A shocking article in the Gazeta Wyborcza revealed that workers from North Korea work almost for free at the Gdansk shipyard, cradle of the Solidarity trade union. The workers were supervised by a Korean communist party agent and blackmailed by the regime, which holds their families hostage. The workers are hired legally, as part of an "export service" provided by a Korean company. The shipyard pays their salaries to Selene, a mysterious Polish company which splits its profit with the North Korean government. The North Koreans are considered great workers. They work for twelve, sometimes sixteen hours per day. They are paid the equivalent of 15 euros monthly, but the costs of their housing and meals are covered, while the North Korean government receives the remainder of their 700 euro salaries.
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