Who?  Try Russia, Czechaslovakia, Mongolia, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Libya and Angola and South Korea, among others.

How?  Through the use of “Contract” labor of North Koreans, at labor camps, factories, and the Kaesong Industrial Complex.

So What’s The Problem?  Beyong the basic repugnance and evil of Slavery, the vast majority of the “Salary” paid to the “Workers” (around $57 a month at Kaesong) goes to the North Korean government, to support the lifestyles of the leadership, and littell side lines like Nuclear Weapons, and exporting Missle Technology.

(Hat tip to One Free Korea) From the Wall Street Journal:

…several countries utilize trafficked North Korean labor in a manner that provides significant resources for the regime. There are approximately 10,000 to 15,000 North Koreans working abroad for their government. Labor arrangements reportedly exist between North Korea and entities in Russia, Czech Republic, Mongolia, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Libya and Angola. It is unclear how much hard currency is generated for Pyongyang by these arrangements, but it can be presumed significant, given the number of workers involved.

Although it is hard to gain access to these labor facilities, several recent reports reveal that workers in these camps are treated like prisoners and are provided with food and shelter that are barely adequate. Days off are rare — cumulatively less than a week per year — and the workers cannot leave the work areas or interact with locals. They are under the control of North Korean security officials and have no recourse to local authorities. There are some accounts of torture and executions. The work day can reach 17 hours, even in temperatures plunging to 40 degrees below zero. Accidents are common, and the workers are prohibited from using healthcare outside the camp. They work under portraits of the “Dear Leader,” Kim Jong Il, and are subject to political indoctrination meetings twice a week.

Pyongyang’s take varies by location, but we know of no instance where North Korean laborers like these receive their wages directly. This is one of the concerns we have with the Kaesong Industrial Complex in North Korea, where workers are supposed to earn a minimum of $57 per month. While there are some welcome indications that South Korea may be reassessing its commitment to this project, several South Korean companies have spent hundreds of millions of dollars to set up shop in Kaesong to use inexpensive local labor. Even advocates of the endeavor, who believe Kaesong will open and liberalize the North, concede that authorities take a portion of the wages paid by the South Korean companies. Indeed, a recent report indicates this take is 45% of a worker’s salary. Verified details are elusive, and neither the North or South Korean governments, nor any company, has been able to state definitively how much of his or her wage a Kaesong worker is allowed to keep.

Some argue that labor arrangements like those in Russia and Kaesong are positive developments. They see these activities as a way to open North Korean eyes to the outside world. To date, however, those benefits seem more theoretical than real. Rather, it is more likely that the hard currency these countries are sending to North Korea will end up funding the regime’s nuclear aspirations instead of improving living conditions for the people of North Korea.

Call it whatever you want, disguise it anyway you choose.  These workers from North Korea are slave laborers for Kim Jong Ev-Il and his gang of merry maniacs.  All of these countries are guilty of profiting from the salvery of these people, and should immediately break the contracts and agreements involved, and either send the workers back to North Korea, or offer them amnesty and refugee status.

The worst of the bunch are the South Korean companies that support the Kaesong Industrial Complex.  Several South Korean companies are profiting from the slave labor of their brothers and sisters unfortunate enough to be trapped on the North side of the DMZ.  At the least, the executives of these companies should be charged with Crimes Against Humanity for their efforts to promote and profot from slavery.  As a minimum, any corporation that does business in Kaesong should be BANNED from doing business in the US, and from any financial dealings with US Citizens or Entities.  That includes Hyundai, one of the largest companies in South Korea.

As to the argument that the North Korean Slave Trade supports Engagement with the NorK governement, and is helping to bring them along to joining the rest of the world in a rousing chorus of Kum-Bay-Ya, I refer the reader to the past 3500 years of world history in general, and the tactics of the NorK government in specific.  All of these workers are segregated from local populations when working outside NorK, and from the general population in Kaesong.  There is NO spread of Capitalist Ideals or The Truth Of The Superioity Of Free Markets among the North Korean peoples.

There are only profits for those that use the slaves from North Korea.  And Profits for their Owners Leaders in Pyongyang.

Here is a link to the Human Rights Watch page on Kaesong.