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usonian

(19,907 posts)
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 02:16 AM Aug 12

North Koreans tell BBC they are being sent to work 'like slaves' in Russia

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2077gwjlvxoNo


Thousands of North Koreans are being sent to work in slave-like conditions in Russia to fill a huge labour shortage exacerbated by Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine, the BBC has learned.

Moscow has repeatedly turned to Pyongyang to help it fight the war, using its missiles, artillery shells and its soldiers.

Now, with many of Russia's men either killed or tied up fighting - or having fled the country - South Korean intelligence officials have told the BBC that Moscow is increasingly relying on North Korean labourers.
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Def. Non-Union labor.
The bulk of their earnings is sent straight to the North Korean state as "loyalty fees". The remaining fraction – usually between $100-200 (£74-£149) a month - is marked down on a ledger. The workers only receive this money when they return home – a recent tactic, experts say, to stop them running away.



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Hmmmm Hornedfrog2000 Aug 12 #1

Hornedfrog2000

(763 posts)
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Tue Aug 12, 2025, 05:14 AM
Aug 12

Sounds like a world war. When will democrats call it what it is so we can fight this? Ask republicans if they want a time machine to tell grandpa they joined the axis.

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