Money & Markets
North Korea’s labor export program qualifies as human traffickingThe Database Center for North Korean Human Rights (NKDB) has released a new report entitled “Human Rights and North Korea’s Overseas Laborers: Dilemmas and Policy Challenges,” by Yoon Yeosang and Lee Seung-ju. This report provides the most comprehensive picture to date on the scope and conditions under which North Koreans are contracted for overseas labor assignments. The report was discussed at an event last week in Washington held at the Korea Economic Institute of America.
Updated July 21, 20226 min read