The Onsong concentration camp was an internment camp in Changpyong, Onsong County, North Hamgyong, North Korea.
[1] Reinforced from a second camp, guards proceeded to open fire on the rioters with machine guns, the defectors have stated.
Reports on the number of dead vary; the defectors claim all rioters were executed, while a third defector previously involved with the North Korean security services describes being told of the execution of only a third.
[1] The camp was closed in 1989, a decision thought to be because of its proximity to the border with China.
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