North Korean migrant workers vital source of foreign income

North Koreans have long been sent abroad to work and now so more than ever as international sanctions limit the country’s trade abilities

May 13, 2015
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Transcript

World Finance speaks with Bradley Babson a former World Bank official who is now the Chair of the DPRK Economic Forum at the US-Korea Institute at John Hopkins on how much the regime relies on these labourers.