Hoeryŏng

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회령
Hoeryŏng
Hoeryŏng (North Korea)
Hoeryŏng
Hoeryŏng
Coordinates 42 ° 26 '  N , 129 ° 45'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 26 '  N , 129 ° 45'  E
DPRK2006 Hambuk-Hoiryong.PNG
Basic data
Country North Korea

province

Hamgyŏng-pukto
ISO 3166-2 KP-09
Residents 153,532 (2008)

Hoeryŏng-shi ( 회령시 ; 會 寧 市 ) is a city in Hamgyŏng-pukto Province in North Korea . It has 153,532 inhabitants (as of 2008), 72,332 of whom lived in urban regions.

history

Hoeryŏng was one of the six garrisons established under the rule of Sejong the Great of Joseon (1418–1450) to protect the population from the potentially hostile semi-nomadic Jurchen north of the Yalu River .

In early May 2007, the newly appointed Prime Minister Kim Yong-il visited Hoeryŏng. At that time, the Prime Minister brought a glass car (made in South Korea) and three cement cars on his train. After delivering the goods to the Hoeryŏng People's Committee, he ordered that Hoeryŏng City be decorated and adorned, since this is where Kim Jong-suk was born .

economy

The main industries of Hoeryŏng are mining machinery and a paper mill. The area contains many mines. According to media reports, Hoeryong residents had electricity for 3 to 4 hours a day in 2017.

Labor camp

The Haengyŏng concentration camp is located near Hoeryŏng and is said to have had around 50,000 inmates in 2002. It is said to be a labor or extermination camp. There are reports that chemical weapons have been tested on political prisoners here. The camp should have gas chambers. In 2012 there were reports of the camp's closure. There is also a re-education camp.

sons and daughters of the town

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2008 Census of Population of DPR Korea (PDF file; 1.4 MB), Central Bureau of Statistics (English).
  2. ^ North Korea supplies high-voltage electricity to border fence. Retrieved March 16, 2020 .
  3. ^ Hoeryong Concentration Camp Holds 50,000 Inmates. February 22, 2009, accessed March 16, 2020 .
  4. ↑ 월간 조선 - 영향력 있는 사람들 에게 영향력 있는 잡지. October 22, 2013, accessed March 16, 2020 .
  5. ^ Antony Barnett: Revealed: the gas chamber horror of North Korea's gulag . In: The Guardian . February 1, 2004, ISSN  0261-3077 ( theguardian.com [accessed March 16, 2020]).
  6. ↑ Camp 22 Disbanded on Defection Fear. In: Daily NK. September 28, 2012, Retrieved March 16, 2020 (American English).