Amnesty International: South Korea Abuses Migrant Workers

Amnesty International says South Korea's farming industry is "rife with abuse," and called on the country to end its widespread use of forced labor migrant agricultural workers. A published report by the human rights group  called Bitter Harvest  documents widespread exploitation of migrant agricultural workers in South Korea. The report says the country's Employment Permit System, or EPS, is designed "to provide migrant labor to small and medium-sized...

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