Camp 22 (also known as Kwan-li-so No.22 Haengyong; Kwan-li-so is Korean for "holding place") is a North Korean prison for political prisoners and their relatives. The camp is the largest concentration camp in North Korea and is thought to hold 50,000 prisoners. Like all of North Korea's work camps, the North Korean government insist that Camp 22 does not exist, even though there is substantial satellite evidence to the contrary.
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Camp 22 (also known as Kwan-li-so No.22 Haengyong; Kwan-li-so is Korean for "holding place") is a North Korean prison for political prisoners and their relatives. The camp is the largest concentration camp in North Korea and is thought to hold 50,000 prisoners. Like all of North Korea's work camps, the North Korean government insist that Camp 22 does not exist, even though there is substantial satellite evidence to the contrary.
According to Ahn Myong Chol, a guard at the camp between 1987 and 1994, Camp 22 was established in 1959. As of today, there are an estimated 50,000 prisoners held in Camp 22. Most have been imprisoned because their relatives were critical of the Korean Workers' Party or its late General Secretary, Kim Jong-Il. Analysis of satellite imagery suggests that the camp is surrounded by guarded fences. Housing is clustered in fairly small groups. Reasons for housing the prisoners in this fashion are unclear, but it could be to decrease the risk of rebellion. Most of...
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