Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "LGBT rights in North Korea" in English language version.
Based on testimonies collected, it appears that certain detention facilities practice secret executions of their detainees. There are detention centers called 'kukeumso' managed by the Ministry of State Security where most of the detainees are transferred to political prison camps or secretly executed, and it is very rare for them to be transferred to kyohwaso [prison camp]. A defector who directly heard it from the head of the kukeumso testified that in 2014, a male detainee was secretly executed for homosexuality, and in 2013, a female detainee was secretly executed for prostitution.(72 in PDF)
