Even in Poland, Workers’ Wages Flow to North Korea
- 6 years ago
Even in Poland, Workers’ Wages Flow to North Korea
Soon afterward, Ms. Kowalska said, she stopped hiring North Korean workers "because it became such a sensitive issue." She added
that she was now retired and no longer managed North Korean workers.
Agnes Jongerius said that This is slave labor,
Ms. Kowalska, now 67, said her company, Armex, assumed responsibility for the workers,
and then established a relationship with the North Korean partners who had brought them to Poland.
Ms. Kowalska scoffed at allegations of abuse and said the North Koreans she managed enjoyed
"a normal life." "They asked us for advice on what to buy their wives and kids," she said.
Kim said that Our girls lived as if they were in prison,
According to research by Mr. Breuker and his colleagues, Armex received its workers from the Rungrado General Trading Corporation, a North Korean supplier of overseas workers sanctioned by the United States in 2016
and accused of funding the department that oversees the nuclear weapons program.
But the continued presence of these workers in Poland — a NATO ally at the heart of the European Union — underscores how difficult it is to fully sever
North Korea from the global economy, even as the nation accelerates efforts to build a nuclear missile capable of striking the United States.
Poland sent soldiers to fight alongside Americans in Iraq,
but is nonetheless one of the few countries still hosting North Korean workers over Washington’s objections.
Soon afterward, Ms. Kowalska said, she stopped hiring North Korean workers "because it became such a sensitive issue." She added
that she was now retired and no longer managed North Korean workers.
Agnes Jongerius said that This is slave labor,
Ms. Kowalska, now 67, said her company, Armex, assumed responsibility for the workers,
and then established a relationship with the North Korean partners who had brought them to Poland.
Ms. Kowalska scoffed at allegations of abuse and said the North Koreans she managed enjoyed
"a normal life." "They asked us for advice on what to buy their wives and kids," she said.
Kim said that Our girls lived as if they were in prison,
According to research by Mr. Breuker and his colleagues, Armex received its workers from the Rungrado General Trading Corporation, a North Korean supplier of overseas workers sanctioned by the United States in 2016
and accused of funding the department that oversees the nuclear weapons program.
But the continued presence of these workers in Poland — a NATO ally at the heart of the European Union — underscores how difficult it is to fully sever
North Korea from the global economy, even as the nation accelerates efforts to build a nuclear missile capable of striking the United States.
Poland sent soldiers to fight alongside Americans in Iraq,
but is nonetheless one of the few countries still hosting North Korean workers over Washington’s objections.