To find solutions, first we must understand the internal driving force that has propelled the North’s nuclear missile program: the sacrifice of its people. They reported that overseas North Korean workers toil more than 12 hours of physical labor per day without holidays and live in virtually uninhabitable communal housing. Currently, the biggest employer of North Korean overseas workers is China, with around 80,000 estimated to be living in Dandong, a border city between China and North Korea. This is in spite of U.N. Security Council Resolution 2397, which defines sanctions against North Korea, requires all U.N. member states repatriate North Korean workers by December 22, 2019. If China’s concern for North Korea is genuine, it should rescue North Korean overseas workers from slavery-like conditions and actively provide food relief to the North Korean people who struggle daily with hunger.

Source: The North Africa Journal August 01, 2023 15:55 UTC