The world must expand its channels of communication with North Koreans working overseas to prevent human rights abuse. In mid-November 2023, Daily NK posted a banner ad on our website that said, “We want to hear from North Koreans living overseas.” A number of North Korean workers who saw the banner emailed us directly about...
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October 24, 2023October 24, 2023Environment, News
UAE to investigate recruitment of Filipina domestic worker who died
The UAE government has repatriated the body of a Filipina domestic worker who died last month, and launched an investigation into the findings of a Guardian report on the recruiters that brought her into the country. When Vergie Tamfungan, 39, died on 25 September, she was being held in her recruiter’s accommodation in the emirate of Sharjah...