A fleet of Chinese fishing vessels used North Korean crews between 2019 and 2024 in violation of U.N. bans, and many people were apparently subjected to abuses including being trapped at sea for years,

Thousands of miles from home, North Koreans work on Chinese tuna longliners in the Indian Ocean for pay that goes to their leader, a new study says.

The use of North Korean crew members would be a breach of 2017 UN Security Council resolutions that required member states not to issue work permits to North Koreans.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A fleet of Chinese distant-water fishing vessels used North Korean crews between 2019 and 2024 in violation of U.N. bans, and many were apparently subjected to abuses including being trapped at sea for years, a report published Monday said.

An Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) investigation has identified what it says is extensive evidence of North Korean labor onboard Chinese tuna-fishing vessels in the Southwest Indian Ocean.

SEOUL: North Koreans have been forced to work on Chinese-flagged fishing vessels without touching land for as long as a decade, facing verbal and physical abuse as well as harsh conditions, a report said on Monday (Feb 24).

North Korean workers have been forced to work on Chinese fishing vessels for years on-end, facing verbal and physical abuse as well as harsh conditions.

North Korean workers face forced labor aboard Chinese tuna longliners operating in the Indian Ocean to generate foreign revenue, potentially in breach of U.N. sanctions, a recent nongovernmental organization report showed Monday.