Prison camps · South Pyongan Province
Camp 14, Kaechon
14호 개천 관리소
Camp 14 is a "Total Control Zone" (wanjeon tongje-guyeok) political prison camp situated along the Taedong River in Kaechon, South Pyongan Province. Inmates sentenced to total control zones are never released, and multiple generations of families are held under guilt-by-association (yeonjwa-je). Former prisoner Shin Dong-hyuk gave detailed testimony of being born inside Camp 14 before escaping in 2005.
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Satellite watch
Captured 11 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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We pick each image by measuring cloud inside this square from the satellite’s own scene classification. Months with no clear image are left out. We do not mark or interpret anything in the pictures. The ring marks the point on our map.
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
