Prison camps · North Hamgyong Province
Camp 22, Hoeryong
22호 회령 관리소
Camp 22 was a massive total control camp in Hoeryong, North Hamgyong Province, holding an estimated 50,000 prisoners across hundreds of square kilometers. Testimonies from former guard Ahn Myong-chol documented systemic torture, forced abortion, and starvation rations. Satellite surveillance confirmed the camp was shuttered around 2012, though the fate of remaining prisoners remains unknown.
Open on the intel map Hoeryong City county How the camp system works
Satellite watch
Captured 8 Oct 2026Our own images of this 7.7 km square from the European Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites: the newest clear picture, and the clearest one from each of the last 24 months. One pixel is 10 m, enough to see roads, fields, ponds and large buildings, not people.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024-2026 · Copernicus Data Space · Sentinel-2 L2A COGs (AWS)
Crimes against humanity
Whole families are sent to kwanliso without trial under guilt by association (yeonjwa-je). The 2014 UN Commission of Inquiry found these crimes in the political prison camps:
- Extermination
- Murder
- Enslavement
- Torture
- Imprisonment
- Rape
- Forced abortion
- Persecution
- Enforced disappearance
