Migrant Workers Face Dire Conditions at South Korean Farms
05 March 2021
Migrant workers work inside a greenhouse at a farm in Pocheon, South Korea on Feb. 8, 2021. Activists and workers say migrant workers in Pocheon work 10 to 15 hours a day, with only two Saturdays off per month. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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POCHEON, SOUTH KOREA
“It’s a world of lawlessness,” Rev. Kim Dal-sung muttered over the phone as he drove his tiny KIA over narrow dirt paths zigzagging through greenhouses made of plastic sheets and tubes.
In the bleak landscape of dull blue and gray in Pocheon, a town near South Korea’s ultra-modern capital, hundreds of migrant workers from across Asia toil in harsh conditions, unprotected by labor laws while doing the hardest, lowest-paid farm work most Koreans avoid.
Migrant workers face dire conditions at South Korean farms
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Migrant workers face dire conditions at South Korean farms
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