Samchung re-education camp
| Samchung re-education camp | |
|---|---|
| Indoctrination camps, labor camps | |
| Coordinates | 38°06′N 127°05′E / 38.100°N 127.083°E |
| Location | Yeoncheon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea |
| Operated by | Government of South Korea |
| Operational | 1980–1981 |
| Number of inmates | 60,000–100,000+ (peak) |
| Killed | at least 339 |
| Samchung re-education camp | |
| Hangul | 삼청교육대 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 三清教育隊 |
| RR | Samcheong gyoyukdae |
| MR | Samch'ŏng kyoyuktae |
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. The camp was located in Yeoncheon, Gyeonggi Province.