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Women in Samjiyon's work units fall victim to sexual assault

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Korea (North) Women in Samjiyon's work units fall victim to sexual assault [DailyNK] 11-12-2019

Korea (North) Guest workers lauded at home yet abused overseas [The Times] 03-11-2019

Korea (North) 150,000 workers head to Wonsan in extreme cold [DailyNK] 18-02-2019

Korea (North) Country is World's Leading Slave State, says report [RFA] 25-07-2018

Korea (North) / USA Trump urged to push North Korea to end slavery [Reuters] 12-06-2018

Korea (North) Rushed Work Schedule Leads to Fatal Fire at North Korean Resort [RFA] 15-05-2018

Korea (North) End rampant child labour, says Human Rights Watch [Human Rights Watch] 14-02-2017


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Korea (North) Missouri FBI: thousands of remote IT workers sent wages to north korea to help fund weapons program 2023-10-19 [AP News]

Korea (North) US issues fresh north korea sanctions on 'illicit' IT workforce 2023-10-19 [VOA News]

North korea shines light on teacher protests in seoul in bid to smear south For more info 2023-10-09 [NK News]

Global North koreans under 'reign of fear,' starced and forced to work, U.N. hears 2023-10-09 [NYT]

The Pyongyang General Hospital project's dark side 2020-06-26 [DailyNK]

Women in Hyesan voice discontent over forced labor 2020-06-05 [DailyNK]

China Rights Monitor Group Tracking 60,000 North Korean Workers in Northeastern China 2019-12-24 [Radio Free Asia]

Women in Samjiyon's work units fall victim to sexual assault 2019-12-11 [DailyNK]

Citizens Living Near Samjiyon Fed Up With Being Mobilized to Prepare for Kim Jong Un Visits 2019-12-08 [RFA]

Guest workers lauded at home yet abused overseas 2019-11-03 [The Times]

NK Forces Workers Returning from Russia to Snitch on Each Other 2019-09-15 [RFA]

Middle school students mobilized to harvest opium resin 2019-08-30 [DailyNK]

Forced mobilization of residents continues at Samjiyon project site 2019-08-23 [DailyNK]

Miners' Families Suffer Cancers, Birth Defects From Uranium Exposure 2019-08-22 [RFA]

Citizens in Yanggang Province Skip Out on Forced Labor Project 2019-06-26 [RFA]

Economic activity: for NK, a form of warfare 2019-06-20 [Asia Times]

Neighborhood watch heads share stories about Samjiyon construction site conditions 2019-06-18 [DailyNK]

NK mobilizes factory workers to make giant propaganda slogan signs 2019-06-04 [RFA]

Child labor continues in state construction projects 2019-05-24 [DailyNK]

Workers rebel against orders to work at the Samjiyon construction site 2019-05-09 [DailyNK]

Shock brigade workers face horrific conditions at Samjiyon site 2019-04-17 [DailyNK]

Majority of Pyongyang state-run factories close after US-DPRK summit fails to bear fruit 2019-04-04 [DailyNK]

Workers subjected to dismal conditions at Tanchon Power Station construction site 2019-03-20 [DailyNK]

Regime squeezes its migrant workers in China for funds 2019-03-03 [DailyNK]

Gov't deducts money from workers' salaries to pay for Kim Jong Il birthday events 2019-02-21 [DailyNK]

'Socialist utopia' needs mass labor... 2019-02-19 [Reuters]

150,000 workers head to Wonsan in extreme cold 2019-02-18 [DailyNK]

Musan Mine workers pay fees to skip work and enter smuggling trade 2019-02-15 [DailyNK]

Gov't Cuts Wages of Workers on Chinese Payroll 2019-01-31 [RFA]

Amid nationwide construction spree, factory workers pay for mobilization exemption 2018-12-27 [DailyNK]

Korea (North) N. Korean Migrants in Vladivostok Forced to Repatriate... 2018-12-18 [RFA]

Poland North Korean worker demands accountability for slave labour in supply chain 2018-12-06 [Equal Times]

Poor food rations leading to rise in absenteeism among public workers 2018-11-26 [DailyNK]

Construction workers in Samjiyon face long hours in icy temperatures 2018-11-23 [DailyNK]

Chongjin factory roof collapse leads to fatalities 2018-11-20 [DailyNK]

Senior manager at Songjin Steel Complex banished to Musan Mine 2018-11-09 [DailyNK]

Workers mobilized into shock troop units face difficult choices 2018-09-19 [DailyNK]

Forced labor prescribed for malnourished street children 2018-08-20 [DailyNK]

Regime takes up to two-thirds of salaries from workers for ‘loyalty funds' 2018-08-08 [DailyNK]

Korea (North) Russia allows entry of thousands of North Korean workers 2018-08-04 [Reuters]

Country is World's Leading Slave State, says report 2018-07-25 [RFA]

Kim Jong-un 'blasts workers at factories for not working hard enough' 2018-07-02 [Telegraph]

USA Trump urged to push North Korea to end slavery 2018-06-12 [Reuters]

Rushed Work Schedule Leads to Fatal Fire at North Korean Resort 2018-05-15 [RFA]

VIDEO  North Korea's secret slave gangs 2018-04-16 [BBC]

Korea (South) Statement by DPRK Journalists Union condemns conservative outlets for ‘disgusting slander' 2018-01-19 [NK News]

Korea (North) Even in Poland, Workers' Wages Flow to North Korea 2018-01-02 [New York Times]

Korea (North) Visas for North Korean workers stopped as diplomatic missions shut down 2017-10-13 [Daily Sabah ]

Global Sri Lanka, Poland, say no to North Korean workers 2017-09-29 [UPI]

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