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Bukchang concentration camp

Pukchang County, North Korea

Kwan-li-so (Penal-labor colony) No. 18 Pukch'ang (Chosŏn'gŭl: 18), often known outside North Korea as Pukch'ang concentration camp (Hangul, also spelled Bukchang, Dukjang, or Tŭkchang), is a political labor camp in North Korea (kwalliso). It is located in rural Pukchang County in South Pyongan Province, and is around 3 km (1.9 mi) south of the Taedong River, where another political labour camp, No. 14 Kaechon, is located.

Prison data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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