Yodok concentration camp

Kwan-li-so No. 15 Yodok
Chosŏn'gŭl
요덕 제15호 관리소
Hancha
Revised RomanizationYodeok Je Sipo-ho Gwalliso
McCune–ReischauerYodŏk Che Sibo-ho Kwalliso
Yodok concentration camp
Hangul
요덕 정치범수용소
Hanja
Revised RomanizationYodeok Jeongchibeum Suyongso
McCune–ReischauerYodŏk Chŏngch'ibŏm Suyongso
Yodok (Kwan-li-so No. 15)
Location of Yodok camp in North Korea

Kwan-li-so (penal labour colony) No. 15 Yodok (/ˈjdʌk, -dɒk, -dk/; Korean pronunciation: [jo.dʌ̹k̚]); Chosŏn'gŭl: 요덕 제15호 관리소), often known outside North Korea as Yodok concentration camp, was a political prison camp in North Korea located in South Hamgyong Province. The camp was used to segregate those seen as enemies of the state, punish them for political misdemeanors, and put them to hard labour. It was closed down in 2014.