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title: "Kyo-hwa-so No. 2, Dongrim: North Korea Prison Camp Dossier | Save North Korea"
description: "Kyo-hwa-so No. 2, Dongrim (Prison (kyohwaso)): Operating (per HRNK). Located in North Pyongan Province. Type of prisoners: Unknown Type of Labor: Unknown This location has not been confirmed by HRNK prisoner testimony. It has been listed in NKDB reports in 2011 and 2016, as well as KINU reports in 2014 and 2016. There is no further information about its current state of operation. A second location associated with this camp known as Obong Workers' District is located at 39° 52’5.42”N 124° 44’59.35”E."
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[Prison camps](https://savenorthkorea.org/camps) · North Pyongan Province

Prison · kyohwaso 

# Kyo-hwa-so No. 2, Dongrim

2호 동림 교화소

Kyohwaso No. 2 in Dongrim County, North Pyongan Province, is a correctional labor facility near the western coast where inmates perform light industrial manufacturing, textiles, and woodcraft.

**Unknown** prisoners no reliable published estimate 

**Active** Operating (per HRNK) 

**Social Security** run by 

Tongrim · North Pyongan

Kyo-hwa-so No. 2, Dongrim · 39.8775°N, 124.7296°E [Google Maps ↗](https://www.google.com/maps/@39.8775221,124.7295749,15z/data=!3m1!1e3) · Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics 

[ Open on the intel map](https://savenorthkorea.org/map#camps=camp-9)[ Tongrim county](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/tongrim)[ How the camp system works](https://savenorthkorea.org/learn/north-korea-prison-camps)

## How well documented

1. Satellite imagery
2. Listed by NKDB / KINU
3. Survivor testimony

## Also known as

HRNK ties one more site to this facility.

## Why people end up here

Kyohwaso hold people sentenced through the regular courts. Sentences are set in years, but hunger, beatings and heavy labor kill many before release. Common charges:

- Illegal trading
- Smuggling across the border
- Watching foreign media
- Trying to escape to China

## Sources

- [**HRNK prison camp map** hrnk.org ↗ ](https://www.hrnk.org/)
- [**UN Commission of Inquiry (2014)** ohchr.org ↗ ](https://www.ohchr.org/en/hr-bodies/hrc/co-idprk/commission-inquiry-on-h-rin-dprk)

## Other facilities in North Pyongan Province

- [ © Esri, Maxar **Kyo-hwa-so No. 3, Sinuiju** Prison · Operating (per HRNK) ](https://savenorthkorea.org/camps/kyohwaso-3-sinuiju)