Kaechon internment camp

This article is about the political labor (kwalliso) camp in North Korea. For for the 're-education' prison camp, see Kaechon prison camp.
Kwan-li-so No. 14 Kaechon
Chosŏn'gŭl
개천 제14호 관리소
Hancha
Revised RomanizationGaecheon Je14ho Gwalliso
McCune–ReischauerKaechŏn Che14ho Kwalliso
Kaechon internment camp
Hangul
개천 정치범수용소
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGaecheon Jeongchibeom Suyongso
McCune–ReischauerKaechŏn Chŏngch'ibŏm Suyongso
Kaechon (Kwan-li-so No. 14)
Location of Kaechon camp in North Korea

Kwan-li-so (Penal-labor colony) No. 14 Kaechon (Chosŏn'gŭl: 개천 제14호 관리소), often called outside North Korea as Kaechon internment camp or Camp 14 (Hangul: 개천 정치범수용소, also spelled Kae'chŏn or Gaecheon), is a North Korean political labor camp (kwalliso) in a rural area within the boundaries of Kaechon, South Pyongan Province. It is located around 3 km (1.9 mi) to the north of another political labor camp, Kwan-li-so No. 18 Pukchang. Kaechon sits on the north banks of the Taedong River.

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