UNITED NATIONS: North Korea was accused in the UN Security Council on Thursday of spending heavily on its nuclear arms program while its people go hungry and lack basic necessities.
He cited widespread use of forced labour, including children, to"support the military apparatus of the state and its ability to build weapons". Ilhyeok Kim, a North Korean defector, told the council that he had been forced at a young age to work in fields without compensation, and that the grain they grew all went to the military.