Bitter salt: Lawmakers and human right activists looking at salt farms as part of a human rights inspection on Sinui Island, South Korea. — AP
SEOUL: The South Korean government must pay 80 million won (RM296,521) to three men who were enslaved on salt farms in remote islands off the country’s southwest coast for several years, a court ruled.
The Seoul High Court said the government was responsible for their ordeals because local officials and police failed to properly monitor their living and working conditions.
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