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Rights Group Exposes North Korean Workers in Russia

A rights group reports that Moscow and Pyongyang operate a broker network sending North Korean laborers to Russian factories in violation of United Nations sanctions. The workers face exploitative conditions while funding state weapons programs.

Russian and North Korean flags fly at the Vostochny Сosmodrome, the venue of the meeting between Russia's President Vladimir Putin and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, September 13, 2023.

A network of brokers backed by North Korea has supplied workers to Russia in exploitative conditions, violating UN sanctions, according to a rights group report released on Tuesday morning.