Kaechon prison camp

This article is about the North Korean 're-education' camp. For for the political prison camp (kwalliso), see Kwan-li-so No. 14 Kaechon.
Kyo-hwa-so No. 1 Kaechon
Chosŏn'gŭl
개천 제1호교화소
Hancha
Revised RomanizationGaecheon Je1ho Gyohwaso
McCune–ReischauerKaechŏn Che1ho Kyohwaso
Kaechon Political Prisoner Camp
Hangul
개천 정치범 수용소
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGaecheon Jeongchibeom Suyongso
McCune–ReischauerKaechŏn Chŏngch'ibŏm Suyongso

Kyo-hwa-so (Reeducation camp) No. 1 Kaechon (Chosŏn'gŭl: 개천 제1호교화소; also spelled Kaech'ŏn or Gaecheon) is a re-education prison in North Korea with many political prisoners. It is not to be confused with the Kaechon internment camp (Kwan-li-so No. 14), which is located 20 km (12 mi) to the south-east and is a more severe, kwalliso, camp. Both are often known outside North Korea as Kaechon concentration camp (Hangul: 개천 정치범 수용소; literally ‘Kaechon Political Prisoner Camp').

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