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This is no revelation - Asia is rife with slavery and indentured servitude. That friendly Bhutanese waiter? Slave. That Philippino maid? Slave? That stripper in Macau? Dead slave by now.

More curious is why Stars and Stripes is running this now - did they confuse which Korea they were meant to be teaching their troops to hate?




Downvotes for pointing out obvious agitprop, and that this is a far broader issue? Ok then. America #1. Go USA. I can only think you're wilfully blinkering yourselves, or someone deemed this comment not helpful to America's political cause?

Go read about the fine art of squid fishing, and the makeup of the crews who man those brigs. It's not just Korea. Fuck, there are slaves (honest to god slaves) in the UK.




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