 15, YodokCamp 16, HwasongCamp 22, HoeryongCamp 18, PukchangKyo-hwa-so No. 8, YongdamKyo-hwa-so No. 11, Chung-sanKyo-hwa-so No. 7, KanggyeKyo-hwa-so No. 88, WonsanKyo-hwa-so No. 9, HamhungSunchon Kyo-hwa-soKyo-hwa-so No. 8, Sungho-riFacility at I-golFacility at UdanCh’oma-bong Restricted AreaKyo-hwa-so No. 3, SinuijuKyohwaso No. 1, KaechonKyo-hwa-so No. 4, KangdongKyohwaso No. 12, ChongoriKyo-hwa-so No. 6, SariwonKyo-hwa-so No. 22, OroKyo-hwa-so No. 77, Danchon
Tongrim · North Pyongan
Kyo-hwa-so No. 2, Dongrim · 39.8775°N, 124.7296°EGoogle Maps ↗ · Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Open on the intel map Tongrim county How the camp system works

How well documented

  1. Satellite imagery
  2. Listed by NKDB / KINU
  3. Survivor testimony

Also known as

HRNK ties one more site to this facility.

Why people end up here

Kyohwaso hold people sentenced through the regular courts. Sentences are set in years, but hunger, beatings and heavy labor kill many before release. Common charges:

  • Illegal trading
  • Smuggling across the border
  • Watching foreign media
  • Trying to escape to China

Sources

Other facilities in North Pyongan Province