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Ifang Bremer
Ifang Bremer is a Seoul Correspondent at NK News. He has worked on investigations for The Guardian and The Observer and previously wrote features on Korea for Dutch newspaper NRC.
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News North Koreans continue to work abroad in violation of UN sanctions: ReportExpert says workers can find informal employment, as the DPRK’s COVID-19 controls leave its citizens stranded overseas North Korean laborers have continued to work overseas during the pandemic in violation of international sanctions, a draft of the upcoming U.N. Panel of Experts report shows, as the DPRK’s COVID-19 border restrictions leave its citizens stranded abroad. Chinese and Russian companies reportedly employed a “significant number” of North Koreans throughout 2020 and 2021, while North Korean laborers also worked illegally in Laos, Vietnam and Equatorial Guinea, according to the draft report seen by NK News. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |