Human rights official Marzuki Darusman claims 50000 workers are being exploited to generate up to £1.5bn a year for the stateTens of thousands of North Koreans are being sent to work abroad in conditions that amount to forced labour,to circumvent United Nations sanctions and earn up to $2.3bn (£1.5bn) in foreign currency for the country, a UN investigator has said.
Marzuki Darusman, or the special rapporteur on human rights in North Korea,said in a report to the UN general assembly and at a news conference on Wednesday that the workers are being used as a unusual source of income, with North Korea facing a “really tight financial and economic situation”.
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Source: theguardian.com