Cambodia named in N Korea forced labour report

Pyongyang is garnering billions of dollars annually from North Koreans working abroad, including in Cambodia, in conditions akin to forced labour, according to a United Nations investigation.

A report released by the special rapporteur on human rights in North Korea, Marzuki Darusman, last week estimated that more than 50,000 citizens were employed outside the country as part of a state-sponsored system to earn foreign currency while circumventing UN-imposed sanctions.

Between $1.2 billion and $2.3 billion is believed to be sent back to the country annually, mostly by workers in China and Russia. But the report also singled out Cambodia and Malaysia as sites of North Korean employment in Southeast Asia.s

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