Orphan children “volunteering” on North Korea’s farms & mines
North Korea has generated its latest human rights controversy after claiming that orphan children are working as volunteers on state-run farms and mines. The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), North Korea’s state-run media, released photos of a ceremony featuring hundreds of orphans it says volunteered to perform manual labor. Over the last week the KCNA has also alleged that 700 orphans have volunteered to work in factories and on farms, as well