Tag: forced labor
N. Korea sends people to labor camps during rice-planting travel ban
North Korean authorities imposed strict travel controls during last month's rice-planting mobilization, with numerous people sent to labor camps after being caught traveling without...
N. Korea plans to send 28,000 more workers overseas, mostly to...
North Korea is preparing to send up to 28,000 more workers overseas. Recruitment efforts that began last year have entered the selection phase as...
Photo reveals forced wig manufacturing at N. Korean prison
Daily NK has obtained a photo of a work site at a North Korean detention facility where wigs are manufactured under contract. The photo...
N. Korean recalls corrupt security agents from Russia, but punishment unlikely
North Korea has begun summoning corrupt state security agents deployed to Russia in what appears to be an anti-corruption effort, but there are concerns...
No rest for the injured: How N. Korean workers in China...
"I cut myself trimming frozen pollack. I was bleeding badly and it hurt a lot, but they just put a band-aid on it and...
WeChat traps: N. Korean security agents use confiscated phones for sting...
North Korean security agencies have begun launching sting operations using the Chinese messaging app WeChat to crack down on people using illegal Chinese-made mobile...
Teens of N. Korean security officers sentenced to labor for ‘foreign’...
Three teenage children of North Korean army security officers were sentenced to unpaid labor for "nonsocialist behavior" earlier this month.
"Investigators from the General Political...
Empty promises: N. Korean workers in China face exploitation despite official...
"Work harder, pay more, keep less" – this is the grinding reality for North Korean workers in Chinese factories, where a complex web of...
Sinuiju streets empty as authorities draft people for forced labor
North Korean authorities are stopping pedestrians in border areas and forcing many to work on greenhouse construction projects. These daytime roundups are occurring in...
N. Korean university’s year-end purge: From foreign songs to USB drives
North Korea's University of Technology of Songrim conducted a campus-wide review last month of violations against the country's anti-reactionary thought law, Daily NK has...
