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Taiwan to stop employing North Korean workers

Announcement follows release of U.S. advisory on DPRK sanctions evasion practices

Taiwan on Tuesday said it would cease the employment of all North Korean workers by the end of the month, following a U.S. sanctions enforcement advisory published a day earlier which listed the country as using North Korean laborers.

Washington's advisory included a sectoral breakdown of North Korean workers in various countries and listed Taiwan's seafood industry as an employer of DPRK overseas workers.

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