The rural island chain, off southwest coast, is home to thriving slave trade Tales of slavery usingdisabledpeople repeatedly emerged in last ten years Recentinvestigationfound more than 100 workers were receiving no pay Police and officials who knew about islands have not faced punishment <\/p>\n
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Published: 08:32 EST, 2 January 2015 | Updated: 16:35 EST, 2 January 2015 <\/p>\n
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In one of the world's richest countries - it is a fate too cruel to believe. <\/p>\n
But it recently emerged that a remote set of South Korean islands have long been used as slave camps - where families send theirmentally disabled relatives to toil in salt farms so that they don't have to care for them. <\/p>\n
Slavery thrives on this chain of rural islands off the country's rugged southwest coast, nurtured by a long history of exploitation and the demands of trying to squeeze a living from the sea. <\/p>\n
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