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Prison camps · Chagang Province

Prison · kyohwaso

Kyo-hwa-so No. 7, Kanggye

7호 강계 교화소

Located in the mountainous interior of Kanggye, Jagang Province, Kyohwaso No. 7 houses prisoners assigned to heavy industrial production and mining supporting defense supply infrastructure in the northern military zone.

?prisonersno published estimate
ActiveOperating (per HRNK)
Social Securityrun by
JagangKangwonNampoNorth HamgyongNorth HwanghaeNorth PyonganPyongyangRyanggangSouth HamgyongSouth HwanghaeSouth PyonganKanggye CityCamp 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. 2, DongrimKyo-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
Kanggye City · Jagang
Kyo-hwa-so No. 7, Kanggye · 40.9543°N, 126.5677°EGoogle Maps ↗ · Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Open on the intel map Kanggye City county How the camp system works

How well documented

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

Also known as

  • Kangkye
  • Ganggye

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

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