Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoNorth Korea sent me abroad to be a secret IT worker. My wages funded the regimewww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1225arrow-down111cross-posted to: hackernews
arrow-up1214arrow-down1external-linkNorth Korea sent me abroad to be a secret IT worker. My wages funded the regimewww.bbc.comDavriellelouna@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square32fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews
minus-squareyucandu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·1 month agoI guess because Russia and China, the countries they worked in, think Westerners can code better than North Koreans? I don’t know if I’d call it a scam so much as slavery.
minus-squareemergencyfood@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoThe article says he worked from China, for US and European companies. Which explains both the pay difference and the concern about the sanctions.
I guess because Russia and China, the countries they worked in, think Westerners can code better than North Koreans?
I don’t know if I’d call it a scam so much as slavery.
The article says he worked from China, for US and European companies. Which explains both the pay difference and the concern about the sanctions.