Court: Pay S. Korean salt farm slaves

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.