Pukchang concentration camp

Kwan-li-so No. 18 Pukch'ang
Chosŏn'gŭl
북창 제18호 관리소
Hancha
Revised RomanizationBukchang Je 18 ho Gwalliso
McCune–ReischauerPukch'ang Che 18 ho Kwalliso
Pukch'ang concentration camp
Hangul
북창 정치범 수용소
Hanja
Revised RomanizationBukchang Jeongchibeom Suyongso
McCune–ReischauerPukch'ang Chŏngch'ibŏm Suyongso
Pukchang (Kwan-li-so No. 18)
Location of Pukchang camp in North Korea

Kwan-li-so (Penal-labor colony) No. 18 Pukch'ang (Chosŏn'gŭl: 북창 제18호 관리소), often known outside North Korea as Pukch'ang concentration camp (Hangul: 북창 정치범 수용소; also spelled Bukchang, Dukjang, or Tŭkchang), is a political labor camp in North Korea (kwalliso). It is located in rural Pukchang County in South Pyongan Province, and is around 3 km (1.9 mi) south of the Taedong River, where another political labour camp, No. 14 Kaechon, is located.

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