China accepts thousands of N. Korean workers this year: Yomiuri Shimbun

China has reportedly accepted thousands of North Korean workers this year.

This is according to a report by Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun on this Friday.

The report claims about three-thousand workers arrived in Jilin by the end of March and five hundred more in Liaoning by May.

Most are said to be young women working in clothing and seafood factories.

The Japanese report links this latest development to China's search for affordable labor amid its economic challenges and its efforts to boost ties with North Korea.

Meanwhile the UN's 2017 sanctions ban North Korean labor in member states to thwart funding for the regime's nuclear and missile programs.