Samchung re-education camp

Samchung re-education camp
Indoctrination camps, labor camps
Coordinates38°06′N 127°05′E / 38.100°N 127.083°E / 38.100; 127.083
LocationYeoncheon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
Operated byGovernment of South Korea
Operational1980–1981
Number of inmates60,000–100,000+ (peak)[1]
Killedat least 339 [2]
Samchung re-education camp
Hangul
삼청교육대
Hanja
三清教育隊
Revised RomanizationSamcheong Gyoyukdae
McCune–ReischauerSamchung Kyoyuktae

The Samchung re-education camp was a South Korean concentration camp set up during the early 1980s under the rule of military dictator Chun Doo-hwan. More than 60,000 people—with estimates up to almost 100,000 people, many of them innocent civilians—were arrested without warrants and faced violent treatment in such camps.[1] The camp was located in Yeoncheon, Gyeonggi Province.[3][4]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference KJR was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ ""진상규명도 안됐는데 삼청교육대 복무자가 총리라고?"". Naeil Shinmun. 16 February 2015.
  3. ^ Jung, Dae-ha (18 May 2021). "Documents reveal Gwangju Uprising protesters were sent to Samchung Reeducation Camp". The Hankyoreh. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  4. ^ "National Human Rights Commission of Korea Recommended Equal Compensations for Foreign Victims of "Samchung Re-education Camp"". Hurights Osaka. Retrieved 6 December 2012.