SATELLITE PHOTOGRAPHS: Exposing North Korea’s Prison Camps

The Hidden Gulag: Exposing North Korea’s Prison Camps
Prisoners’ Testimonies and Satellite Photographs
David Hawk
U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea



SATELLITE PHOTOGRAPHS

Satellite Imagery of the North Korean Gulag
Matthew McKinzie, Natural Resources Defense Council

[Photographs are formatted as both PDF and JPG]
Map of Selected North Korean Prison Camp Locations, [PDF] [JPG]

Kwan-li-so No. 15, Yodok, South Hamgyong Province
Annotations: KANG Chol Hwan
Partial Overview [PDF], [JPG]
Detail of Knup-ri District, [PDF] [JPG]
Detail of Knup-ri District, [PDF] [JPG]
Detail of Knup-ri District, [PDF] [JPG]
Detail of Yongpyong-ri District, [PDF] [JPG]
Detail of Yongpyong-ri District, [PDF] [JPG]
Detail of Pyongchang-ri District, [PDF] [JPG]
Detail of Limsan Valley, [PDF] [JPG]
Detail of Prison Workers’ Unit 4 Village, [PDF] [JPG]
Detail of Ipsok-ri District, [PDF] [JPG]
Detail of Gold Mine Village, [PDF] [JPG]

Kwan-li-so Nos. 14 and 18, Kaechon and Bukchang, South Hamgyong Province
Annotations: KIM Yong
Partial Overview, [PDF] [JPG]
Detail of No. 18, 6th Division, [PDF] [JPG]
Detail of No. 18, 6th Division, [PDF] [JPG]
Detail of No. 18, 6th Division, [PDF] [JPG]
Detail of No. 18, 4th and 5th Divisions, [PDF] [JPG]
Detail of No. 18, 4th and 5th Divisions, [PDF] [JPG]
Detail of No. 18 Periphery, [PDF] [JPG]
Detail of No. 18 Periphery, [PDF] [JPG]
Detail of No. 14 and No. 18, [PDF] [JPG]
Detail of No. 14, Headquarters, [PDF] [JPG]
Detail of No. 14, Prisoner Housing, [PDF] [JPG]
Detail of No. 14, Prisoner Housing, [PDF] [JPG]

Kwan-li-so No. 22, Haengyong, North Hamgyong Province
Annotations: AHN Myong Chol (taken from the Far Eastern Economic Review)
Overview, [PDF] [JPG]
Detail of Northern Haengyong, [PDF] [JPG]
Detail of Southern Haengyong, [PDF] [JPG]
Detail of Haengyong Headquarters, [PDF] [JPG]
Detail of Chungbong Mine, [PDF] [JPG]

Kyo-hwa-so No. 1, Kaechon, South Pyong-an Province
Annotations: JI Hae Nam, LEE Soon Ok, [PDF] [JPG]

Sinuiju Detention Center, North Pyong-an Province
Annotations: Former Prisoner , [PDF] [JPG]

Nongpo Detention Center, Chongjin, North Hamgyong Province
Annotations: Former Prisoner, [PDF] [JPG]

The U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea is an independent, nongovernmental organization based in Washington, D.C. Created in 2001, the Committee was established to conduct independent research on human rights abuses in North Korea, and to disseminate its findings. It is not affiliated with the U.S. government.

U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea
1101 15th Street, NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20005 USA
Tel: (202) 467-4765
Fax: (202) 293-6042
Web: www.hrnk.org
Cover satellite photograph provided by DigitalGlobe
Report edited by Jennifer Fiore, Debra Liang-Fenton
Report designed by Stewart Andrews, Noodlebox Design, LLC