Child chain gangs of North Korea exposed, as kids as young as five forced to repair railways - Mirror UK

[TomSea]

Child chain gangs of North Korea exposed, as kids as young as five forced to repair railways
Human rights' groups fury as footage sneaked out of the secretive country shows children subjected to slave labour

By Russell Myers
14 DEC 2016

 Grafting in the blazing sun, Kim Jong-un ’s child slaves load heavy rocks into sacks as others mend railway tracks with hammers.

Taken out of lessons and forced to carry out back-breaking work, they toil for up to 10 hours a day.

The footage of North Korea ’s human rights abuses, uncovered by the Daily Mirror, will shock the world.

Yet in his palace hundreds of miles away, despot Jong-un enjoys a life of luxury and thinks nothing of enslaving innocents as young as five.

Michael Glendinning, of the ­European Alliance of Human Rights in North Korea, said: “The footage obtained by the Mirror is startling in its documentation of one of the worst abuses the North Korean state inflicts – child labour.”

Continued with plenty of pictures: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/child-chain-gangs-north-korea-9460513

Looks like this article that just came out is getting a lot of play. The pictures are shocking.  I hope folks can go to the link.

[Wingnut]

They are learning skills that will stay with them a life time.