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arrow-up1108arrow-down1external-linkKim praises North Korean soldiers who blew themselves up to evade Ukraine capturewww.theguardian.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squarecommiehimbo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·3 days agoIt’s notable that their only source are some defectors who escaped. Sounds kind of like a Yeonmi Park situation. Whether or not that is true, it should be noted that forced labor in prisons in the US is rampant: https://apnews.com/article/prison-to-plate-inmate-labor-investigation-c6f0eb4747963283316e494eadf08c4e https://www.npr.org/2023/11/13/1210564359/slavery-prison-forced-labor-movement https://news.uchicago.edu/story/us-prison-labor-programs-violate-fundamental-human-rights-new-report-finds
It’s notable that their only source are some defectors who escaped. Sounds kind of like a Yeonmi Park situation. Whether or not that is true, it should be noted that forced labor in prisons in the US is rampant:
https://apnews.com/article/prison-to-plate-inmate-labor-investigation-c6f0eb4747963283316e494eadf08c4e
https://www.npr.org/2023/11/13/1210564359/slavery-prison-forced-labor-movement
https://news.uchicago.edu/story/us-prison-labor-programs-violate-fundamental-human-rights-new-report-finds