Dear MEL School’s Topic Readers,
North Korea believed to
earn a fortune from forced labor overseas, U.N. says
Sending its own people
overseas to work. It doesn’t sound so odd if those workers are paid and treated
fairly. However, there are tens of thousands North Korean workers being forced
to work overseas under harsh conditions, according to a UN report. These forced
labors are sent to mines, construction sites or garment factories to earn money
not for them or their family but for the nation to arm the forces and also for the
top elite to enjoy luxury. Only a handful of such forced workers had success in
getting asylum in South Korea but most of them aren’t so lucky.
How would such abuse of
its own people be possible? Will such inhumane practice sustain the regime?
Enjoy reading and
learning what’s going on in and outside of North Korea.
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