UK sourced Protective Gowns from Chinese factories that secretly use North Koran slave labour
Chinese factories in Dandong are using forced labour from North Korea to produce protective gowns PPE for export to countries including UK, US, Italy, Germany, South Africa, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines and Myanmar.
The use of North Korea workers in China breaches UN sanctions which aim to halt foreign export earnings being used to support the regimeās prohibited nuclear and ballistic missile programs.
Most of North Korea workers in Dandong are women. Besides working for over 18 hours, they are under surveillance and are unable to leave the factories freely. And sources indicate 70% of wages of these works in PPE factories seized by the North Korean state.
Dandong has become a global centre of production for gown and coveralls because factories in Dandong can produce at the lowest by employing cheap North Korea labour for labour-intensive production.
Source: The Guardian #Nov20
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/nov/20/uk-sourced-ppe-from-factories-secretly-using-north-korean-slave-labour
#China #NorthKoreaSanction #PPE #UK #NorthKorea #Covid19
Chinese factories in Dandong are using forced labour from North Korea to produce protective gowns PPE for export to countries including UK, US, Italy, Germany, South Africa, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines and Myanmar.
The use of North Korea workers in China breaches UN sanctions which aim to halt foreign export earnings being used to support the regimeās prohibited nuclear and ballistic missile programs.
Most of North Korea workers in Dandong are women. Besides working for over 18 hours, they are under surveillance and are unable to leave the factories freely. And sources indicate 70% of wages of these works in PPE factories seized by the North Korean state.
Dandong has become a global centre of production for gown and coveralls because factories in Dandong can produce at the lowest by employing cheap North Korea labour for labour-intensive production.
Source: The Guardian #Nov20
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/nov/20/uk-sourced-ppe-from-factories-secretly-using-north-korean-slave-labour
#China #NorthKoreaSanction #PPE #UK #NorthKorea #Covid19
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UK sourced PPE from factories secretly using North Korean slave labour
Exclusive: Guardian investigation finds evidence that Chinese PPE factories supplying UK government are breaking UN sanctions
āIt Was Like Having the Chinese Government in the Room With Usā
U.S. authorities provided satellite photos of a North Korean ship transferring coal to a Chinese-flagged vessel to the U.N. panel of experts for North. China responded that it was ācompletely normalā for Chinese coast guard vessels to patrol in the region and asked the panel ānot to include in its report unverified informationā about the Chinese ship. Also, they stated it was a matter of national security.
It also underscores the contradiction between Beijingās attempt to assert itself as a
champion of multilateralism while it persistently seeks to air brush out the record of its
failure to live up to those commitments. The United States has expressed increasing concern about Chinaās failure to enforce sanctions.
Source: Foreign Policy #Oct15
https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/10/15/china-sanctions-north-korea-hardball/ #canada
#NorthKoreaSanction #ChinaNorthKorea
U.S. authorities provided satellite photos of a North Korean ship transferring coal to a Chinese-flagged vessel to the U.N. panel of experts for North. China responded that it was ācompletely normalā for Chinese coast guard vessels to patrol in the region and asked the panel ānot to include in its report unverified informationā about the Chinese ship. Also, they stated it was a matter of national security.
It also underscores the contradiction between Beijingās attempt to assert itself as a
champion of multilateralism while it persistently seeks to air brush out the record of its
failure to live up to those commitments. The United States has expressed increasing concern about Chinaās failure to enforce sanctions.
Source: Foreign Policy #Oct15
https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/10/15/china-sanctions-north-korea-hardball/ #canada
#NorthKoreaSanction #ChinaNorthKorea