Verbal and physical abuse - and sometimes as much as a decade without being allowed to go ashore. In violation of UN sanctions, North Koreans endure forced labour and gross violations on board Chinese ships, according to a report.
The size and behavior of the Chinese fishing fleet raises concerns. Seafood is the world’s last major source of wild protein and the largest globally traded food commodity by value. Western political analysts say that having just one country controlling this precious resource creates a precarious power imbalance.
China uses thousands of workers from the Hermit Kingdom, in violation of U.N. sanctions and U.S. law. Many at the plants recounted rampant sexual abuse.
