Weekly Brief: August 22nd - August 28th

Migrant fishermen vulnerable to abuse [http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20160825001007] In news that everyone in South Korea should know but very few people hear about, the 22,000 migrant workers in South Korea’s fishing industry face rampant abuse, including unfair wages, exploitation, verbal abuse and physical abuse, in some cases amounting to forced labour and human trafficking. The findings are from a two-year study conducted by Kim Jong-chul, a lawyer with Advocates for Public Intere