Samchung re-education camp
1980–1981 South Korean concentration camp / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Samchung re-education camp was a South Korean concentration camp set up during the early 1980s under the rule of military dictator Chun Doo-hwan. More than 60,000 people—with estimates up to almost 100,000 people, many of them innocent civilians—were arrested without warrants and faced violent treatment in such camps.[1] The camp was located in Yeoncheon, Gyeonggi Province.[3][4]
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Indoctrination camps, labor camps | |
Coordinates | 38°06′N 127°05′E |
Location | Yeoncheon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea |
Operated by | Government of South Korea |
Operational | 1980–1981 |
Number of inmates | 60,000–100,000+ (peak)[1] |
Killed | at least 339 [2] |
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Samchung re-education camp | |
Hangul | 삼청교육대 |
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Hanja | 三清教育隊 |
Revised Romanization | Samcheong Gyoyukdae |
McCune–Reischauer | Samchung Kyoyuktae |
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