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10 Apr 2024

Author:
Hye-jin Song, The ChosunIlbo (South Korea)

S. Korea: Market Kurly to stop selling Chinese seafood allegedly produced using North Korean forced labour

[Unofficial Korean-to-English translation provided by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre]

"Kurly says it won't sell Chinese seafood made with North Korean forced labor," 10 April 2024

E-commerce company Kurly announced ... that it will stop selling Chinese seafood produced by North Korean forced labor following a report by The ChosunIlbo that South Korea is importing and distributing large quantities of seafood processed by North Korean forced labor.

...Earlier, South Korea's No. 1 e-commerce company Coupang, which imported and distributed the products, and Lotte Mart, the country's leading retailer, said on April 9 that they would immediately stop selling the products.

...A Kurly official said, "We discussed that if the product violates international sanctions, we should stop selling it immediately, and we have stopped sales while blocking exposure to the product."

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