North Korean workers in China are processing seafood that ends up for sale in American stores, an Associated Press report published Wednesday revealed. The foods end up in U.S. retailers including Walmart and Aldi.
AP reporters made the discovery while observing a seafood processing plant in China that exports fish to American stores. The North Korean government sends workers to countries including China, Poland, Russia, Uruguay, and the Gulf states to work in a variety of industries, then strips them of a portion of their salaries — sometimes up to 70 percent. North Korean minders ensure that workers do not have access to phones or email and that workers walk between the dormitory and their jobs in pairs— conditions that many in the U.S. would refer to as "modern slavery."
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