Hamhung concentration camp also spelled Hamheung is a reeducation camp in North Korea. The official name of the camp is Kyo-hwa-so No. The sub-facility for women is sometimes called Kyo-hwa-so No. Hamhung concentration camp consists of five departments: [4]. Besides some common criminals there are many political prisoners, especially repatriated refugees in the camp. Many prisoners sleep on straw and grass. In order to survive, the prisoners eat raw mice, snakes, frogs and insects they can find [1] or grass, tree leaves or bark.
Prisoners often get infected when getting injections. Former prisoners said they had to work from a. Former prisoners reported that inmates look like skeletons barely covered with skin [8] or skinny sticks with big heads.
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