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US Again Labels North Korea Among World’s Worst Human Traffickers

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North Korea generates hundreds of millions of dollars annually by confiscating up to 90% of its overseas workers’ wages, according to a new U.S. State Department report, condemning the country as one of the world’s worst human trafficking offenders. The 2026 Trafficking in Persons Report keeps Pyongyang in its “Tier 3” category, meaning North Korea […]

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(Washington = Yonhap News) Correspondent Park Sung-min = The Donald Trump administration has designated North Korea as the worst human trafficking country for the 24th consecutive year.

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On the 10th, North Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly protested the U.S. "2026 Trafficking in Persons Report," calling it a "viciously slanderous political provocation." In the "2026 Trafficking in Persons Report" released on the 8th (local time), the U.S. State Department classified North Korea as Tier 3, the lowest tier, pointing out that the North Korean government "has failed to meet minimum standards for eradicating human traffic…

By Chang Dong-wooWASHINGTON, Oct. 8 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. State Department has kept South Korea in the highest tier of countries in terms of anti-human trafficking efforts for the third consecutive year, while maintaining North Korea in the lowest cat

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korean-vibe.com broke the news on Thursday, October 8, 2026.
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