At a time when North Korea
is banned from selling almost anything, the country is sending tens of
thousands of workers worldwide to bring in an estimated $200 million to
$500 million a year. That could account for a sizable portion of North
Korea's nuclear weapons and missile programs, which South Korea says have cost more than $1 billion.
While North Korean workers have been documented overseas, the AP
investigation reveals that some products they make go to the United
States. AP also tracked products made by North Korean workers to Canada,
Germany and elsewhere in the European Union.
In response to the investigation, Senate leaders said Wednesday that the
U.S. needs to keep products made by North Koreans out and get China to
refuse to hire North Korean workers.
"The (Trump) administration needs to ramp up the pressure on China to
crack down on trade with North Korea across the board," said top Senate
Democrat Chuck Schumer.
At Chinese factories, North Korean workers aren't allowed to leave their
compounds without permission, and must step from housing to factories
in pairs or groups, with North Korean minders. They receive a fraction
of their salaries, while the rest — as much as 70 percent — is taken by
the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's government.
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