| Kangdong concentration camp | |
| Chosŏn'gŭl | 강동 제4호교화소 |
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| Hancha | |
| Revised Romanization | Gangdong Je4ho Gyohwaso |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kangdong Che4ho Kyohwaso |
| Chosŏn'gŭl | 강동 정치범 수용소 |
| Hancha | |
| Revised Romanization | Gangdong Jeongchibeom Suyongso |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kangdong Chŏngch'ibŏm Suyongso |
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Kangdong concentration camp (also spelled Gangdong) is a reeducation camp in North Korea. The official name of the camp is Kyo-hwa-so No. 4 (Reeducation camp no. 4).
The camp consists of a large prison compound situated between Samdung-ri and the Nam River, in Kangdong-gun, in South Pyongan province of North Korea, about 30 km (19 mi) east of downtown Pyongyang.[1]
The main section of the camp is around 250 m (820 ft) long and 200 m (660 ft) wide, surrounded by a high wall.[1] The whole camp is roughly 2 km (1.2 mi) long by 1.5 km (0.93 mi) wide, surrounded by a barbed-wire fence. In 1997 there used to be around 7,000 prisoners.[2] Most of them are either soldiers or residents of Pyongyang,[3] sentenced from 5 to 20 years. Working facilities include a cement factory, a coal mine, a limestone quarry, a glass factory and some agriculture.[4][5]
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