Kevin Rothrock@kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange
Six North Korean workers who fled Russia, activists, scholars, and South Korean govt officials tell the BBC that "thousands of North Koreans are being sent to work in slave-like conditions in Russia to fill a huge labor shortage." (A huge labor shortage of thousands?) https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2077gwjlvxo
Kevin Rothrock@kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange
For comparison, HRW says close to 3.3 million migrant workers from Central Asia were in Russia in 2024 (probably an underestimate). Makes "thousands of North Korean slaves" seem like less of a labor shortage remedy than a geopolitical stunt, even if it's as large-scale as the BBC describes.