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Meanwhile, the US State Department announced North Korea as the worst trafficking country for 17 consecutive years. It is announcing annually, but it is more noticeable because it is announcing the summit meeting of chairperson of the chairperson of the chairperson and the chairperson of the chairperson.

Washington correspondent Kim Soo Hyeong.

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The US State Department's report on human trafficking in 2019.

North Korea has been classified as the lowest grade for the 17th consecutive year.

The State Department says it is estimated that 80,000 to 120,000 people have been accommodated in political prison camps as a part of the political repression system.

He also pointed out that the salaries of workers sent abroad are also used to generate profits by entering the regime.

[Pompeii] / Secretary of State: North Korea has the government facing forced labor in Korea and abroad. The proceeds are being used to fund criminal activities.]

Pompeii did not specifically mention the crime, but it appears that the forced labor of North Koreans is being devoted to nuclear weapons and missile development.

China has also been included in the third grade for three consecutive years, including this year, and Russia, which has contracted with North Korea and forced laborers to work, has been classified as third grade.

Before the State Department announcement, the US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on a Russian financial company yesterday (Aug. 20) on charges of helping Pyongyang avoid sanctions.

The announcement of the US government's appointment of the two countries as the worst traffickers on the day of the summit talks between North Korea and China is also interpreted as a message warning China not to escape international cooperation in North Korea.