[Breaking News] “”I searched desperately for 37 years””… ‘Salt farm slaves’ confirmed again

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[Exclusive] “I have been desperately searching for 37 years”.: ‘Salt farm slaves’ confirmed again
Reporter Ha Jeong-yeon
Posted 2025.10.20 19.09
Modified 2025.10.20 19.32
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Recently, an intellectually disabled victim suffered the highest rate of labor exploitation from the salt farm business owner’s family at the Shinan salt farm.
The dramatic rescue is confirmed:
Earlier this year, the U.S. government banned imports of Salt All, a leading salt farm company in Shinan County, due to ‘forced labor’.
However, new cases of exploitation have come to light:
According to SBS coverage, Mr. Jang, a person in his 60s with severe intellectual disability who disappeared in 1988, was the victim of the Shinan salt farm slave incident.
In 2014, when the incident occurred, only the pigs that were discovered during the authorities’ investigation were confirmed to have condensation that could not be rescued.
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In 2023, it was confirmed as a suspicious case during a joint inspection between local governments, so the investigation into the salt farm business owner was unexpected.
However, Mr. Jang was unable to separate from the business owner and worked there for a year until the salt farm closed down in October last year.
It turned out that he worked in a salt farm.
Salt farm business owner Mr. A. O. Jang was handed over to the prosecution for fraudulently withdrawing 70 million won 64 times from his bank account.
An investigation is currently underway:
We will report on SBS’s exclusive coverage in detail later on :