War in Ukraine

chemgator · Aug 13, 2025 at 12:07 AM

Russia has had to bring in North Koreans to fill jobs left vacant by conscription drives, and Russia is working them like slave labor. North Koreans are allowed the luxury of being able to sleep 3-4 hours a night between 19-hour shifts, seven days a week.

North Koreans tell BBC they are sent to work 'like slaves' in Russia

Thousands of North Koreans are being sent to work in slave-like conditions in Russia to fill a huge labour shortage exacerbated by Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine, the BBC has learned.

Moscow has repeatedly turned to Pyongyang to help it fight the war, using its missiles, artillery shells and its soldiers.

Now, with many of Russia's men either killed or tied up fighting - or having fled the country - South Korean intelligence officials have told the BBC that Moscow is increasingly relying on North Korean labourers.

All six workers we spoke to described the same punishing workdays – waking at 6am and being forced to build high-rise apartments until 2am the next morning, with just two days off a year.
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duggers_dad · Aug 13, 2025 at 10:45 AM

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