Brothers Home

Brothers Home
형제복지원
SuccessorSiloam's House[1]
Formation1960
Defunct1988
PurposeChild protective services, welfare (officially)
Location
LeaderPark In-guen
Key people
Chun Doo-hwan
Korean name
Hangul
형제복지원
Hanja
兄弟福祉院
Revised RomanizationHyeongje bokjiwon
McCune–ReischauerHyŏngje bokchiwŏn

The Brothers' Home (Korean: 형제복지원) was an internment camp (officially a welfare facility) located in Busan, South Korea during the 1970s and 1980s. During its operation, it held 20 factories and thousands of people who were rounded up off of the street, homeless people, some of whom were children, in addition to college students who were protesting the regime. Only 10% of internees were actually homeless.[2] The camp was home to some of the worst human rights abuses in South Korea during the period[3] and has been nicknamed "Korea's Auschwitz" by various Korean media outlets.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference APJJF was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Kim, Susan (10 December 2021). "Secrets of South Korea's house of horrors hidden in Australia". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Child victims of Brothers Home still search for justice". CNN. 24 August 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  4. ^ Multiple sources: