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Slave-like conditions for North Koreans abroad

Jan-Christoph Kitzler /Andrea RönsbergJanuary 20, 2016

North Koreans have tried to escape poverty and indoctrination by fleeing to neighboring countries. Others hope to improve their situation by going abroad to earn money to help their families. Often, they end up laboring away under slave-like conditions. And that's not just the case in China or in Qatar, where giant stadiums are to be built for the 2022 World Cup. It's also happened in the EU.

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