Modern-Day Slavery Location: North Korea
This might not come as a shock, but this modern-day slavery location is one of the biggest offenders, according to reports, with 4.37% of the population living in modern slavery.
In 2015, a UN investigator estimated that 50,000 North Korean nationals had been sent abroad to work in logging, mining, and the textile and construction industries.
Sent mainly to Russia, China, and the Middle East, these enslaved individuals generated around $2.3 billion annually for the government.
Meanwhile, the slaves usually worked up to 20 hours per day under unimaginable conditions and only earned between $120-$150 monthly.
The New York Times reports that the situations are so hopeless in North Korea that laborers often pay bribes to go to Russia. This just goes to show that slavery is everywhere in our “modern” world, even if we don’t see it daily. It’s quiet. It’s hidden. It’s insidious!
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Anybody who has a job and are having taxes withheld from working are slaves. Stop pretending it only happens to other countries or African Americans. It is all of us who work every day just to live paycheck to paycheck. While our government takes all it can and just leaving you enough to live day to day. Never being able to enjoy anything in life. I never been on vacation, and I am 54 years old and worked most of my life. Open your eyes.