Yodok concentration camp

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf concentration camp
gptkbp:allegation gptkb:murder
malnutrition
forced labor
starvation
public executions
torture
executions
collective punishment
lack of due process
forced confessions
medical neglect
child prisoners
death from overwork
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Camp 15
gptkbp:campSections Revolutionizing Zone
Total Control Zone
gptkbp:closed outside observers
gptkbp:condemnedBy widespread
gptkbp:coordinates approx. 39.668°N 126.844°E
gptkbp:documentedIn gptkb:United_Nations
gptkb:Amnesty_International
former prisoners
gptkbp:established 1970s
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Yodok concentration camp
gptkbp:inmatePopulation estimated 20,000
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:North_Korea
gptkb:South_Hamgyong_Province
gptkbp:notableFor forced labor
human rights abuses
political prisoners
detention of families
gptkbp:notableInmate gptkb:Shin_Dong-hyuk
Kang Chol-hwan
Kim Yong
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Ministry_of_State_Security_(North_Korea)
gptkbp:prisonerReleasePolicy rare, only from Revolutionizing Zone
gptkbp:satelliteImagery analyzed by NGOs
gptkbp:status active
gptkbp:subjectOf Escape from Camp 15
The Aquariums of Pyongyang
Yodok Stories
gptkbp:type kwan-li-so
gptkbp:UNReport 2014 UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in North Korea
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:South_Hamgyong
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6