N. Koreans endure years of forced labour on Chinese ships: report
Tuesday, 25 February 2025 () Seoul (AFP) Feb 24, 2025
North Koreans have been forced to work on Chinese-flagged fishing vessels without touching land for as long as a decade, facing verbal and physical abuse as well as harsh conditions, a report said Monday. Nuclear-armed North Korea has long made a fortune from an army of citizens it sends abroad to work, mostly in neighbouring China and Russia. A 2017 UN Security Council resolution, suppo