Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein
Reports Yonhap:
Bulgaria said Monday that it has suspended imports of workers from North Korea amid criticism that Pyongyang is extorting money earned by their people overseas.
The action was taken along with the Czech Republic and Romania, the Bulgarian Embassy to South Korea said in a press release.
“Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and Romania set a precedent by ceasing their labor imports after realizing the conditions of North Korean overseas laborers,” it said.
“The suspension of receiving North Korean laborers by these three East European countries is an example where states have actively taken measures against the extortions of the laborers’ remuneration,” it added.
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Bulgaria suspends labor imports from N.K.
Yonhap News
2017-05-29