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Date : December 28, 2020
New camp for violators of COVID-19 quarantine rules
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North Korea creates new camp for violators of COVID-19 quarantine rules

North Korea recently created a new camp for violators of COVID-19 quarantine rules in Sungho-ri, North Hwanghae Province, Daily NK has learned. 

Previously, Daily NK reported that North Korean authorities are sending quarantine violators to political prison camps, charging them with violating Workers¡¯ Party policy and treating them as ¡°special criminals¡± guilty of political crimes.

In a phone conversation with Daily NK on Wednesday, a source in North Korea said with the number of quarantine violators ¡°greatly increasing,¡± a new political prison camp was opened in Hwachon to accommodate them. According to the source, the new camp ¡°isn¡¯t big, and it is managed by the Ministry of Social Security.¡±

The Ministry of Social Security currently manages Camp 17 in Kaechon and Camp 18 in Pukchang, both of which are in South Pyongan Province. ......

[Source: Daily NK]


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