Human rights group exposes North Korean women sold as sex slaves in China's 'Red Zone'

Hundreds of thousands of North Korean women have been forced into marriages, sold into sex slavery, or sent to work in detention camps after escaping their country and finding themselves trapped in China’s so-called "Red Zone," a human rights group says. The situation has worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic as many vulnerable women found themselves stuck inside China’s locked down borders, making them an easy target for sex traffickers. As many as 30,000 children born in China to North Korean women and Chinese men have not been registered upon birth, rendering them stateless and vulnerable to possible exploitation. A full investigation into the human rights abuses suffered by women in and around North Korea is urgently needed.