Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoNorth Korea sent me abroad to be a secret IT worker. My wages funded the regimewww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square32linkfedilinkarrow-up1227arrow-down111
arrow-up1216arrow-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 · 4 days agomessage-square32linkfedilink
minus-squareyucandu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·3 days 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-up2·2 days 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.