You're not being realistic in your criticism.  Say a person knows the source of what they're buying. Do you actually expect a mother with 2 kids and a full time job to take the time to research the source of their food and seek out more expensive food just so that she can feel good that she's not contributing to the N. Korean economy?  Even if reasonable research is done, it's often nearly impossible for the average person to be reasonably sure their product was NOT produced by "forced labor" at some point in the supply chain. This is not the responsibility of the average consumer. Besides, even if N. Korean labor was used, the product itself could have very well come from a developed country, including the U.S.