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North Korea: Forced Labour

Question for Foreign and Commonwealth Office

UIN HL5120, tabled on 31 January 2017

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether staff of the British Embassy in Pyongyang have visited the Masikryong ski resort in an official capacity; and what is their assessment of reports that children are subject to forced labour at that resort.

Answered on

13 February 2017

Officials from the British Embassy in Pyongyang have visited the Masikryong ski resort for consular planning purposes. We are aware of reports since of child forced labour at the resort, which are deeply concerning. The UK Government has been clear that forced labour is a form of modern day slavery and must be brought to an end. In a statement to the UN Security Council on 9 December 2016, the UK's Permanent Representative to the UN condemned the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's use of forced labour at home and overseas.

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