SEOUL, South Korea — Dozens of South Koreans allegedly involved in online scams in Cambodia were returned to South Korea on Friday to face investigations in what was…
Read more 73 South Koreans repatriated from Cambodia to face investigations over online scamsA South Korean solar company says it will temporarily reduce pay and working hours for about 1,000 of its 3,000 employees in Georgia because U.S. customs officials have…
Read more South Korean solar firm cuts pay and hours for Georgia workers as US officials detain importsSACRAMENTO, Calif. — California and Nevada voters will decide in November whether to ban forced prison labor by removing language from their state constitutions rooted in the legacy…
Read more Voters consider ban on forced labor aimed at protecting prisonersWASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security announced Wednesday that it would ban the import of goods from a Chinese steel manufacturer and a Chinese maker of artificial…
Read more US bans new types of goods from China over allegations of forced laborSEOUL, South Korea — Less than a month before leaving office, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is visiting South Korea on Friday to boost warming ties between the…
Read more Japan’s leader makes farewell visit to South Korea to strengthen his legacy of warming tiesSACRAMENTO, Calif. — Forced labor, same-sex marriage and shoplifting are among the 10 statewide ballot measures that California voters are set to consider in November. The California secretary…
Read more Forced labor, same-sex marriage, shoplifting on the ballot in California this yearPHOENIX — Blas Sanchez was nearing the end of a 20-year stretch in an Arizona prison when he was leased out to work at Hickman’s Family Farms, which…
Read more US prisoners are being assigned dangerous jobs. But what happens if they are hurt or killed?In a sweeping two-year investigation, The Associated Press found goods linked to U.S. prisoners wind up in the supply chains of a dizzying array of products from Frosted…
Read more Takeaways from the AP’s investigation into how US prison labor supports many popular food brandsSEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s top court on Thursday ordered a third Japanese company to compensate some of its former wartime Korean employees for forced labor, the…
Read more South Korea's top court orders a 3rd Japanese company to compensate workers for forced laborMONTGOMERY, Ala. — Current and former inmates announced a lawsuit Tuesday challenging Alabama’s prison labor program as a type of “modern day slavery,” saying prisoners are forced to…
Read more Lawsuit challenges Alabama inmate labor system as 'modern day slavery'LOS ANGELES — The parents of a Los Angeles County deputy who was shot and killed while sitting in his patrol car plan to file a lawsuit accusing…
Read more Family of Los Angeles deputy killed in ambush shooting plans to sue county over forced overtimeBATON ROUGE, La. — Men incarcerated at Louisiana State Penitentiary filed a class-action lawsuit Saturday, contending they have been forced to work in the prison’s fields for little…
Read more Louisiana prisoner suit claims they’re forced to endure dangerous conditions at Angola prison farmNEW YORK — Six straight days of 12-hour driving. Single digit paychecks. The complaints come from workers in vastly different industries: UPS delivery drivers and Hollywood actors and…
Read more Consumer demand for speed and convenience drives labor unrest among workers in Hollywood and at UPSNEW YORK — Six straight days of 12-hour driving. Single digit paychecks. The complaints come from workers in vastly different industries: UPS delivery drivers and Hollywood actors and…
Read more Consumer demand for speed and convenience drives labor unrest among workers in Hollywood and at UPSNEW YORK — Six straight days of 12-hour driving. Single digit paychecks. The complaints come from workers in vastly different industries: UPS delivery drivers and Hollywood actors and…
Read more Consumer demand for speed and convenience drives labor unrest among workers in Hollywood and at UPSBRUSSELS — High anxiety set in on the closing day of a summit between European Union and Latin American leaders that was supposed to be a love-in but…
Read more Divisions over the Ukraine war cause a rift at the EU-LatAm summit that was supposed to be a love-inBRUSSELS — Leaders from the European Union and Latin America are gathering for a major summit of long-lost relatives starting on Monday. Whether it will be a joyful…
Read more EU and Latin American leaders hold a summit hoping to rekindle relationship with long-lost friendsUzbekistan is holding a snap presidential election, a vote that follows a constitutional referendum that extended the incumbent’s term from five to seven years FILE – Uzbek President…
Read more Uzbekistan’s leader poised for landslide victory in presidential electionAMSTERDAM — Dutch King Willem-Alexander will deliver a speech Saturday to commemorate the anniversary of the country abolishing slavery, amid speculation that he could offer an apology on…
Read more The Dutch king could offer an apology in a speech on the anniversary of slavery’s abolition in 1863AMSTERDAM — Dutch King Willem-Alexander will deliver a speech Saturday to commemorate the anniversary of the country abolishing slavery, amid speculation that he could offer an apology on…
Read more The Dutch king could offer an apology in a speech on the anniversary of slavery’s abolition in 1863
