US Urges Countries to Return North Koreans Working Illegally

The US, Japan and South Korea urged countries to repatriate North Korean workers illegally sent abroad to earn cash for Kim Jong Un’s regime, as Pyongyang appears to be easing Covid-based border restrictions that left them in limbo.

The nuclear envoys of the three countries issued a statement after a meeting in Seoul on Friday saying the workers were sent abroad in violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions, and nations that host the laborers could be aiding in illegal activity.

“UN Member States are required to repatriate all DPRK laborers earning income in their jurisdictions,” Kim Gunn, of ...