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Article Title

Labor and Human Rights Conditions of North Korean Workers Dispatched Overseas: A Look at the DPRK’s Exploitative Practices in Russia, Poland, and Mongolia

Authors

Teodora Gyupchanova, Database Center for North Korean Human Rights

Keywords

North Korea, DPRK, Overseas North Korean laborers

Abstract

The Database Center for North Korean Human Rights (NKDB) has so far dedicated over three years to a focused research on the human rights conditions of North Korean laborers overseas. In this amount of time NKDB researchers have only managed to uncover a small fraction of the abuses endured by the North Korean citizens dispatched overseas to earn revenue for the North Korean regime. There is a lot of work that still needs to be done, which should involve investigation of the working and living conditions of North Korean laborers residing in different countries, seeking accountability from the entities, government agencies and individuals profiting from the hard labor of North Korean laborers, and ultimately improving the state of the workers.

Recommended Citation

Gyupchanova, Teodora (2018) "Labor and Human Rights Conditions of North Korean Workers Dispatched Overseas: A Look at the DPRK’s Exploitative Practices in Russia, Poland, and Mongolia," Cornell International Law Journal: Vol. 51: No. 1, Article 5.
Available at: https://scholarship.law.cornell.edu/cilj/vol51/iss1/5